Mastodon’s founder cedes control, refuses to become next Musk or Zuckerberg
arstechnica.com
Mastodon shifts to nonprofit ownership, calls for $5M in donations to expand.

I honestly did not realize this was not already the case but it is a good move to make right now. Hopefully folks will start to recognize the Fediverse for what it is and can be and explore coming to the Activity Pub side over using Bluesky.

  • supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz
    16·
    3 months ago

    In a reality where the tech press had any sense of vision or independence the headline would simply read “Ok Now Your Turn Oligarchs”,

  • Zagorath@aussie.zoneEnglish
    7·
    3 months ago

    Could you edit the link so it doesn’t have the tracking information on it?

    Not because of the tracking itself…it’s vague enough in this case not to be an issue. Just because keeping the canonical URL allows Lemmy to automatically detect when the post has been cross-posted to multiple instances, so we can see if/where it’s also being discussed.

  • Lime Buzz (fae/she)@beehaw.org
    English
    5·
    3 months ago

    About time. Hope this leads to actually good things for mastodon rather than a series of increasingly worse decisions by the current supreme leader who doesn’t seem to care about safety, moderation or creating and keeping a unique identity for it and other things besides.

    • djsaskdja@reddthat.comEnglish
      0·
      3 months ago

      Mastodon has to be one of the most heavily moderated social media apps I’ve ever used. I’m sure it depends on the instance, but that’s kind of the nature of open source. Anyone can use the technology to post what they want. That’s why defederation exists. In what way would you want it to be even more moderated?

      • Hemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.caEnglish
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        3 months ago

        Exactly. This is the good thing about federation. If you don’t like the community you’re in, move to another one that better aligns to your values. No one’s speech is “limited”, but other instances aren’t forced to listen to you unless they want to.

  • PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de
    4·
    3 months ago

    I can’t wait to tell my fellow radical leftist friends about this amazing move that aligns with socialist and anarchist principles! Really looking forward to them coming up with excuses to keep using X and not even create an account on the mastodon instance I host for us! /s

  • sculd@beehaw.org
    2·
    3 months ago

    That was what the original internet was about. Not the corporate wall garden bullshit we are seeing right now.

    Its about sharing not owning. Its about authenticity and not clout.

  • fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.comEnglish
    2·
    3 months ago

    Please update the title to the full title of the article. This is super misleading and makes it sound like the founder doesn’t want this.