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Mastodon’s founder cedes control, refuses to become next Musk or Zuckerberg (arstechnica.com)

submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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His grand vision remains to leave Mastodon users in control of the social network, making their own decisions about what content is allowed or what appears in their timelines.

I don't use Mastadon cause I don't care for micro-blogging, but nevertheless, I like this.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Just like what happened with Ecosia. We need more humble people in the world!

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

uh... ok? So now it'll be controlled by someone who DOES want to be the next Musk or Zuckerberg?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Same here. I still try to use it once every day in support but I don't like having such a low limit (or any limit at all, really) on how many characters I'm allowed to use for my posts or response. I am more of a macro-blogger as I tend to be very verbose; especially posting online. I do, however, think it is important to create accounts, use and donate to the project that is mastodon; as they are leading by example in this "New Social" era or movement we are all apart of. It would be a shame that something like this isn't able to continue, let alone expand, because not enough people supported the project -- even though such project is giving the people exactly what they wanted and asked for. Let's all try to show our support behind such a bold and selfless decision.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

There are different Mastodon instances with different post character limits. You could also use an ActivityPub based macroblog (like write.as / WriteFreely(?)).

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

I don’t like having such a low limit (or any limit at all, really)

Instead we should see value in opinionated software, when the alternative is software that tries to do everything for everyone.

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