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Mastodon’s founder cedes control, refuses to become next Musk or Zuckerberg

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Submitted ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨UniversalMonk@hilariouschaos.com⁩ to ⁨technology@hilariouschaos.com⁩

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/01/mastodon-becomes-nonprofit-to-make-sure-its-never-ruined-by-billionaire-ceo/

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  • Lovstuhagen@hilariouschaos.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Mastodon announced Monday that it’s shifting its structure over the next six months to become wholly owned by a European nonprofit organization—“affirming the intent that Mastodon should not be owned or controlled by a single individual.”

    Oh, we are going to cede control to people in a series of countries with massive hate speech laws that occur at both national and continental levels in order to decentralize power more.

    Wonderful, lol.

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    • UniversalMonk@hilariouschaos.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Part of what you have to put up with if you want decentralization though. I’m fine with the trade-off.

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