Mastodon CEO Eugen Rochko plans to transfer Mastodon's ownership to a new non-profit, saying “Mastodon should not be owned or controlled by a single individual”
Mastodon says the decentralized network ‘should not be owned or controlled by a single individual.’
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- The people should own the town square Werd I/O · Ben Werdmuller
- Huge kudos to @Gargron and friends here: — “Simply, we are going to transfer ownership of key Mastodon ecosystem and platform components (including name and copyrights, among other assets) to a new non-profit organization, affirming the intent that Mastodon should not be owned or controlled by a single individual.” … @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social · Kevin Beaumont
- Excellent news to see. Setting up legal constructs for non-profits is surprisingly challenging, so this is a big development for #Mastodon. It'd be nice to see more legal resources available for other communities looking to do similar things. — https://techcrunch.com/... #Tech #Technology @tilvids@mstdn.social
- “Mastodon was founded on the principles that people should be able to control their social circle online, curate their own timeline, and convene freely with any community of their choosing. … Magdalena Hai
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The people should own the town square
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Mastodon announces transition to non-profit structure
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Social media upstart Mastodon is transitioning into a non-profit organization
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Transferring the ownership of Mastodon to a new non-profit is in sharp contrast to the centralised control freakery of Facebook-to-Meta 👏🏼 [embedded post]
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Mastodon CEO transfers ownership to new nonprofit, ensuring platform stays free of individual control. As opposed to, oh, I don't know, platforms like Zuck's Threads and Musk's Twitter ("X"). — https://www.theverge.com/... SocialMedia
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Mastodon announces new European non-profit, change of CEO