Today I am stepping down from my role as the CEO of #Mastodon. Though this has been in the works for a while, I can't say I've fully processed how I feel about it. There is a bittersweet part to it, and I think I will miss it, but it also felt necessary. It feels like a goodbye, but it isn't—I intend to stay on and continue to advise the new leadership and contribute, because Mastodon—and the fediverse—is one of the very few beacons of hope for a better web.
blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/11/…
My next chapter with Mastodon
Reflections on my time leading Mastodon and what's to come next.Mastodon Blog
Furbland's Very Cool Mastodon™
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in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Prem Kumar Aparanji 👶🤖🐘
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •thank you, God bless and godspeed!
Yes, #fediverse is the last bastion for community platforms against the corporate model that eventually, and inevitably, devalues into a self-sustaining greed cycle.
David Schmidt
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in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Paul Schoe
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Thanks Eugen. You have delivered a tool that opened a window to return to the original intention of the Internet.
Your focus on decentralisation brought thousands of communities the ability to communicate safely. Among themselves or in connection to others.
The Fediverse wouldn't be where it is now without your tenacity and focus to bring Mastodon to where it is now.
You have the respect and gratitude of many.
#Mastodon #Eugen #Rochko #Vision
txerren 🇵🇸
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •thank you for your work (and play) and all the best in your new adventures, Eugen.
Eskerrik asko guztiagatik.
Xaviju
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Mike Hindle
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •"The fediverse is an island within an increasingly dystopian capitalist hellscape. And from my perspective, Mastodon is our best shot at bringing this vision of a better future to the masses."
Amazing 🤩 Wishing you all the best best, Eugen and thank you for everything you have done 🙏🏻
BenBen
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in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Antifascist Atha Ahuluheluw
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •sebulon
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Best wishes to you all! Thank you for everything you've done so far and will do in the future! ❤
Systeemkabouter 🇳🇱 🇪🇺 🇺🇳
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •@mellifluousbox @haubles @renchap
Thank you for all the great work done for the Fediverse, it would not have been this big and public without Mastodon and your effort towards it.
Ionica Smeets
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Julien Colomb
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •@mellifluousbox @haubles @renchap
It is always mixed feelings when the kids grow and leave the house ;)
You can be proud that mastodon continue to grow without you.
Take care and thank you for this candle of hope that mastodon is.
Basₜᵣₒ
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •@haubles @renchap
@mellifluousbox is the new John Mastodon
Steve Butman
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •@mellifluousbox @haubles @renchap
Mastodon is the only social media I use, and I'm grateful both for the philosophy behind it and for the work you've done to build an application the supports this philosophy. Thanks for everything you've done and for all of your hard work.
Karl Schwartzmuller
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Warner Crocker
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •David Hopeward
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Thank you for all the work you’ve done!
Mastodon specifically has had a character that I really appreciate, and it brought me to the Fediverse after I’d abandoned all the commercial platforms.
I wish you and your family well.
GunChleoc
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Michael Jaeger 🇺🇦
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Maddad ☑️
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •@mellifluousbox @haubles @renchap
Thanks for all that you have done.
Because of Mastodon, I am reading, writing, and staying up to date on world events again.
Mark
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in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •thank you for all your work, and for getting Mastodon to where it is.
And thank you for making the hard decision to step down and pass the torch. I have seen too many organizations hobbled by the Founder's Syndrome, it is very good to see Mastodon is taking steps to avoid that.
Clot
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •GSe@GridTalk#de 😁🐧🍓 #FckAfD
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •❄️SnowyIn🇨🇦❄️
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •As you step away somewhat, I just want to say this:
As a senior citizen, a non-tech person, someone who through the years opened various social media accounts then feeling dissatisfied for the many reasons most are here, closed each one and ultimately decided to stay off of social media platforms, I am thankful I found Mastodon.
This space, Mastodon, the fediverse, is unique because of diversity --people of differing opinions, ways of life, genders, education levels, cultures, geographical location and so on...and sure little conflicts arise, often heated discussions, once in a while hate slips in and moderators take action...but overall I think the concept behind Mastodon/Fediverse is what unites everyone.
I think most people I know here would agree, our time here is well spent because we learn from each other.
You facilitated this, the creation of a unique place, and for that this old person sends a big thank you.
Antifascist Atha Ahuluheluw
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in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Ian Malcolm
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •"I have so much passion for Mastodon and the fediverse. The fediverse is an island within an increasingly dystopian capitalist hellscape. And from my perspective, Mastodon is our best shot at bringing this vision of a better future to the masses."
Thanks for all that you've done (which I believe your above comment summarises the most key part of, IMHO), and I wish you all the very best for a happy (and less stressful) future in every way!
Dalia_Z
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in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Jonas R. (er/ihm)
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Thank you for what you've done - and endured - over the years. You have my respect for making this transition.
Kudos!
Joaquim Homrighausen
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Ω 🌍 Gus Posey
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Logan 5.0 (Fall Edition)
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Xavier B.
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Thank you for what you've created with Mastodon!
It was a bright and bold idea, and a great tool!
It is also one major proof that the Fediverse concept can thrive, and often serves as the first introduction to that decentralized "movement" for many, such as myself.
I hope you'll take some time off to rest and come back stronger to the project!
Laurent Sansonetti
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •nilsmielke ⁂
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •This might be a good time to express my gratitude for what you have created. Such a wonderful space. Thank you so much!
And please remain part of this amazing (ad)venture.
Bak3r
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in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Jan ☕🎼🎹☁️🏋️♂️
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •thank you for starting this project, for shepherding it, and for dealing with all of us 😀
Good luck on your future endeavours!
Terence Eden
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in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •THE ROCK FiLES
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •𝘌𝘵𝘵𝘢 𝘉
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Sarah Nelson’s gingerbread and a nice cup of tea are on me when I see you in Grasmere
Esther Payne
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •that was a really good post. You have created this out in the open, you've had to learn a lot. You've grown.
It is no easy thing to work in the open, especially with such a popular project.
Ensuring that your project can survive into the future is the most important thing any of us can do in this space, and especially in this time.
Thank you.
Yann 不停 Heurtaux🔻
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in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •“I have so much passion for Mastodon and the fediverse. The fediverse is an island within an increasingly dystopian capitalist hellscape”
Thank you for making it possible @Gargron !
Jarek Lipski
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in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Herman 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇾🇪🍋
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in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Eye
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Fully understand your reasons and am happy you will remain, albeit in a lesser role.
All the best to the four of you. (You, @Ameboid, Peaches and ... I'm so sorry, I can never recall the black cat's name! )
Eugen Rochko
in reply to Eye • • •Eye
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •@Ameboid
Jiji! Of course it is! 🤦♀️
I should remember it now (my friend had a cat called Kiki!) 👍
ekari
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in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Kristin (vis.social Admin)
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Mina
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Ich kann mir kaum vorstellen, wie sich das für dich anfühlen muss.
Tausend, tausend Dank für diese wunderbare Plattform und für deine vielen Jahre der Arbeit und die Badewannen voll Herzblut!
🌻
Luc
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in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Thinking of what to say, apart from THANK YOU, best wishes, and congratulations, I have just learned that the etymology of pachyderm says "'thick skin', from the Greek παχύς, pachys, 'thick', and δέρμα, derma, 'skin'", so...
Here's hoping your skin can get softer and thinner now, if you so wish!
Hats off.
Torsten Torsten
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •milk jug
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in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Thank you for all the beautiful people I have learned to know via mastodon.
El Duvelle
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in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Matt
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Mr. Lance E Sloan (IRL) 👤
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Grin grin snap snap wink wink nudge nudge… Know what I mean? Say no more!
Ed
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Britstralian
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Bravissimo Eugene! Every founder's dream should be to build an organisation that can be run by others: this is, surely, the best mark of maturity.
Mastodon is a truly wonderful - and exceptionally important - creation. Traditional investors and business folk might lament lack of (even) faster growth, and urge the raising of much more capital to 'leverage' what you and the team have built so far.
But, as you obviously know, that type of investment sows the seeds of enshittification.
Doug Webb
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •DoCh_Dev
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in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Ben Todd
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Dr. Uthman A Aldahook ©
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Thank you, Eugen, for all of your efforts from the very beginning until this very moment towards today’s Mastodon.
Wishing the new CEO @mellifluousbox Felix Hlatky also the very best for carrying out this legacy towards more progress and achievements along with the rest of his team Hannah Aubry @haubles and also Renaud Chaput @renchap Wishing you all the very best!
But who am I going to bother from now on? You better stick around @Gargron 😋
medecas
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Marc
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •StrikeVonNice
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Evan Prodromou
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Arkadiusz Wieczorek
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Marta
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Ged Maheux
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Elisabet Roselló
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Viktoria D. Richards/Uddelhexe
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •I can totally understand this decition and will, as many before me, say Thank You for the vision and fir the work you gave done.
Take steolps for more self care and trust in the fediverse and the Mastodon Non-Profit to take good care of Mastodon.
Kees 🐧
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Anubis Vlad Tepas 𓃢𓃡𓃣
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •The fact that you’re stepping down rather than becoming a neurotic megalomaniac is the very proof that you were the right person for the job. Prioritising yourself as a human being is a great example for a safe and sane Internet.
Thanks for all you’ve done and welcome on the Fediverse’s backseat. It ain’t that bad. You can see the driver while enjoying the view!
Thomas Cloer
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •El Indifferente
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Thanks a lot Mastodon. Have a good time away from tge helm and being an informed observer. May be difficult to let go but hat one point someone else should take over.
It's a little with with kids. 😜
🖖🖖🖖
NeoRanger 🏓🐧🎙🦁
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •WTL
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in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •lj·rk→⁽³⁹ᶜ³⁾
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •I think this is a great step. Not because you did bad work, to the contrary! You did amazing work but at some point it feels inevitable that one burns out with such responsibility and things take a turn for the worse. Even with best and friendliest of people. Stepping down before that happens is a humbling move.
Thank you for the time you served as CEO and looking forward to your future contributions as an advisor!
ConatusPrinciple
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Derek Caelin is writing a book
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Manja Schledorn
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Cameopilot
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Thanks for all your work!
Gary 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 🇪🇺
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •RadishTM
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Thanks to all you have done for Mastodon to thrive into something awesome, it truly became my home on the social web after the dumpster fire that is Twitter…
I’m glad you’ll still be providing input in some capacity, while taking care of your mental health.
Good luck with your future endeavours!
Sar
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Thank you for Mastodon Eugene. It's been a sanctuary in a sea of tech-bro hellsites and has gone some way towards restoring my faith in social media.
Enjoy the (relative) peace and quiet 😀
Dr Susi Arnott
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •"The fediverse is an island within an increasingly dystopian capitalist hellscape. And from my perspective, Mastodon is our best shot at bringing this vision of a better future to the masses"
Drip drip drip…
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •You are correct that #Mastodon and #Fediverse success has lifted a huge responsibility to "sanitize" what is the internet today.
Can I ask if you personally have a desire to advocate for a foundation type of organization that will work as a Non Government organization and lend your expirience and all the people who have worked around the Fediverse and FOSS, in order to create better legislation? Have you spoke about this before and I missed it?
AdalynnWilson
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Hey Baby 💋💄🍌🍆
I’m a single mom who believes in real love 💕 Click here to see
my personal side 👉 https://tinyurl.com/3pbfubpu💄🍌🍆
Kristen
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in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Jorge 🇺🇦🇪🇺🏳️🌈🇵🇸
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •神崎おにいさん✅
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Nege
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •серёжа
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •David Penfold
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Thanks for everything 🙏
And enjoy the next steps in your journey.
Deborah Rose ❌👑
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •kvlt wicche
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in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Franchesca
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Thanks for all your hard work, and for giving us somewhere to go when the capitalist hellscape got too much!
Remember that fashion is like a game for 5 year olds
DaveyComments
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Mr. Funk E. Dude
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in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •James Smith 💾
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Sensitive content
Ninguém
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •John Francis 🦫🇨🇦🍁💪⬆️
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in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •The Queen of Weltschmerz🏳️⚧️
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •🔞Erotica🔞
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •jeremy
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Thanks for everything, Eugen! This has been one of the few projects that has helped make the internet better.
I get it and I’m glad you’re not stepping away entirely.
𝙲:\𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚔𝚣𝚎𝚗> █
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •TakeoKanuchi
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Will 🇯🇵
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Hrafn
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Thank you for all that you have done, it has been no mean feat!
It speaks enormously to your character that you are willing to do what you are doing.
Dallin
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Arturo Serrano 🇨🇴🤖👽🧙🦄
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Elric
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Huntn00
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Karen E. Lund 💙💛
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Congratulations! You have done great things with Mastodon and deserve a semi-retirement. I will always be glad to see your toots in my feed.
Special thanks for the wisdom to step aside. Wear your humility with pride!
斎藤ただし
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Vielen dank Eugen, ありがとう!!
When I learn that someone like you--who has done such wonderful work for so many people--has personally suffered, I feel truly painful and sad. No one would ever be happy to be unfairly oppressed.
I sincerely hope that you, just as you are, can continue your calm and positive path (with your wonderful wife by your side!).
With respect and gratitude from Tokyo, Japan 😀
Shoq
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •don
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Faraiwe
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •João Costa
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Thank you so much for your work.
Even though I don't use Mastodon directly, its positive impact growing the Fediverse is undeniable. ❤️
Ari "Two Kittens" Jackson
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •tsadilas
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Yangsi Janis Joplin
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •⏫as long as you shut up about Palestine getting genocided
Yea sure
Good fucking riddance
Sabine
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Jon Henshaw
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Climate Jenny 2.1
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •MtnSunTrees
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Long live the fediverse! Long live Mastodon!
Thank you, Eugen! May your days be filled with joy!
jackdaw delila
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Dom Arbuthnott
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in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Travis
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Mike Johnston
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Welcome @mellifluousbox and I look forward to seeing your direction take shape!
Bravo to the whole team for getting this far and still pressing forward 🎉
TAC3Thomas
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Nolan Lawson
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Wilson
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in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Jason Bellew,💻🤠🏳️🌈🐻❄️🖖🏻
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •You gave us a tool that is free and open. Thank you for your leadership.
I look forward to how the community continues to grow and make the platform even better.
Simon Harper
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •You have done an incredible job for many, many thousands of users here on Mastodon and beyond.
Personally I’d like to thank you for creating this space for me.
All the very best Eugen
Scotty Trees
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Jan Ortgies
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Christiane
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •"The fediverse is an island within an increasingly dystopian capitalist hellscape. And from my perspective, Mastodon is our best shot at bringing this vision of a better future to the masses."
Renaud Berthier
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •github.com/mastodon/mastodon/p…
Added underlines to links in toots by aardrian · Pull Request #9898 · mastodon/mastodon
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in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Jay d’Hawke
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Crowjane
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •roboticus lastius (not a bot)
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Anuj Ahooja
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Dolson
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Mitex Leo
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Doña Clau
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •zıəs uɐɟəʇs ✪
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •André
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Sveinn í Felli
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Johnny Cashflow
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Misty
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Stlex
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •zulu 🇨🇭
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Bill Reese
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Thank you for everything Eugen.
If you ever find yourself in suburban New Jersey, I'll buy you a beer.
Denis
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •kosure
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Johan Empa
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •chuckfinley
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •GoroGoroGoro
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Stefan Rother-Stübs
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Thank you for everything
#Mastodon
mcc
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Dinah 🕊🇺🇦
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Thank you for everything, Eugen! Including modeling self-care and sharing leadership.
Looking forward to your pictures when you feel like sharing as you take a good rest. Put down that heavy pack and breathe. Ya done good.
Chris Armstrong
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Ein unbehaarter Affe
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Velkro
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Deep Mud
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Pxl Phile
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •I don't know if you'll read this, but thanks for truely great work which has brought some little hope into my heart in this age of full speed enshittification.
I am sorry to read comments have chipped things away from your inner self. And, you are right that you created something that is bigger than yourself, but for a better part.
So, I hope you get well in your feelings again. Thanks again for creating Mastodon ❤️💪🏾
Kat O’Brien
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •volkon
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Aske Kammer
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •What a thoughtful post, such a gracious departure.
Thank you so much for all you created here. It matters more than you think.
peptostate
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Chris 🦑
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Alexander Fischer
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Dimples
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Dale Price
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Zach Leatherman
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •incredible run: appreciate the honest and heartfelt post — a level of self awareness we should all aspire to ❤️
look forward to a more healthy future for you!
Jill ☁
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Pirijan
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Kevin Rothrock
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Fer24 🇲🇽
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Flipboard
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •vramvoolenaar
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Rocketman
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Thank you for your work. You've given us so much!
And thank you also for choosing a time to move on. This is a very healthy thing to do. I wish you luck, success and enjoyment in your endeavours.
tcduff
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Valerio D'Astolfo
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •John 🎵
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •PsySal
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in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Clemens
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •JackPearse
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Jon Yoder
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Michael Bishop ☕
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •KuboF Hromoslav
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •SpaceLifeForm
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •FallsMom 🌻
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in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Walt Baldwin
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in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •katrintheresa
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •EVHaste
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Toni
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •.@Gargron por mi te puedes ir lejos y no volver-
#Mastodon no es mas que otra red de las redes del fediverso que desaparecerá y surgiran de nuevas al lado de las que ya hay, mastodon se metió en el fediverse, siendo una calcomania de Twitter y wsin #GNUsocial nunca hubiera sido nada, sin el #fediverse y ahora parece ser segun ustedes que mastodon hizó al fediverse y NO-
#fediverse >> fediverse.party/
Mastodon solo es un pedacito del fediverse-
No se dice eso en las migraciones
- Fediverse.Party - explore federated networks
fediverse.partyLety Does Stuff
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •🦩 Plastic Garden Fauna 🦩
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •You were a great steward to this community and I thank you for your passion and the countless hours.
Being kind and keeping an even bearing in a media landscape that is hostile to both is in its self a great accomplishment. One you undertook while being the sheppard of this decade spanning project. The Fediverse is a safe haven much because of those innumerable small choices to be kind and keep an even head. No apologies necessary, you've earned your reprieve. Enjoy what comes next. 🫶
pixelbandito
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Dadmin
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Dear @Gargron, thank you so much for your huge participation in creating this place we all love so much.
All the best for you and your family! 💐
Jeri Dansky
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Joining everyone else in saying, "Thank you for Mastodon." You created something very special, and I hope you're proud.
And I admire you for realizing it was time to step down (while still staying engaged), for your own mental health.
jenbanim
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Pyrzout
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Lena Riess 📚💚🤍
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Muzzle
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •West Bennett
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •you accomplished something monumental here, Mr. Rochko.
You helped give the world back control of their social media, their very memories, from the clutches of the multinational corporations.
You've helped to rebuild a decentralized internet - the way it was always meant to be.
Someday, your name will be up there with Tim Berners-Lee, Steve Wozniak, and Larry Page, as one of the visionaries that helped connect the world together.
... we're just not there, quite yet.
But your work, here, will pave the way for that to happen. You've helped DEMOCRATIZE the internet. Now any schlub (like me) that's half-competent with computers and can get their hands on an old "throw-away" hunk of metal and plastic can spin up their own little server and connect to a larger social world.
And be found.
Thank you, Mr. Rochko, for helping free us, and for helping connect us.
o7
joe•iuculano
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •skry
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •I hope you can have a relaxing holiday to celebrate your new role. Yay, now you have a whole crew to share the load.
Thank you for all your hard work so far keeping it all together.
Barijaona Ramaholimihaso
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •glyn
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Lien Rag
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Many of your decisions can be criticized, as can most human beings', but you had to take decisions and critic should not come from a position of entitlement nor go beyond what's fair.
Citizencat
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Alison Meeks
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Wolfram Rösler
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Any comment regarding the amount of money you’re getting for what we understood to be a non-profit?
heise.de/news/Mastodon-Gruende…
Mastodon: Gründer macht Chefposten frei und bekommt eine Million Euro
Martin Holland (heise online)M. Grégoire
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •rakekniven 👁️
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •mrysav
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Sascha Foerster
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •The Animal and the Machine
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Gaël Duval - /e/OS & Murena
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •John Parker
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Simounet
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Jaanus Kase
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •thank you for your work
I was delighted to see that you will get a significant compensation for all your effort and contributions over these years 👍
Micha
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •John O'Nolan
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Craig Grannell
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Teddy / Domingo (🇨🇵/🇬🇧)
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Ariel Kroon
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •mastomind
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Meow Prime
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •thanks for being awesome. You were so hands on with an issue, minuscule issue that I had related to Mastodon. You replied and took care of it right away.
Thank you for what you have done and looking forward to the next things you’re working on.
Stachelgarten
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •The gardener has done his part; the seed germinated, grew, and blossomed. Now it is time to let the little tree grow. The eye remains attentive, but joy prevails and the heart blossoms.
Good luck for the future! ☘️