An article on #Time website. #mastodon is becoming more noticed and known 😀 https://time.com/6229230/mastodon-eugen-rochko-interview/
Thousands Have Joined Mastodon Since Twitter Changed Hands. Its Founder Has a Vision for Democratizing Social Media
Thousands of users have joined Mastodon since Elon Musk took control of Twitter. Mastodon's founder Eugen Rochko says it's been a vindicationBilly Perrigo (Time)
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in reply to Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: • • •Content warning: Mastodon, individualism
While I am grateful to Eugene Rotchko, I am also grateful to all involved in creating, maintaining, hosting, developing, posting and otherwise contributing to Mastodon.
But I feel the cult-of-personality messaging doesn't fit here, even if his intent is well stated. If newspapers like Time feel they need a Joseph Campbell style "hero" they have missed the point.
(plus the interviewer mentions funds/pay/money more times than necessary)