I find it really telling that, when you look at the #Twitter timelines of these #SocialMedia moguls' (basically #Elon and #Zuckerburg), it's always non-stop rambling about their sites, whatever other stupid thing they're doing with their money now (what they call '''#Entrepreneurship'''), right up to the open fantasies about world domination, but if you go look at @Gargron's #Mastodon profile, it's just like, interesting pictures and tech articles, most of which are boosts of other people, you know, like a NORMAL PERSON.

It's like these #Billionaires just want to flood our lives with garbage, then gloat about how amazing they are for basically putting humanity in a cage so it can dance for their amusement, but Eugen Rochko just wanted to experience social media without the bullshit.

(I also find it telling that #EugenRochko and #Rochko are barely used hashtags compared to #ElonMusk and #MarkZuckerburg: they are very loud morons.)

Na, ich bin gespannt wann jemand eine Summe nennt und #Rochko nicht mehr nein sagen kann. *zwinker-smiley
#Mastodon #Fediverse
https://www.heise.de/news/Mastodon-Weniger-Dezentralisierung-fuer-leichteren-Einstieg-und-mehr-Wachstum-8984400.html

#Breaking:

Eugen #Rochko agrees to a deal with #Meta to run central services for the #Fediverse such as a search and algorithmic #timeline across all #Mastodon servers.

Ziemlich langes #Interview mit Eugen #Rochko über #Mastodon.

https://www.theverge.com/23658648/mastodon-ceo-twitter-interview-elon-musk-twitter

@1finekitty Interesting reading. But the reporter was very wrong on one point: "its founder, sole owner, and only employee, Eugen #Rochko".

Eugen #Rochko erklärte nun gegenüber der britischen Wirtschaftszeitung Financial Times, dass er seit der Übernahme #Twitter|s durch #ElonMusk und dem davon ausgelösten Wechsel zahlreicher User zu #Mastodon, bereits fünf Angebote von in den USA ansässigen Investoren bekommen habe. Diese wollen jeweils "Hunderttausende von Dollar" in das Projekt stecken und im Gegenzug natürlich beteiligt werden.

https://winfuture.de/news,133763.html

Le créateur de la plateforme, le développeur allemand Eugen #Rochko, a déclaré lors d'une récente interview que #Mastodon a refusé plus de cinq propositions d'investissement de sociétés de capital-risque de la #SiliconValley au cours des derniers mois. Il a déclaré avoir rejeté ces offres dans le but de "préserver le statut unique d'organisme à but #nonLucratif de la plateforme de médias sociaux".
https://www.developpez.com/actu/339892/Mastodon-le-rival-de-Twitter-rejette-toute-idee-de-financement-afin-de-preserver-son-statut-d-organisme-a-but-non-lucratif-le-fondateur-aurait-refuse-les-offres-de-cinq-societes-de-capital-risque/

#Twitter rival #Mastodon rejects #funding to preserve #nonprofit status. #OpenSource #microblogging site has seen surge of interest since #ElonMusk took over Twitter. In a #blog post in response, #Rochko said this was a “stark reminder that #centralized platforms can impose arbitrary and unfair limits on what you can and can’t say,” adding that monthly active users of Mastodon increased from 300,000 to 2.5 million between Oct and Nov https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/12/twitter-rival-mastodon-rejects-funding-to-preserve-nonprofit-status/

#Twitter #refugees #TwitterMigration

Noch ein Grund hier zu sein :

#Twitter-Alternative: #Mastodon schlägt Investitionsangebote aus❗

Risikokapitalfirmen aus dem Silicon Valley wollten in Mastodon investieren. Doch Gründer Eugen #Rochko hat die Angebote ausgeschlagen - aus gutem Grund.

#BirdsiteMigration
#TwitterMigration

https://www.golem.de/news/twitter-alternative-mastodon-schlaegt-investitionsangebote-aus-2212-170799.html

#Twitter-Alternative: #Mastodon schlägt Investitionsangebote aus

Risikokapitalfirmen aus dem Silicon Valley wollten in Mastodon investieren. Doch Gründer Eugen #Rochko hat die Angebote ausgeschlagen - aus gutem Grund. https://glm.io/170799?t

@financialtimes is reporting that #Mastodon inventor @Gargron has so far rejected five approaches by US-based #investors to take a piece of Mastodon. Seeking to retain its (our) #nonprofit status he has rejected these approaches.

If you have the ability support your instance/server by a regular (small) donation to ensure we can make sure our & #Rochko's vision of a #socialmedia unlike other places can be maintained... its worked for #wikipedia it can work here!

The further we can keep those greasy sleazy Silicon Valley palms away from here the better!

"Rochko told the Financial Times he had received offers from more than five US-based investors to invest “hundreds of thousands of dollars” in backing the product, following its fast growth. But he said the platform’s non-profit status was “untouchable,” "

#siliconvalley #antisiliconvalley #anticonsumerism #nonprofit #mastodon #rochko #stayindependant

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/12/twitter-rival-mastodon-rejects-funding-to-preserve-nonprofit-status/

»#Mastodon founder says investors lining up since Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover
Eugen #Rochko has ‘offers of hundreds of thousands of dollars’ from Silicon Valley private equity firms.
«https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/dec/28/mastodon-founder-elon-musk-twitter-takeover

Warning: private equity sharks spotted! #Mastodon #Twitter #Rochko #Musk #Neoliberalism #SiliconValley

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/dec/28/mastodon-founder-elon-musk-twitter-takeover?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

“Mastodon will not turn into everything you hate about Twitter,” said Rochko. “The fact that it can be sold to a controversial billionaire, the fact that it can be shut down, go bankrupt and so on. It’s the difference in paradigms [between the platforms].”

Interview with #Mastodon founder Rochko in Financial Times.

#Twitter #Rochko

https://www.ft.com/content/de808736-2e05-4c3b-a53c-55b170ae9efd

#Musk bzw. die #Twitter - Blase & #QAnon samt rechten Schwurblern gemeinsam gegen #Mastodon ... 👎 #FakeNews vom Feinsten! 🤮🤬

Link: https://netzpolitik.org/2022/desinformation-wie-die-fanboys-von-elon-musk-versuchen-mastodon-zu-diskreditieren/#netzpolitik-pw ...

#ChiefTwit #ElonMusk #SocialMedia #USA #Secjuice #Rochko #Desinformation #FCKNZS #NoNAZIS #FCKAfD

#AMA with Eugen #Rochko, Founder and lead developer of Mastodon, a decentralized, open-source social media platform based on open web protocols.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Mastodon/comments/zqfr4h/ama_with_eugen_rochko_founder_and_lead_developer/

#Mastodon is sinds de overname van #Twitter door Elon Musk hard gegroeid. Zo'n 2,5 miljoen mensen maken nu maandelijks gebruik van Mastodon.

Het bedrijf, dat al in 2016 werd opgericht, wordt door #crowdfunding gefinancierd. De website en apps bevatten geen #advertenties. "Dit is een radicaal andere benadering van sociale media en iets wat traditionele socialmediabedrijven niet kunnen", zegt #Rochko. https://www.rtlnieuws.nl/tech/artikel/5354522/twitter-alternatief-mastodon-groeit-als-kool-dankzij-musk

#Mastodon is sinds de overname van #Twitter door Elon Musk hard gegroeid. Zo'n 2,5 miljoen mensen maken nu maandelijks gebruik van Mastodon.

Het bedrijf, dat al in 2016 werd opgericht, wordt door #crowdfunding gefinancierd. De website en apps bevatten geen #advertenties. "Dit is een radicaal andere benadering van sociale media en iets wat traditionele socialmediabedrijven niet kunnen", zegt #Rochko. https://www.rtlnieuws.nl/tech/artikel/5354522/twitter-alternatief-mastodon-groeit-als-kool-dankzij-musk

#Mastodon CEO Eugen #Rochko says the social network reached 2.5M MAUs in November

Congrats I guess. Or shall I say I feel sorry for your server and the traffic.

https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/20/23518325/mastodon-monthly-active-users-twitter-elon-musk