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Mastodon’s founder cedes control, refuses to become next Musk or Zuckerberg (arstechnica.com)
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His grand vision remains to leave Mastodon users in control of the social network, making their own decisions about what content is allowed or what appears in their timelines.

I don't use Mastadon cause I don't care for micro-blogging, but nevertheless, I like this.

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[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 0 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

Mastodon's main problem IMO is how long it takes for features to make their way into the live version.

Bluesky's main problem IMO is how it is fundamentally a profit driven venture that cannot tolerate slow and steady growth and how fundamentally, no matter what anyone including the CEO says, Bluesky must and always will unflinchingly support the interests of its investors over the interest of its users, period. To really spell things out here, the continued employment of anyone at Bluesky is fundamentally predicated on their ability and desire to do this very thing.

Bluesky is a business, after all