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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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[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm not sure what the practicals of doing something like this will be, but it speaks a lot to who Eugen Rochko is.

He might also be an obtuse dick. I've gotten that vibe too. Still, good for him.

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[–] [email protected] 66 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Even having ceded control, they will go down in history as a legend. More positively viewed then the likes of... other social media founders.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Will anyone be better than Tom?

Became everyone's friend, became a millionaire, retired, (so far?) avoided falling off the right wing conspiracy cliff. Kind of just a quiet dude.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Goals, for sure. The guy just does whatever he wants at this point. I think he's doing photography now?

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 22 hours ago

Notch was primed for that shit long before Minecraft took off. He posted early builds to 4chan, and was an active shitposter there.

The money just made him stop paying attention to anything else.

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