#eugenrochko — Public Fediverse posts

careful self reflection is a sign of strength

But it would be uncouth for me to pretend that there isn’t some self-interest involved. Being in charge of a social media project is, turns out, quite the stressful endeavour, and I don’t have the right personality for it. I think I need not elaborate that the passion so many feel for social media does not always manifest in healthy ways. You are to be compared with tech billionaires, with their immense wealth and layered support systems, but with none of the money or resources. It manifests in what people expect of you, and how people talk about you. I remember somebody jokingly suggesting that I challenge Elon Musk to a fight (this was during his and Mark Zuckerberg’s martial arts feud), and quietly thinking to myself, I am literally not paid enough for that. I remember also, some Spanish newspaper article that for some reason, concluded that I don’t dress as fashionably as Jeff Bezos, based on the extremely sparse number of pictures of myself I have shared on the web. Over an entire decade, these tiny things chip away at you slowly. Some things chip faster. I steer clear of showing vulnerability online, but there was a particularly bad interaction with a user last summer that made me realise that I need to take a step back and find a healthier relationship with the project, ultimately serving as the impetus to begin this restructuring process.

My next chapter with Mastodon – Mastodon Blog

Eugen Rochko is stepping down as the CEO of mastodon as it completes the transition to a nonprofit. I am sharing this snippet from the article announcing it.

Eugen started mastodon as a self funded project and kept it going years before twitter imploded. This is the writing of a thoughtful, serious, reflective person who deserves to be praised. He didn’t end up the world’s richest billionaire.

However, he sure made a dent in the universe. All the best during recovery and I look forward to mastodon attaining greater heights.

#ceo #eugenRochko #hagiography #mastodon #reflection

Mastodon Blog (Eugen Rochko): My next chapter with Mastodon. “After nearly 10 years, I am stepping down as the CEO of Mastodon and transferring my ownership of the trademark and other assets to the Mastodon non-profit. Over the course of my time at Mastodon, I have centered myself less and less in our outward communications, and to some degree, this is the culmination of that trend.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/21/mastodon-blog-my-next-chapter-with-mastodon/

Mastodon Blog (Eugen Rochko): My next chapter with Mastodon. “After nearly 10 years, I am stepping down as the CEO of Mastodon and transferring my ownership of the trademark and other assets to the Mastodon non-profit. Over the course of my time at Mastodon, I have centered myself less and less in our outward communications, and to some degree, this is the culmination of that trend.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/21/mastodon-blog-my-next-chapter-with-mastodon/

Mastodon Blog (Eugen Rochko): My next chapter with Mastodon. “After nearly 10 years, I am stepping down as the CEO of Mastodon and transferring my ownership of the trademark and other assets to the Mastodon non-profit. Over the course of my time at Mastodon, I have centered myself less and less in our outward communications, and to some degree, this is the culmination of that trend.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/21/mastodon-blog-my-next-chapter-with-mastodon/

Mastodon Blog (Eugen Rochko): My next chapter with Mastodon. “After nearly 10 years, I am stepping down as the CEO of Mastodon and transferring my ownership of the trademark and other assets to the Mastodon non-profit. Over the course of my time at Mastodon, I have centered myself less and less in our outward communications, and to some degree, this is the culmination of that trend.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/21/mastodon-blog-my-next-chapter-with-mastodon/

Mastodon Blog (Eugen Rochko): My next chapter with Mastodon. “After nearly 10 years, I am stepping down as the CEO of Mastodon and transferring my ownership of the trademark and other assets to the Mastodon non-profit. Over the course of my time at Mastodon, I have centered myself less and less in our outward communications, and to some degree, this is the culmination of that trend.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/21/mastodon-blog-my-next-chapter-with-mastodon/

My biggest respect to @Gargron for his work on Mastodon and this step for stepping down:
"Mastodon is bigger than me"

Thank you <3

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/11/my-next-chapter-with-mastodon/

#mastodon #fediverse #gargron #eugenrochko

Mastodon and Matrix in a tense fight over who drives popular open software into the ground first.
#Mastodon #Fediverse #Gargron #EugenRochko #meme

(Context this time: https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/114706885462760813 )

#SozialesNetzwerk:

#Mastodon will #gemeinnützige #Gesellschaft gründen.

Das soziale Netzwerk Mastodon soll eine neue Struktur erhalten. Damit reagiert der Dienst auch auf den Entzug der Gemeinnützigkeit.

Der Gründer von #Mastodon, #EugenRochko, will die Kontrolle über das dezentrale soziale Netzwerk an eine gemeinnützige Organisation abgeben.

https://www.golem.de/news/soziales-netzwerk-mastodon-will-gemeinnuetzige-gesellschaft-gruenden-2501-192401.html

Mastodon-Gründer übergibt an Non-Profit-Organisation https://www.ifun.de/mastodon-gruender-uebergibt-an-non-profit-organisation-246619/

#mastodon #rochko #EugenRochko

💡 Mastodon diventa un’entità non profit

https://gomoot.com/mastodon-diventa-non-profit

#blog #eugenrochko #mastodon #mastodongmbh #news #nonprofit #opensource #piattaforme #picks #socialnetwork #tech #tecnologia #twitter @joinmastodon

#Meta now permits, on #Threads, #Facebook and #Instagram:

• Allegations of #mental #illness or abnormality directed at trans* and homosexual persons

• Calling for gender-based limitations of military, law enforcement participation for the same groups, based on religious beliefs

• Accusing people of specific ethnicities, e.g. Chinese people, of bearing responsibility for the Covid-19 pandemic.

The "Social Web Foundation" @swf and with it, expressly its founders @evanprodromou, @mallory and @tomcoates still boast, on their website:

»Industry support
The founders are supported by advisors from the social networking world including […]:

• Meta«

They choose to stay silent on their Fediverse accounts, so far. The post is still up, on their website.

In a hilarious move away from his drooling #Threads fanboy statements so far, #EugenRochko @Gargron now boosts posts of OTHERS saying »The best time to abandon anything Meta touches was years ago. The second best time is today.«

As predicted, #Rochko, #Prodromou, #Knodel and #Coates were enablers and gate openers for #Meta, while everybody else was crystal clear about the track record of this rotten corporation, and what threat it is to the Fediverse.

These #Fediverse "protagonists", obviously, have a serious integrity problem.

https://www.wired.com/story/meta-immigration-gender-policies-change/

https://socialwebfoundation.org/2024/09/24/launch/

#TransRightsAreHumanRights

Guida galattica per X-stoppisti finiti su mastodon – La nuova versione della guida di informapirata

“Probabilmente quasi tutto quello sapete su Mastodon è sbagliato!

Ma siete in buona compagnia…”

Guida galattica per X-stoppisti finiti su mastodon – La nuova versione della guida di informapirata

“Probabilmente quasi tutto quello sapete su Mastodon è sbagliato!

Ma siete in buona compagnia…”

Guida galattica per X-stoppisti finiti su mastodon – La nuova versione della guida di informapirata

“Probabilmente quasi tutto quello sapete su Mastodon è sbagliato!

Ma siete in buona compagnia…”

Guida galattica per X-stoppisti finiti su mastodon – La nuova versione della guida di informapirata

“Probabilmente quasi tutto quello sapete su Mastodon è sbagliato!

Ma siete in buona compagnia…”

Guida galattica per X-stoppisti finiti su mastodon – La nuova versione della guida di informapirata

“Probabilmente quasi tutto quello sapete su Mastodon è sbagliato!

Ma siete in buona compagnia…”

@BeAware

Sadly so, but you need to consider that being on your own free island with a bunch of pals (possibly connected to a few similar islands, mountains and deserts) while 7.9 of 8 billion people are stuck in the mainland dictatorship without even realizing it isn't really a solution if you want to change the world for the better. We still need to fight the dictatorship and the (totally not benevolent) dictator!

#ReverseTheBattle #Fediverse #Fedi #Mastodon #SocialMedia #EugenRochko #Rochko

📬 Mastodon-Spam-Attacken: Über Discord gestartet und koordiniert
#ITSicherheit #dezentralesNetzwerk #Discord #DiscordServer #EmeliaSmith #EugenRochko #Fediversum #KevinBeaumont #SpamAttacken https://sc.tarnkappe.info/b775b1

Metas strategische „Öffnung“ ihres Datenbunkers

Auch wenn es unserem Ego weh tut. Wenn ich – nüchtern, was ich in der Sache vielleicht zu selten bin – auf die tatsächlichen Sachverhalte schaue, dann sehe ich keinen Kampf des David „Fediverse“ mit dem Goliath Meta aufziehen. Ich sehe vielmehr, wie der Gigant sich hinter dem David versteckt, um sich vor der Macht der Politik zu schützen.

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.)

The Man Behind Mastodon, Eugen Rochko, Built It for This Moment | WIRED

This is an informative read for those of us who are new to #Mastodon. #mastodonnewbie #eugenrochko #decentralized #migrationtoMastodon

https://www.wired.com/story/the-man-behind-mastodon-eugen-rochko-built-it-for-this-moment/

The Man Behind Mastodon, Eugen Rochko, Built It for This Moment | WIRED

This is an informative read for those of us who are new to #Mastodon. #mastodonnewbie #eugenrochko #decentralized #migrationtoMastodon

https://www.wired.com/story/the-man-behind-mastodon-eugen-rochko-built-it-for-this-moment/

The Man Behind Mastodon, Eugen Rochko, Built It for This Moment | WIRED

This is an informative read for those of us who are new to #Mastodon. #mastodonnewbie #eugenrochko #decentralized #migrationtoMastodon

https://www.wired.com/story/the-man-behind-mastodon-eugen-rochko-built-it-for-this-moment/

The Man Behind Mastodon, Eugen Rochko, Built It for This Moment | WIRED

This is an informative read for those of us who are new to #Mastodon. #mastodonnewbie #eugenrochko #decentralized #migrationtoMastodon

https://www.wired.com/story/the-man-behind-mastodon-eugen-rochko-built-it-for-this-moment/

Hace días lanzamos en #Porfolio un perfil sobre #EugenRochko, una de las mentes pensantes detrás de #Mastodon. El programador ruso-alemán, de 29 años y ascendencia judía, ni forma parte de las esferas de Silicon Valley ni es como los magnates tecnológicos. Es una rara avis en el sector. Un outsider. Un indie. Y, de momento, le está robando la cartera de usuarios a #Twitter.

https://www.elespanol.com/porfolio/actualidad/20221112/eugen-rochko-hombre-quiere-elon-musk-mastodon/717678331_0.amp.html

The governance of #Mastodon has been a heated subject for a long time: here is an excellent article by Ana Valens (dated 2019) on the power plays in Mastodon development: https://www.dailydot.com/debug/mastodon-fediverse-eugen-rochko/ #benevolence #power 🌈#alphabetMafia #networkPolitics #devGovernance #longread #peopleNotUsers
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#benevolentDictator #EugenRochko #Rochko #leadership #security #moderation #MastodonHistory #governance #protection 🌱#dataProtection #dataPrivacy #privacy (to be continued: 👇🏾)

📬 Lesetipps: Wahre digitale Souveränität und ein Twitter-Ersatz
#Lesetipps #AnkeDomscheitBerg #DanielLambach #EugenRochko #HydraMarket #Mastodon #Phishing https://tarnkappe.info/lesetipps/lesetipps-wahre-digitale-souveraenitaet-und-ein-twitter-ersatz-220556.html