#rochko — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #rochko, aggregated by home.social.
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Interesting interview - touching on the good, the bad and the ugly of #SocialMedia - with #Mastodon creator #Rochko.
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Mastodon looking to complete its transition to a nonprofit structure, and as part of that Eugen Rochko, is stepping down as CEO.
Going forward Mastodon will be governed by a board of directors, which today includes Twitter co-founder Biz Stone, Karien Bezuidenhout, Esra’a Al Shafei, , and Felix Hlatky, who will be taking the role of executive director. https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/18/mastodon-ceo-steps-down-as-the-social-network-restructures/ #Mastodon #Rochko #NonProfit #SocialMedia #SocialNetwork
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Thanks Eugen. You have delivered a tool that opened a window to return to the original intention of the Internet.
Your focus on decentralisation brought thousands of communities the ability to communicate safely. Among themselves or in connection to others.
The Fediverse wouldn't be where it is now without your tenacity and focus to bring Mastodon to where it is now.
You have the respect and gratitude of many.
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Tätä viikon takaista merkittävää asiaa ei Suomessa ole uutisoinut kuin yksi taho - huomasin sen Ampparit-hauilla itsekin vasta viime yönä.
"Siirrämme yksinkertaisesti Mastodonin alustan ja ekosysteemin avainosasten omistuksen uudelle voittoa tavoittelemattomalle järjestölle vahvistaen näin ajatusta siitä, ettei Mastodonin tule olla yksittäisen henkilön omaisuutta tai hallittavissa”, #Rochko kirjoittaa."
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Am I the last person to find out about this?!?!
https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/13/24342603/mastodon-non-profit-ownership-ceo-eugen-rochko
Y'all need to keep me better informed! #rochko
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Mastodon-Gründer übergibt an Non-Profit-Organisation https://www.ifun.de/mastodon-gruender-uebergibt-an-non-profit-organisation-246619/
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Mastodon CEO #Eugen #Rochko has spoken out about the significant moderation changes announced by #Meta on Tuesday,
🆘which will see the social networking giant removing fact-checking across its apps in favor of a crowdsourced community notes feature,
similar to X’s.The Mastodon founder, whose app competes with X and Meta’s X rival, Instagram Threads,
called Meta’s changes “deeply troubling”
and “a concern to anyone with a conscience.”He also warned Threads users who cross-post from Threads to Mastodon via Threads’ fediverse-sharing feature that
Mastodon will take action on hate speech
and any Threads account violating Mastodon’s existing policies.Following the announcement of Meta’s loosened content moderation rules,
which affect LGBTQ communities and other marginalized users,
many Mastodon users wanted to know what this meant for the open source, decentralized social network,
given its connection with Threads.Last June, Meta opened up its fediverse-sharing feature to all Threads users
after earlier beta testing in the U.S., Canada, and Japan.The feature lets Threads’ users enable an option that will publish their posts directly on Mastodon as well,
allowing them to reach a broader audience.Rochko previously touted Threads’ federation,
saying the move made the open source Mastodon
a “far more attractive option.”He has also spoken about how Meta’s adoption of the underlying ActivityPub protocol,
which powers Mastodon and other federated servers,
was a validation of the move to decentralized social media.However, not all in the fediverse are in universal agreement on Mastodon’s integration with Threads.
Hundreds of smaller Mastodon servers block Threads,
which means their users can’t connect with Threads users or vice versa.(Meta also blocks hundreds of Mastodon servers, too,
over violations of Community Standards and other moderation and privacy issues.)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/08/mastodon-ceo-calls-metas-moderation-changes-deeply-troubling-warns-users-cross-posting-from-threads/ -
#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/
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Currently, the #Mastodon #ServerCovenant is holding recommended Mastodon servers to a higher standard. It's rule No. 1
Will be interesting to see how #Rochko's love affair with #Meta and #Threads will be made to "fit" this.
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This person (Eugen #Rochko), intentionally referenced by his ridiculously immature account name, has to be purged from the #Fediverse. His proverbial gloves against us are off and so are mine, now. Hence: "#Gargron" has to die — digitally. That's all I'm saying and I'm not advocating for anything more, except that Rochko's ties to '#Israel' should be thoroughly investigated (his extremely malign influence on #Mastodon and the Fediverse might amount to the crime of aiding and abetting #genocide which, by the way, is a capital offense in 'Israel' and as such, punishable by #death). Of course, that doesn't mean in any way whatsoever that I don't despise Rochko and his racist clique to the core. As a compassionate being, I most certainly do, for he's an #enemy and a #disgrace to #humanity. #EndGargronNow
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#Zionism is the most dangerous (and widespread) #cult of our time❗
Therefore:
Zionist agent #Gargron (E. #Rochko on the #Fediverse) must die‼️ #GargronMustDie
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Zionism is #barbarism. End ' #Israel ' now‼️ @palestine
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#Zionism is the most dangerous (and widespread) #cult of our time❗
Therefore:
Zionist agent #Gargron (E. #Rochko on the #Fediverse) must die‼️ #GargronMustDie
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Zionism is #barbarism. End ' #Israel ' now‼️ @palestine
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Do you stand with #Palestine and #Lebanon against Zionist #barbarism and #boycott Mark #Zuckerberg's platforms, e.g. #Facebook, #Instagram and #WhatsApp, over it? If so, good. But you use Eugen #Rochko's #Mastodon or even have an account on mastodon.social, mastodon.online or any other Zionist operated #Fediverse instance or casually interact with their clients? In this case, there's much room to improve:
#Gargron must die‼️ #GargronMustDie
Zionist and pro-Zionist instances, even those who 'tolerate' Zionists and #Hasbara, must be blocked. Leave those #fascists to themselves and help creating a human rights oriented network where their cultist #supremacy and genocidal ways have no place!
#Zionism is the most dangerous (and widespread) #cult of our time❗
Anyone who refuses to publicly state: "I reject Zionism," must not be part of our lives. Check who you're dealing with on the Zionism infested Fediverse and fight the Zionists — or leave. #Ignorance is #complicity!
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Zionism is #barbarism. End ' #Israel ' now‼️ @palestine
#Lebanon #Hizbullah #Hezbollah #HizbAllah #Hisbollah #Nasrallah #Gaza #Palestine #Hamas #EndIsraelNow
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I have not, I'm afraid. The overwhelming majority of the network is obviously compromised by genocidal ideologues protecting each other and shutting down anyone who dares to challenge them. As long as you don't cross them, you might not get into too much trouble, but then again, what's the point? The #Mastodon dominated #Fediverse is nothing more than a safe-haven for cowardly fascists who don't even realize how small their little Nazi bubble actually is (hence their arrogance). All we can do now is to expose this vile scam and its instigators (meaning #Rochko and those who worship him) and try to build a sane network where Zionist BS and arbitrary #censorship has no place. Breaking the power and gravity of mainstream instances, especially mastodon.social and its friends/subjects (like mstdn.social), is crucial in order for a new, clean and free (from their 'covenant') Fediverse 'region' to arise. So for starters, why not try to do it on this #Misskey (i.e., not Mastodon) instance? For, believe it or not, this is the only instance where I have not been on the receiving end of censorship by the admin (so far, and, unlike elsewhere, I'm trying rather hard). So I might have a recommendation for you, after all (wink). But clearly, having a righteous home instance won't suffice in order to protect you from being muted on large parts of the network as long as everybody else is still roaming in wicked territory. Long story short: #Boycott sucker operated instances (and motivate others to follow you on this very path) and then hope that the fascist 'communities' might eventually bleed out and die (they'll never reform, it's just not in their nature). And try not to self-censor and thus delude yourself. #Appeasement is not the way, so Zionists, fuck off!
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#Gargron must die ‼️
But don't touch or hurt him, we're not Mossad and value even a #lowlife like E. #Rochko.
Reclaim the #Fediverse, say no to censorship❗
#Mossadon #Mossad #Mastodon #Censorship #GargronMustDie #Palestine #Gaza #Lebanon #EndIsraelNow
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#Mastodon #Mossad #Rochko #Unit8200 #Zionism #barbarism #Israel #Lebanon #Hizbullah #Hezbollah #HizbAllah #Hisbollah #Gaza #Palestine #Terrorism #EndIsraelNow
Thank you for letting me know.Isn't distributed social network great or what?
Freedom of speech, against censorship and bullying.
But silencing those who expose the hypocrisy and complicity of the western media and politicians.
I carry this with a badge of honor, next to the note from IRI moral police who kicked me out of university in Tehran back in 1983 for being "morally corrupt and politically active".
I thought I had moved away from fascism.
But I guess not.
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Zionist power in action.
#Mastodon gGmbH must be neutralised. No one shall call him- or herself human, let alone claim to support Palestine or Lebanon, if he or she affirms this obvious "Unit 8200" and/or #Mossad puppet firm by using or boosting its "services".
I bet my account that Eugen #Rochko is on the payroll of at least one of those two, never mind that this filthy 'Israel ' lover would do it all pro 'bono' (meaning: pro malo), anyway.
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#Zionism is #barbarism. End ' #Israel ' now‼️ @palestine
#Lebanon #Hizbullah #Hezbollah #HizbAllah #Hisbollah #Gaza #Palestine #Terrorism #EndIsraelNow
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We can only imagine the outcry if Elon #Musk, Mark #Zuckerberg or Eugen #Rochko were to be arrested in or by #Russia, #Belarus or #China because their #censorship doesn't line up with the ideas of Misters Pres. #Putin, #Lukashenko and #Xi.
Even if there is a lot of bad things on #Telegram it is still an important space to publish and share information that certain regimes want to keep from us.
And now you know why.
#Wikileaks/Julian #Assange 2.0?
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Well he didn't. But he sure got the #benefits.
#Mastodon is *not* "the #network", anyway.
It would be rather naive to believe #Rochko wouldn't have an #agenda, too. Though loudly proclaimed, #benevolence doesn't look like his strong suit. And how are you so sure he hasn't cashed out himself. You might give it a shot and ask him about his personal and entrepreneurial assets.
I like your #modesty but ask yourself how long it took before you got stuck with a basic functionality that just isn't there as one would expect it.
As for me, I'm reluctant to fix this. I'm just waiting for the next thing and try to act in the real life much more. After all, who knows how long that's going to be still possible?
Gods? Nah, not really.
Positively yours, too. It's really not against you but you have been warned (I had too): this network can be at least as frustrating as the other ones.
Well, you'll find out and I'm sure you'll make the best of whatever happens.
Good talking, bye.
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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
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#Rochko, il "padre" di #Mastodon, racconta le sue idee e un po' di storia della piattaforma in un'intervista
È sempre interessante ascoltare l'opinione dei fondatori
L'intervista si trova qui: https://www.platformer.news/mastodon-interview-eugen-rochko-meta-bluesky-threads-federation/
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The State of the Federation, with Mastodon's Eugen Rochko
It’s been an exciting time in the world of decentralized social media.
New versions of Mammoth and Ivory launched.
WordPress and Tumblr reaffirmed their commitment to integrating ActivityPub.
And then both Threads and Flipboard rolled out their plans to federate.What does this all mean for the Fediverse?
How will moderation work as the Fediverse grows in leaps and bounds?
Who will be next to federate?
#fediverse #ActivityPub #rochko
#mastodon #SocialMedia
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Moin, vielleicht sollte ich mir diesen Zweit-Account doch warmhalten, falls sich der Eugen #Rochko vielleicht überlegt, mastodon.social aufzugeben. Schließlich ist der gute Mann jetzt in festen Händen und hat möglicherweise keine Zeit mehr für #Mastodon. 😉 #TroetCafe
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Eugen #Rochko
#Zeit Bericht zu #Mastodon:
Eine MammutaufgabeEin besseres soziales Netzwerk als Twitter zu schaffen – dafür hat der deutsche Informatiker Eugen Rochko Mastodon programmiert. Ein Treffen mit dem scheuen Mann, der die Machtverhältnisse im Netz umkehren will.
Bezahlartikel (!):
https://www.zeit.de/2023/47/eugen-rochko-mastodon-twitter-alternative/komplettansicht -
Back on this thought thread, and I cannot understate enough the surreal departure from the norm when scrolling #Rochko / #Gargron's #Mastodon feed, full of cat pictures, and thinking, "this is the closest thing the #Fediverse movement has to a leader", and his feed is just normal person stuff...
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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.)
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Ja truquen a la porta!
👉El fundador de #Mastodon, Eugen #Rochko, diu que hi ha inversors fent cua des de que l'Elondo va adquirir Tuiter. Amb ofertes de centenars de milers de dòlars.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/dec/28/mastodon-founder-elon-musk-twitter-takeover
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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: 👇🏾)
