Mise à jour du 11 février 2026 :

Eugen Rochko lâche le poste de CEO de Mastodon (mais ne quitte pas le navire) - Korben

La première version de cet article contenait plusieurs erreurs factuelles et raccourcis un peu trop rapides. J'avais mal compris la situation en présentant Rochko comme quelqu'un qui "quitte Mastodon" dégoûté par la #toxicité de ses utilisateurs, alors que la réalité est plus nuancée. Je m'en excuse. Voici la version corrigée et merci à Jean-Karim, fidèle lecteur de korben.info d'avoir attiré mon attention là dessus.

#EugenRochko , le créateur de #Mastodon , lâche son poste de CEO. Attention, il ne claque pas la porte... il passe en rôle consultatif.

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Bref, Mastodon continue sans son créateur aux commandes, mais avec lui dans les parages. On verra ce que ça donne.

https://korben.info/eugen-rochko-quitte-mastodon-toxicite.html

#MastoPresseRevue #erratum #nuance #KorbenInfo #UnMondeConnecté #FrançoisSaltiel

Coywolf Podcast Episode 15: Interview with Mastodon creator Eugen Rochko

Jon Henshaw interviews Mastodon creator Eugen Rochko about how he got started in software development, what led him to create Mastodon, why Threads interoperability with Mastodon fell flat, what it’ll take to get people to switch to the fediverse, why he views Mastodon as a network and not a media platform, and why Mastodon chose ActivityPub.

https://piefed.kobel.fyi/c/fediverse/p/55899/coywolf-podcast-episode-15-interview-with-mastodon-creator-eugen-rochko

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/

https://www.root.cz/zpravicky/eugen-rochko-odstupuje-z-pozice-reditele-a-prevadi-mastodon-na-neziskovou-organizaci/

#mastodon #eugenRochko

Nach langer Vorbereitung: #Mastodon kann jetzt lange geforderte "Quote Posts"

Als er Mastodon gegründet hat, war Erfinder #EugenRochko gegen die Zitierfunktion. Später hat sich seine Meinung geändert und ein Update führt sie jetzt ein. https://www.heise.de/news/Grosses-Update-Mastodon-kann-jetzt-Quote-Posts-und-findet-alle-Kommentare-11068632.html

« Mastodon’s creator, Eugen Rochko, is stepping down as CEO of the open source, decentralized social network […] as part of the organization’s transition to a nonprofit structure […] Mastodon will be governed by a board of directors […] Going forward, Rochko will continue contributing to Mastodon as an adviser. […] In total, Mastodon has 10 full-time employees. Rochko said he knew it was time to step aside as Mastodon had grown to be bigger than he could manage alone, and because he was also facing burnout. […] The organization has already transitioned to a nonprofit in the U.S. but is still working to set up a nonprofit in Belgium, or an AISBL, to replace the German entity, which lost its nonprofit status last year. […] By restructuring Mastodon, Rochko believes the organization will maintain its position as "billionaire-proof" social media. » https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/18/mastodon-ceo-steps-down-as-the-social-network-restructures

#Mastodon #EugenRochko

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 founder #EugenRochko is stepping down as CEO and will receive a #onetimepayment of one #million euros.

🤝 The #microblogging service will be developed by a #nonprofit organisation under Belgian law, with #FelixHlatky succeeding Rochko as CEO.

🚀 The restructuring follows a surge in user numbers after #ElonMusk’s acquisition of #Twitter.

👉 https://www.heise.de/en/news/Mastodon-Founder-Steps-Down-as-CEO-Receives-One-Million-Euros-11081969.html?Fedizen.EU #Fedizen #Fediverse #ActivityPub #News