Austin Kocher, PhD 🌎Nov 20, 2022

Meet Eugen Rochko (@Gargron), founder of @Mastodon, who just got a profile in TIME magazine. I encourage you to really read the entire excellent interview, bc not only will you learn more about the ethos behind Mastodon, but you can also hear what it’s like for an intelligent human being to talk about social media.

“Thousands Have Joined Mastodon Since Twitter Changed Hands. Its Founder Has a Vision for Democratizing Social Media.”

https://time.com/6229230/mastodon-eugen-rochko-interview/

Thousands Have Joined Mastodon Since Twitter Changed Hands. Its Founder Has a Vision for Democratizing Social Media

Thousands of users have joined Mastodon since Elon Musk took control of Twitter. Mastodon's founder Eugen Rochko says it's been a vindication

Time
Show threadAustin Kocher, PhD 🌎Nov 20, 2022
“I think that is a very uniquely American idea of creating this marketplace of ideas where you can say anything you want completely without limits. It is very foreign to the German mindset where we, in our Constitution, our number one priority is maintaining human dignity. And so, hate speech is not part of the German concept of free speech, for example. So I think that when Elon Musk says that everything’s gonna be allowed, or whatever, I generally disagree with that.” – @Gargron
Show threadNew GoliathNov 20, 2022
@austinkocher @Gargron bankrupting other nations and having a leader reign for 16 years is totally cool.
Show threadGryph LaneNov 21, 2022
@NewGoliath @austinkocher @Gargron At least their government actually works
Show threadNew Goliath
@MxG84 @austinkocher @Gargron what does it succeed at doing? Neo-colonialism and welfare capitalism?
Nov 21, 2022 at 8:39amTusky