Mastodon founder says investors lining up since Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover —
In a blog post, Rochko wrote: “This is a stark reminder that centralised platforms can impose arbitrary and unfair limits on what you can and can’t say … At Mastodon, we believe that there doesn’t have to be a middleman between you and your audience and that journalists and government institutions especially should not have to rely on a private platform to reach the public” https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/dec/28/mastodon-founder-elon-musk-twitter-takeover