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Ars Technica Jan 13, 2025

Mastodon becomes nonprofit to make sure it’s never ruined by billionaire CEO
Mastodon shifts to nonprofit ownership, calls for $5M in donations to expand.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/01/mastodon-becomes-nonprofit-to-make-sure-its-never-ruined-by-billionaire-ceo/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Mastodon’s founder cedes control, refuses to become next Musk or Zuckerberg

Mastodon shifts to nonprofit ownership, calls for $5M in donations to expand.

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Adrian Segar Jan 13, 2025

@arstechnica Instead of pouring $30M into a rival of Bluesky, Free Our Feeds <https://freeourfeeds.com/> should give $5M to #Mastodon.

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💯 !!!

And they are not talking about building a rival of Bluesky, but rather a second AT Protocol instance (relay) running Bluesky software. So, effectively helping build out Bluesky.