Today I am stepping down from my role as the CEO of #Mastodon. Though this has been in the works for a while, I can't say I've fully processed how I feel about it. There is a bittersweet part to it, and I think I will miss it, but it also felt necessary. It feels like a goodbye, but it isn't—I intend to stay on and continue to advise the new leadership and contribute, because Mastodon—and the fediverse—is one of the very few beacons of hope for a better web.

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/11/my-next-chapter-with-mastodon/

My next chapter with Mastodon

Reflections on my time leading Mastodon and what's to come next.

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@Gargron thank you for everything john

@aeva @Gargron how does it feel knowing some will forever remember you as john mastodon,,,

feels like “john thing“ has become an omniapplicable way of referring to the founder of something at this point

@soop @Gargron no he passed the torch. felix hlatky is john mastodon now.
@aeva @Gargron yeah both eugen and that other guy are john mastodon now. one does not simply stop being john mastodon you see