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#Mastodon changed their Company Form from "gGmbH" to "GmbH", this means they are now longer Non-profit. Not a good sign. For a long time now they do not listen to the Community anymore, forcing people to use Forks like #GlitchMastodon and now this.. I do not know what to say anymore.

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Frost, ᛁᛊᛟᛚᚠᚱ 🐺❄️

Mar 4

@gremlin And Glitch seems to be barely independent at all, they went along with all the Masto 4 changes.

If anyone wants to help me maintain Masto 3, we could make it a proper fork!

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Lukyan Mar 4

@gremlin They lost their non-profit status before and now are only adjusting the terminology. They have longer term plans of switching to a Belgian non-profit, while also having the US one.

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/02/administrative-updates/

I can't evaluate if this is a realistic situation of a well-intentioned non-profit having been founded in Germany, it might be. I agree about the forks.

Administrative updates

An update to Mastodon’s business details (imprint).

Mastodon Blog

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Markus Redeker 🐘Mar 4

@lukyan @gremlin And it was the German tax office that revoked Mastodon's non-profit status without telling anyone why (https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2024/04/mastodon-forms-new-u.s.-non-profit/#mastodons-non-profit-status-in-germany).

Mastodon forms new U.S. non-profit

As part of our commitment to supporting the growth and operational capabilities of Mastodon, we have established a 501(c)(3) non-profit entity in the United States aimed at facilitating our efforts, including being able to receive tax-deductible U.S. donations.

Mastodon Blog