Mastodon CEO Eugen Rochko has spoken out about the significant moderation changes announced by Meta on Tuesday, which will see the social networking giant
Lmfao, no clue why you’re being downvoted so much. It’s absolutely true that the camel-case here looks like a clusterfuck, even when it’s easily explained.
Because there’s a company that makes the software used to run a Mastodon instance. Same way Mozilla has a CEO even though they’re not in charge of the internet.
How can a decentralized platform have a CEO?
You recognize that Mastodon, the software, is developed by a non-profit called Mastodon gGmbH?
Actually I was not aware of that, thank you for telling me.
Mastodon gHmbH? What happened there? Was he naming the company and somehow fell on the keyboard?
Close, it’s German. Basically an LLC.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GmbH
No it’s not. It’s a gGmbH. Notice the leading “g”. It’s a nonprofit company.
https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemeinnützige_GmbH
Unfortunately there is no English translation of that page on Wikipedia.
Let’s just call it a nonprofit.
Lmfao, no clue why you’re being downvoted so much. It’s absolutely true that the camel-case here looks like a clusterfuck, even when it’s easily explained.
Cat on the keyboard. Been there…
@Lost_My_Mind @TheTechnician27 A gGmbH is roughly comparable to a PBLLC.
His name is John Mastodon.
Nice. I wonder if he also plays drums for Mastodon.
you joke but, a little-known fact is that gargron named the mastodon software after that band as it is his favorite
edit: related https://www.loudersound.com/news/mastodon-social-media-band-twitter
His full name is John Mastodon Pterodactyl Triceratops Sabre-tooh Tiger Tyrannosaurus but he just goes by John Mastodon for short.
Thank goodness Boint Boint is here to explain.
Because there’s a company that makes the software used to run a Mastodon instance. Same way Mozilla has a CEO even though they’re not in charge of the internet.
Who wants to be CEO of lemmy btw? You’ll have no power over anything, but we can call you that from now on as a joke.
Sup