I’m very sorry to learn that Rochko is stepping down as Mastodon CEO. I think he has probably contributed more than any other person to the success of the Fediverse. And it won’t be the same without him.

So you want the Fediverse, where people fled to get away from the commercial Internet, to become just like it?

I don’t understand why the new social media laws aren’t causing people suffering under free-speech-hating governments to flee to darkweb social media sites where the laws can’t be enforced. I know there aren’t many social media sites there for non-criminals, but why aren’t individuals with the minimal skills required to make hidden-service sites doing so?