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I missed that, this is an amazing new and a great board! https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/29/twitter-co-founder-biz-stone-joins-mastodons-new-u-s-non-profits-board/?guccounter=1

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#Twitter #mastodon #BigTech #SiliconValley #mastodonggmbh #bizstone

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If, on the other hand, maybe we’d like more folks to contribute to the commons and maybe not even be captured by Silicon Valley how about this radical idea: Fund them so they can live (at least as well) as any mediocre yes-person at a mainstream tech company.

#mastodon #fediverse #FOSS #funding #EU #NextGenerationInternet #NGI #NLNet #EUCommission #DigitalSingleMarket #commons #neoliberalism #SiliconValley #corporateCapture #TimBerbersLee #WorldWideWeb (7/7)

#fediverse #mastodon #EU #foss #SiliconValley #funding #neoliberalism #nlnet #nextgenerationinternet #ngi #Commons #eucommission #digitalsinglemarket #corporatecapture #timberberslee #worldwideweb

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Aral Balkan

1 week ago

Aral Balkan
1 week ago

Co-founder of Twitter joins new Mastodon board of directors. Right, so federating with Threads wasn’t a mistake. This is just the direction Mastodon is going. Oh, well. Another Mozilla emerges.

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2024/04/mastodon-forms-new-u.s.-non-profit/

#Mastodon #BizStone #SiliconValley #BigTech #Threads

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.

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