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I am thrilled to share the news that I joined @Mastodon's leadership team as Community Director alongside @mellifluousbox, our new Executive Director, and @renchap, our Technical Director.
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/11/the-future-is-ours-to-build-together/
@haubles @Mastodon @mellifluousbox @renchap THANKS for creating and maintaining this safe, welcoming, interesting space. Everyone - show us the LOVE!! (in terms of donations- a little bit from a lot of us keeps us connected in the best way:)
@haubles @Mastodon @mellifluousbox @renchap Congrats Hannah!!! Really excited for Mastodon's future.
@haubles @Mastodon @mellifluousbox @renchap 🎉 Congrats! Great to see the team expanding and fortifying the #fediverse
@haubles @mellifluousbox Congratulations on the new roles, and wishing @Gargron all the best!
@haubles yay Hannah! Happy for you with this great step.
@haubles @Mastodon @mellifluousbox @renchap
Congrats Hannah, looking forward to meet you hopefully soon in person here in Europe. ✨
@Mastodon @mellifluousbox @renchap
Thank you, @Gargron, for taking this step and for building #Mastodon
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/11/my-next-chapter-with-mastodon/
@Mastodon @mellifluousbox @renchap @Gargron
As I move into this new role, which includes leading Trust & Safety and the operation of Mastodon's flagship instances ( #MastodonSocial and #MastodonOnline) it's crucial to the team and I that our plans reflect the needs of the community.
Our door is always open to hear your ideas.
@haubles
Congratulations! In my wishlist two major points:
1. How can mastodon org support federation to make sure that more people move onto smaller instances.
2. Improve moderation on the flagship instances, so smaller instances don't feel the need to defederate from them to not drown in spam and nasty users.
@Mastodon @mellifluousbox @renchap @Gargron
Thank you for sharing this, Becca, and for your kind words! These are both on our roadmap, stay tuned 😊
@haubles This is great news! I'm excited for Mastodon and for you. 🎉
@haubles @Mastodon @mellifluousbox @renchap @Gargron Best of luck in your endeavor. I am not a moderator, but I see they struggle a lot keeping bad actors at bay. Strong moderation tool support is, I think, very important stuff in which Mastodon should focus
@haubles congratulations, an excellent and welcome addition to the team! Looking forward to seeing increased community involvement and hearing more as you get settled in 👍
@haubles @Mastodon @mellifluousbox @renchap @Gargron Great. The community needs the flagship instances to not be pushed so heavily at sign up that they hoover up the vast majority of new users and make federation meaningless.
@haubles @Mastodon @mellifluousbox @renchap Congratulations!
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