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@Gargron

The gardener has done his part; the seed germinated, grew, and blossomed. Now it is time to let the little tree grow. The eye remains attentive, but joy prevails and the heart blossoms.

Good luck for the future! ☘️

@Gargron thanks for being awesome. You were so hands on with an issue, minuscule issue that I had related to Mastodon. You replied and took care of it right away.

Thank you for what you have done and looking forward to the next things you’re working on.

@Gargron 🙏

@Gargron Thank you for your hard work and impressive integrity to keep this place as a bastion against enshittification. You deserve some time to just enjoy the fruits of your labour after all you have done for the internet and its denizens

Many thanx to you @Gargron for your contribution for the community. We all love you. I wish you the best for your future projects

@Gargron thank you for all of your efforts to date. And I hope the change finds you in a good place.

Amazing run 🙏 not an easy job

@Gargron
Great work, you deserve a break. And you didn't sell out! ❤️❤️😀

@Gargron

Thank's for all your work. Thank's for creating #Mastodon 👍👍👍🙂

@Gargron thank you for your work

I was delighted to see that you will get a significant compensation for all your effort and contributions over these years 👍

@Gargron thank you so much for this piece of the web I love so much. Take care of you.

@Gargron Thanks for making this platform and for knowing how to let go. The web is better for it.

@Gargron Very much hope whatever comes next brings you joy, and hopefully a (very well deserved) break.

@Gargron hey Eugen, what you have done with Mastodon is awesome. So thank you a lot for this achievement. Sometimes things are not easy as a founder, especially when it grows fast, but you definitely deserve recognition. I think many of us in the open source, privacy and other communities owe you a big THANK YOU for creating a "social media" that is fully independent from the big techs, and with fair values by design. Good luck with your future projects!

@Gargron
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@Gargron Thank you, Eugen. Small words for what you did, do and will be doing.

@Gargron Thank you so much for this platform that kicks so much ass! If you're ever in NYC again, toot me and I'll buy you a beer.

@Gargron Ich bin ein Patreon-Sponsor seit langer Zeit. Gibt es eine Erläuterung zu dieser "Ablöse", welche keine Kleinigkeit ist?

@Gargron Any comment regarding the amount of money you’re getting for what we understood to be a non-profit?

https://www.heise.de/news/Mastodon-Gruender-macht-Chefposten-frei-und-bekommt-eine-Million-Euro-11081327.html

@Gargron Thank you for this space you made. It has been a gift especially in these times. Wishing you the very best of all things.

@Gargron
Thank you for all of your hard work. I am sorry that your position has caused you so much stress. You have given us avaluable gift.

@Gargron

Thanks for all the f̵i̵s̵h̵e̵s̵ code, and sorry to see that fedizens' aggressiveness was what lead you to step down...
Many of your decisions can be criticized, as can most human beings', but you had to take decisions and critic should not come from a position of entitlement nor go beyond what's fair.

Well done @Gargron for everything you've achieved in the last decade! Your principles set you far above certain others in the social media space and I really appreciate your integrity and drive. It's a good decision to change roles and I'm optimistic about the future of Mastodon with you still around for guidance. I hope you take this opportunity for some well-deserved rest and recreation. Finally: thank you!

@Gargron Thank you, Eugen, for making the Fediverse something much more credible.

@Gargron I hope you can have a relaxing holiday to celebrate your new role. Yay, now you have a whole crew to share the load.

Thank you for all your hard work so far keeping it all together.

@Gargron

Thank you for giving us Mastodon, Eugen!

@Gargron you accomplished something monumental here, Mr. Rochko.

You helped give the world back control of their social media, their very memories, from the clutches of the multinational corporations.

You've helped to rebuild a decentralized internet - the way it was always meant to be.

Someday, your name will be up there with Tim Berners-Lee, Steve Wozniak, and Larry Page, as one of the visionaries that helped connect the world together.

... we're just not there, quite yet.

But your work, here, will pave the way for that to happen. You've helped DEMOCRATIZE the internet. Now any schlub (like me) that's half-competent with computers and can get their hands on an old "throw-away" hunk of metal and plastic can spin up their own little server and connect to a larger social world.

And be found.

Thank you, Mr. Rochko, for helping free us, and for helping connect us.

o7

@Gargron Thank you for everything! Without you and Mastodon, the Fediverse would have remained a nice try ...

@Gargron dear Eugen, you are too good for this world. Thank you for all your work, we will never forget you. Godspeed!

@Gargron @pallenberg Alles Gute! Darfst ein wenig Stolz sein. 👏🏼

@Gargron

@Gargron thank you for everything!

@Gargron Joining everyone else in saying, "Thank you for Mastodon." You created something very special, and I hope you're proud.

And I admire you for realizing it was time to step down (while still staying engaged), for your own mental health.

Dear @Gargron, thank you so much for your huge participation in creating this place we all love so much.

All the best for you and your family! 💐

@Gargron Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for all your work thus far.

@Gargron You were a great steward to this community and I thank you for your passion and the countless hours.

Being kind and keeping an even bearing in a media landscape that is hostile to both is in its self a great accomplishment. One you undertook while being the sheppard of this decade spanning project. The Fediverse is a safe haven much because of those innumerable small choices to be kind and keep an even head. No apologies necessary, you've earned your reprieve. Enjoy what comes next. 🫶

@Gargron Now I just get bullied by some random guy on Mastodon 😔​

.@Gargron por mi te puedes ir lejos y no volver-
#Mastodon no es mas que otra red de las redes del fediverso que desaparecerá y surgiran de nuevas al lado de las que ya hay, mastodon se metió en el fediverse, siendo una calcomania de Twitter y wsin #GNUsocial nunca hubiera sido nada, sin el #fediverse y ahora parece ser segun ustedes que mastodon hizó al fediverse y NO-

#fediverse >> https://fediverse.party/
Mastodon solo es un pedacito del fediverse-

No se dice eso en las migraciones

@Gargron Thanks for making this cool place I like

@Gargron cheers to new adventures 🙏🏻💙

@Gargron

Thank you for all the great work you've done!

@Gargron

@Gargron

I landed on Mastodon from a referral by a satirical account of John Fetterman's dog on twitter. Thanks for all you've done and for all this has become!

@Gargron

Do your best to steer people away from fixing things that are not broken.

Thank you for your work 🤗

@Gargron

Thanks for your work.

@Gargron 1000x 'thank you' for this wonderful place you've built.

@Gargron I wish you a very good time! Thanks for all your passion. It’s a great network!

@Gargron Thank you for your work. Thank you for your investment in a better society.