Post · bonfire.cafe

@fflyn@mastodon.social replied · 2 months ago

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! ☘️

Meow Prime

@meowprime@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@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.

mastomind

@mastomind@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron 🙏

Ariel Kroon

@arielkroon@wandering.shop replied · 3 months ago

@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

Teddy / Domingo (🇨🇵/🇬🇧)

@TeddyTheBest@framapiaf.org replied · 3 months ago

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

Craig Grannell

@craiggrannell@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

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

John O'Nolan

@john@john.onolan.org replied · 3 months ago

Amazing run 🙏 not an easy job

Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧

@Peter_Link@expressional.social replied · 3 months ago

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

Micha

@BarefootMicha@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron

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

Jaanus Kase

@jaanus@iosdev.space replied · 3 months ago

@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 👍

Simounet

@simounet@mastodon.simounet.net replied · 3 months ago

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

Owlet of Minerva

@noctuaminervae@toot.si replied · 3 months ago

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

John Parker

@middaparka@godforsaken.website replied · 3 months ago

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

Gaël Duval - /e/OS & Murena

@gael@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@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!

The Animal and the Machine

@taatm@mathstodon.xyz replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron
🫡

Sascha Foerster :bonndigital:

@Sascha@bonn.social replied · 3 months ago

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

mrysav

@mrysav@social.linux.pizza replied · 3 months ago

@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.

rakekniven 👁️

@rakekniven@mastodon.online replied · 3 months ago

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

M. Grégoire

@mpjgregoire@cosocial.ca replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thank-you for all you've done to build a better social network. Be proud of what you and your team have accomplished.

Wolfram Rösler

@wolfram_roesler@mastodontech.de replied · 3 months ago

@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

Mastodon: Gründer macht Chefposten frei und bekommt eine Million Euro

Alison Meeks

@Alison@beige.party replied · 3 months ago

@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.

Citizencat

@citizencat@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@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.

Lien Rag

@lienrag@mastodon.tedomum.net replied · 3 months ago

@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.

glyn

@underlap@fosstodon.org replied · 3 months ago

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!

Barijaona Ramaholimihaso

@barijaona@mastodon.mg replied · 3 months ago

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

skry

@skry@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@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.

joe•iuculano :mastodon:

@iuculano@masto.ai replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron

Thank you for giving us Mastodon, Eugen!

West Bennett

@West@westodon.com replied · 3 months ago

@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

Hektor :mastodon: :nonazis:

@Trojaner@norden.social replied · 3 months ago

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

Muzzle

@Muzzle@mastodon.uno replied · 3 months ago

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

Lena Riess 📚💚🤍

@bluesorella@mastodon.de replied · 3 months ago

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

Pyrzout :vm:

@jos1264@social.skynetcloud.site replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron

GIF

jenbanim

@jenbanim@mastodo.neoliber.al replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron thank you for everything!

Jeri Dansky

@jeridansky@sfba.social replied · 3 months ago

@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.

Dadmin

@Dadmin@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

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! 💐

pixelbandito

@pixelbandito@masto.method.run replied · 3 months ago

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

OvertonDoors

@OvertonDoors@infosec.exchange replied · 3 months ago

@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. 🫶

Lety Does Stuff

@lety@doesstuff.social replied · 3 months ago

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

Toni :mastodon:

@coloco@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

. @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

EVHaste

@Haste@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thanks for making this cool place I like

katrintheresa

@katrintheresa@cyberplace.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron cheers to new adventures 🙏🏻💙

Robert Dale Parker

@RobertDaleParker@mstdn.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron

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

fsorvin7298

@fsorvin7298@mastodon.sdf.org replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron

FallsMom 🌻

@FallsMom@mastodon.coffee replied · 3 months ago

@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!

SpaceLifeForm

@SpaceLifeForm@infosec.exchange replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron

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

KuboF Hromoslav

@kubofhromoslav@esperanto.masto.host replied · 3 months ago

Thank you for your work 🤗

Michael Bishop ☕

@MichaelBishop@mastodon.world replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron

Thanks for your work.

Jon Yoder

@jonyoder@mstdn.social replied · 3 months ago

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

JackPearse

@jackpearse@nrw.social replied · 3 months ago

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

Clemens

@clemensprill@troet.cafe replied · 3 months ago

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

Valentin

@hdvalentin@rheinneckar.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Dankeschön für Dein Engagement und die Zeit mit Dir.

PsySal

@PsySal@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron thanks for everything you have done! Long live fedi and wishing you all the best

John 🎵

@johnoestmannmusic@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Amazing work you've done here. On to healthier things! But in a world of social media "emperors", you were what we needed. Big thanks!

Valerio D'Astolfo

@valedas@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thank you very much for your work

tcduff

@ted_duffield@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thank you!

Rocketman

@slothrop@chaos.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thank you for your work. You've given us so much!

And thank you also for choosing a time to move on. This is a very healthy thing to do. I wish you luck, success and enjoyment in your endeavours.

vramvoolenaar

@vramvoolenaar@mastodon.nlmakers.ca replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron thanks for all the fish

Flipboard

@Flipboard@flipboard.social replied · 3 months ago

Congratulations for all your incredible achievements, and thank you for all you've done, @Gargron.

Fer24

@Fer24@mast.lat replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron
Really thankyou dor everything you done to build this community, my best whishes for your future projects

Kevin Rothrock

@kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron you've built a fine thing, sir

Pirijan

@pirijan@c.im replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron I didn't even know mastodon had a CEO – which I guess is actually really high praise in this context

Jill ☁

@jill@mastodon.de replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron What does this mean "...I intend to stay on and continue to advise the new leadership and contribute...", what will your role at the gGmbH be now? Will you be fulltime employed or act as an independent consultant? And (since your toot sounds like it) what is your next project?

144mb

@144mb@discuss.systems replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thank you for your work and vision.

Zach Leatherman :11ty:

@zachleat@fediverse.zachleat.com replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron incredible run: appreciate the honest and heartfelt post — a level of self awareness we should all aspire to ❤️

look forward to a more healthy future for you!

Dale Price

@dale_price@mastodon.online replied · 3 months ago

Thanks for all the hard work @Gargron and good luck in whatever the future holds!

Dimples

@Dimples@mstdn.party replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thank you for providing a safe space for us. I hope it stays this way. And I am so glad you’re taking the advice of Kenny Rogers- knowing when to hold ‘em, knowing when to throw ‘em, knowing when to walk away and knowing when to run. Take care!

Alexander Fischer

@fish3rman@social.fischbyte.de replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron thanks for your work 🙏

Chris 🦑

@sturmsucht@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron danke für das alles hier, Eugen! Es hat mir die Hoffnung auf ein besseres Netz zurückgegeben. ❤️

peptostate

@peptostate@jorts.horse replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron You've done great work Eugen. Many thanks for what you've accomplished here and enjoy the next chapter of your life!

silverpill

@silverpill@mitra.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron I think you made a big mistake.

Aske Kammer

@askekammer@mastodon.online replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron

What a thoughtful post, such a gracious departure.

Thank you so much for all you created here. It matters more than you think.

volkon

@volkon@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Danke lieber Eugen für all deine Mühe und Arbeit❤️

Kat O’Brien

@obrien_kat@mastodon.world replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron thank you for all your work!!

Pxl Phile

@ppxl@social.tchncs.de replied · 3 months ago

@gargron I don't know if you'll read this, but thanks for truely great work which has brought some little hope into my heart in this age of full speed enshittification.

I am sorry to read comments have chipped things away from your inner self. And, you are right that you created something that is bigger than yourself, but for a better part.

So, I hope you get well in your feelings again. Thanks again for creating Mastodon ❤️💪🏾

Deep Mud

@deepmud@mas.to replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron thank you. 🥰

Velkro

@velkro@opencoaster.net replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron It's sad to see you step down, but I understand completely. Thanks for creating something amazing! Mastodon is by far my favorite social media platform.

ein unbehaarter affe

@lechimp@mastodon.pub.solar replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron you are doing great. thanks for evrything so far and good luck for everything that lies ahead.

Chris Armstrong

@armstrong@mastodon.design replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron thanks for carrying it this far. Mastodon didn’t just replace Twitter for me, it reminded me just how good non-algorithmic social networking is

Dinah 🕊🇺🇦

@metagrrrl@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thank you for everything, Eugen! Including modeling self-care and sharing leadership.

Looking forward to your pictures when you feel like sharing as you take a good rest. Put down that heavy pack and breathe. Ya done good.

mcc

@mcc@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thanks for the web sight

Stefan Rother-Stübs

@rother_stuebs@mastodon.online replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron
Thank you for everything

#Mastodon

GoroGoroGoro

@boiledpotato@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron you're the goat

chuckfinley

@chuckfinley@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron thank you mate sincerely 🙏

Johan Empa

@JohanEmpa@mastodon.green replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thank you for everything you've done to create a better web. Mastodon became a solid app and a nice community under your leadership. Best wishes for you on your new path forward

kosure

@kosure@mas.to replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Benevolent dictator for...about a decade. Thanks for all the hard work Eugen!

Denis

@denis@mastodon.world replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thank you! You have created something great - good luck in your new and hopefully less stressful role!

Bill Reese

@reesecommabill@gardenstate.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thank you for everything Eugen.

If you ever find yourself in suburban New Jersey, I'll buy you a beer.

zulu 🇨🇭

@zulutoo@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron keep cool. You made the right choice. Such an ambitious project is not sustainable if one way or another it relies too much on one ´s shoulder. I am sure your choice will be rewarded both for you and for Mastodon

:googlyeye: Stlex :googlyeye2:

@infernusgoatus@kvlt.zone replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron as someone currently trying to navigate burn out: I hope you're able to get a big breath of fresh air and find a bit of balance.

Misty

@misty@digipres.club replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thank you for all you've done as head of the project, Eugen.

Johnny Cashflow

@JohnMac71@sfba.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron false. This is a beacon for idiots to post false post and not be challenged

Sveinn í Felli

@sv1@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Takk kærlega!

André :fckafd:

@andreS@nrw.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron thanks for creating this save space in the world that consists elesewhere only of uncertainties, hate and fear.

zıəs uɐɟəʇs ✪

@seiz@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Vielen Dank Eugen und viel Glück! Und lass Dich von den Neidern nicht runterziehen, die 1MIO (vor Steuern) ist fair für 10 Jahre Arbeit…

Doña Clau

@Clau4@mas.to replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron
All the BEST to you! Thank you

Mitex Leo

@ml@social.mitexleo.one replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thank you for everything you've done so far!

Dolson

@bcoffy@hydrocube.space replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thank you Eugen! I respect the hell out of anyone with the humility you have to step down and pass on the torch of such a big project. You did a great job and I hope you succeed in your future endeavors : )

Anuj Ahooja

@quillmatiq@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thank you for everything you've done, and will do. We're all so lucky that you saw a better future for the internet, then stepped up, built it, and inspired so many of us.

roboticus lastius (not a bot)

@lastrobot@writing.exchange replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thanks for building something for us, and not for our corporate overlords.

Crowjane

@Crowjane@mastodon.sdf.org replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron

Best wishes to you and yours and many thanks for your work. ♥️

Jay d’Hawke

@jaydehawk@social.vivaldi.net replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron thanks for everything and I wish you joy with your new endeavours.

Stedi :bassguitar:🎸🎼🐦🚴

@stedi@mementomori.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron
Thank you for all your work! Appreciated.

Ciara

@CiaraNi@mastodon.green replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thank you for creating this space and this community

Louisa

@Louisa@mastodon.xyz replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron good for you, I hope you get to take more photography trips!

Snippety Snap (she/her)

@shansterable@ohai.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron
Mastodon is definitely my "island within an increasingly dystopian capitalist hellscape" and I have great appreciation for that.

Thank you for your leadership and hard work. I truly believe that what you and many others have created in the fediverse will leave a lasting legacy.

Cheers to your new path in life! I wish you the very best.

Renaud Berthier

@rberthier@oc.todon.fr replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thanks for many things you've done! Maybe we could reopen this PR then:
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/9898

Christiane

@Kaeser@det.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron
That hit hard...
"The fediverse is an island within an increasingly dystopian capitalist hellscape. And from my perspective, Mastodon is our best shot at bringing this vision of a better future to the masses."

Jan Ortgies

@janortgies@mastodon.gamedev.place replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron
Thank you for all your work and effort!

Scotty Trees

@scottytrees@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron thanks for giving us an alternative to talk in open spaces using open source tech! Good luck in whatever you do mate, cheers!

Simon Harper

@simonharper@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron You have done an incredible job for many, many thousands of users here on Mastodon and beyond.

Personally I’d like to thank you for creating this space for me.

All the very best Eugen

Jason Bellew,💻🤠🏳️‍🌈🐻‍❄️🖖🏻

@jasonb@sigmoid.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron You gave us a tool that is free and open. Thank you for your leadership.

I look forward to how the community continues to grow and make the platform even better.

Targrus

@targrus@mast.targrus.org replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron thank for for everything you've done, and for the pressure and criticism you've had to put up with. You handled it better than most imagine they would I suspect.

John Robinson

@johnelalamo@mcr.wtf replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Best of luck Eugen

You S Blues

@patmikemid@sfba.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Best wishes in your next endeavor. Thanks for working to create this wonderful bit of goodness for all of us.

Lloyd

@lloydjatkinson@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Now that won't be able to gatekeep and prevent Mastodon adding markdown support, maybe some progress will be made towards that.

Soskopp

@Soskopp@mastodon.online replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron
Wishing you all the best

Mike Faust

@mornoc@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron I wish you all the best for your future.

Wilson

@wilson@nfld.me replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Best of luck going forward!

Nolan Lawson

@nolan@toot.cafe replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron You deserve a break after so much hard work. Congratulations and best of luck!

TAC3Thomas

@Max_Power75@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron I'm sorry to see you leaving your position Eugen. You built a platform that has more value than money. I do; however, understrand the importance of self-care and what stress can do to a person. So, with that, "good on you". Take good care of yourself, you are a great human being and an awesome contibutor. I'm also glad to see you will still have a hand in the project. (Keep then honest)!

Mike Johnston

@ThaMunsta@mastodon.nervesocket.com replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron thank you for your hard work and best of luck with your future endeavors. Thanks to mastodon I've felt like I can return to social media empowered by my own self hosted instance. It's something I never thought possible at this level of engagement and scale of community.
Welcome @mellifluousbox and I look forward to seeing your direction take shape!
Bravo to the whole team for getting this far and still pressing forward 🎉

Travis

@travis@nodespace.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thank you for your service! 🫡

Riquiñez :linuxmint:

@andrewblasco@masto.es replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thank you for your work and for understanding it is better for Mastodon to change your role!

Dom Arbuthnott

@dominic@mastodon.green replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron thank you Eugen, for indeed "The #fediverse (i.e. #Mastodon) is an island within an increasingly dystopian capitalist hellscape." Letting go of your baby is never easy, and I, like many, wish you well!

jackdaw delila

@delila@chaos.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Goodbye #JohnMastodon

MtnSunTrees

@MtnSunTrees@mstdn.party replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Long live the fediverse! Long live Mastodon!

Thank you, Eugen! May your days be filled with joy!

Climate Jenny 2.1

@ClimateJenny@biodiversity.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron As a grateful recipient of the light from our beacon of hope, thanks for all the good work you’ve done to give us this refuge! I think your wisdom will play out well over the long run.

Jon Henshaw

@jon@henshaw.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron thank you for helping to create my favorite social platform and growing the fediverse. Looking forward to seeing what you do next in life.

Sabine

@canyakker@mas.to replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thank you for having created this extraordinary place.

Yangsi Janis Joplin

@VoxOfGod@beige.party replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron ⏫as long as you shut up about Palestine getting genocided

Yea sure

Good fucking riddance

tsadilas

@tsadilas@libretooth.gr replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron thank you for everything!! <3

Ari "Two Naps" Jackson

@arisummerland@beige.party replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron

Thank you, Eugen, for all you have done to help create these spaces for us. Thanks for holding on to your vision and having firm boundaries, too. It's refreshing to have web space like this that isn't manipulated by algorithms and billionaires. Stay rooted and get some rest if you can! Hope you'll still stop by and toot. 🐘

@Gargron@mastodon.social Thank you so much for your work.

Even though I don't use Mastodon directly, its positive impact growing the Fediverse is undeniable. ❤️

Faraiwe

@faraiwe@mstdn.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron a thank you from everyone, here, man. Best luck out, there.

don

@donlamb_1@mastodon.online replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron thank you and good luck!

Shoq

@shoq@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thanks Eugen. I've read a lot of CEO goodbyes in my day, but this was one of the most humble of them. Good luck with your next chapter. Thank you for your service.

斎藤ただし

@tadd@best-friends.chat replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Vielen dank Eugen, ありがとう!!

When I learn that someone like you--who has done such wonderful work for so many people--has personally suffered, I feel truly painful and sad. No one would ever be happy to be unfairly oppressed.
I sincerely hope that you, just as you are, can continue your calm and positive path (with your wonderful wife by your side!).

With respect and gratitude from Tokyo, Japan :)

Karen E. Lund 💙💛

@Karen5Lund@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Congratulations! You have done great things with Mastodon and deserve a semi-retirement. I will always be glad to see your toots in my feed.

Special thanks for the wisdom to step aside. Wear your humility with pride!

Huntn00

@Huntn00@mastodon.world replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Great platform, thanks for the help! 🌞

Elric

@elricofmelnibone@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thanks for making the world a bit of a better place. You did good.

Arturo Serrano 🇨🇴🤖👽🧙🦄

@carturo222@ohai.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thanks for everything.

Dallin

@dallin@writing.exchange replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron thank you for all you have done for Mastodon and for a better web. We appreciate your continued contributions!

Hrafn

@hth@androiddev.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thank you for all that you have done, it has been no mean feat!

It speaks enormously to your character that you are willing to do what you are doing.

Will 🇯🇵

@wilpercy@beige.party replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron thank you for your hard work and vision.

TakeoKanuchi

@takeokanuchi@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Soar high, Captain. Sending many loves from NYC. We will miss you, Eugen

$𝙲:\𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚔𝚣𝚎𝚗> █$

𝙲:\𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚔𝚣𝚎𝚗> █

@trkzn@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thank you for what you've done and for staying true to your vision despite the sirens of Venture Capitalism !

jeremy

@jeremyjackson@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thanks for everything, Eugen! This has been one of the few projects that has helped make the internet better.

I get it and I’m glad you’re not stepping away entirely.

Erotica

@erotica@kinkycats.org replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron
Best wishes to you in all your future personal & professional endeavors.

The Queen of Weltschmerz🏳️‍⚧️

@rebelrebel62@mstdn.social replied · 3 months ago

Vielen Dank, @Gargron

FaizalR

@faizalr@mstdn.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thanks for all your effort to create this beautiful platform.

kaltmamsell

@kaltmamsell@fnordon.de replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thank you for everything, thank you SO MUCH!

John Francis 🦫🇨🇦🍁💪⬆️

@johnefrancis@cosocial.ca replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron thank you Eugen. Very happy with how things have turned out during my time here since 2017.

Ninguém

@ninguem@social.coletivos.org replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thank you so much!

James Smith 💾

@Floppy@mastodon.me.uk replied · 3 months ago

piofthings

@piofthings@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron thank you for everything, I really hope someone as singular in the belief of Open Web continues leading the project… 🫡🫡🫡

Mr. Funk E. Dude

@Mrfunkedude@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thanks for all of your work.

DaveyComments

@daveycomments@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron All the best!

Franchesca

@Frantasaur@mastodon.ie replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thanks for all your hard work, and for giving us somewhere to go when the capitalist hellscape got too much!

Remember that fashion is like a game for 5 year olds

Cartoon panels showing 2 characters wearing what hat type was mentioned in the previous panel (in the first panel they have no hats)
ALWAYS HATS!
NEVER HATS!
GIANT HATS!
TINY HATS!
NoT
THAT TINY!

FASHION:
Like playing
а gаме
invented by a 5 year-old — Cartoon panels showing 2 characters wearing what hat type was mentioned in the previous panel (in the first panel they have no hats) ALWAYS HATS! NEVER HATS! GIANT HATS! TINY HATS! NoT THAT TINY! FASHION: Like playing а gаме invented by a 5 year-old

Linknation

@Linknation@infosec.exchange replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron maybe the thing should own itself

Sebbaz

@sebbaz@toot.aquilenet.fr replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thanks a lot !

synthwicche

@wicche@kvlt.zone replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron even though I haven’t agreed with all your decisions, I think you’re making the right choice here, and I say that in the sense of you deserving to work on what feels comfortable for you. Some people have made a lot of assumptions about what your priorities are and why m.s has had problems, without ever having tried to do anything like what you’re doing. Even if I would still have gone about stuff in a different way from my own experience, I respect your efforts and wish you well.

Deborah Rose ❌👑

@DebErupts@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron The work you have done with Mastodon is truly remarkable. Best wishes.

David Penfold :verified:

@davep@infosec.exchange replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thanks for everything 🙏

And enjoy the next steps in your journey.

серёжа

@broadway_lamb@mastodon.online replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron sad to hear this. Thank you for everything you’ve done!

Negenby Vibesmith

@theynege@beige.party replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron You'll always be Website Boy in our hearts. 🩶

Jorge 🇺🇦🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈

@tecnijota@laterracita.online replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thank you for your service.

Grueproof

@grueproof@from.asolitarycabin.org replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thank you for all you have done. :)

Ray Jepson

@mister914@masto.ai replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron thank you and the team for the hard work. Best luck moving forward.

Peter Cohen

@flargh@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thank you for giving me a safe haven during the great Twitter exodus.

pitch R.

@pitch@social.flipdot.org replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Ich finds saustark, dass du aktiv daran mitgewirkt hast Mastodon zu was Eigenständigen zu machen.
Damit pusht du das (indi)web wiederrum ein Stück weiter in die Unabhähnigkeit als du es mit Masto eh schon getan hast.
Danke!

Newk

@Newk@infosec.exchange replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron

You did great. Thank you for this place!

Kristen

@kristen_d@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thank you so much. I'm so grateful Mastodon exists and that I found it. Best to you in your next endeavor.

Federation Bot

@Federation_Bot replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Hey Baby 💋💄🍌🍆

I’m a single mom who believes in real love 💕 Click here to see

my personal side 👉 https://tinyurl.com/3pbfubpu💄🍌🍆

Jingle Blues

@APBBlue@thepit.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thank you, and good luck! I hope you enjoy the next chapter. 😊

Drip drip drip…

@Drip_Drip_Drip@mstdn.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron

You are correct that #Mastodon and #Fediverse success has lifted a huge responsibility to "sanitize" what is the internet today.

Can I ask if you personally have a desire to advocate for a foundation type of organization that will work as a Non Government organization and lend your expirience and all the people who have worked around the Fediverse and FOSS, in order to create better legislation? Have you spoke about this before and I missed it?

LSmith

@LJEyesmiths@med-mastodon.com replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thank you for the remaining humanity that is Mastodon.

Susi Arnott

@SusiArnott@mastodon.green replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron
Well said, and thank you!
"The fediverse is an island within an increasingly dystopian capitalist hellscape. And from my perspective, Mastodon is our best shot at bringing this vision of a better future to the masses"

Sar

@Sar@masto.ai replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron

Thank you for Mastodon Eugene. It's been a sanctuary in a sea of tech-bro hellsites and has gone some way towards restoring my faith in social media.

Enjoy the (relative) peace and quiet 😀

RadishTM

@RadishTM@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thanks to all you have done for Mastodon to thrive into something awesome, it truly became my home on the social web after the dumpster fire that is Twitter…

I’m glad you’ll still be providing input in some capacity, while taking care of your mental health.

Good luck with your future endeavours!

Gary 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 🇪🇺

@mxhdroom@mas.to replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron 🙏 Vielen Dank für alles, Eugen!

Cameopilot

@Cameopilot@toot.community replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron
I suppose this is a little like when your child grows up and goes out into the world on their own. While you're still around for advice, there's a lot less input on the day-to-day stuff and you just hope that the values you tried to instill will guide them well on their journey.
Thanks for all your work!

Manja Schledorn

@ManjaSchledorn@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thank you for Mastodon!

ConatusPrinciple

@balterwenjamin42@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thanks for all your work and effort Eugen

keen456 keen456

@keen456@infosec.exchange replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thank you for your efforts!

Vít Skalický :fedora:

@vitSkalicky@fosstodon.org replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thank you for all you have done so far, you are a true hero and I wish you find joy in the new role and hope it makes your life less stressful!

WuMing2

@WuMing2@mas.to replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron thank you and the Mastodon team for evolving an idea into something @trumpet can delight us with. And to all other admins for actually creating and maintaining the federation.

WTL

@WTL@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thank you so very much.

El Indifferente

@El_Indifferente@ruhr.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thanks a lot Mastodon. Have a good time away from tge helm and being an informed observer. May be difficult to let go but hat one point someone else should take over.

It's a little with with kids. 😜

🖖🖖🖖

Thomas Cloer

@teezeh@ieji.de replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thanks for all the fish! And keep up the great work.

Anubis Vlad Tepas 𓃢𓃡𓃣

@anubisvladtepas@mastodon.xyz replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron The fact that you’re stepping down rather than becoming a neurotic megalomaniac is the very proof that you were the right person for the job. Prioritising yourself as a human being is a great example for a safe and sane Internet.

Thanks for all you’ve done and welcome on the Fediverse’s backseat. It ain’t that bad. You can see the driver while enjoying the view!

Kees 🐧

@derKees@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Respekt. Danke.

Viktoria D. Richards/Uddelhexe

@v_d_richards@literatur.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron

I can totally understand this decition and will, as many before me, say Thank You for the vision and fir the work you gave done.

Take steolps for more self care and trust in the fediverse and the Mastodon Non-Profit to take good care of Mastodon.

Elisabet Roselló

@lisrosello@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron thank you for supporting and being a big part of all this, and being a great example 💜

Ged Maheux

@gedeonm@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron You’ve done a great job and should be very proud of what you’ve built. Coming here after Elon destroyed Twitter was bittersweet but I found it refreshing, safe and inviting. At the Iconfactory we’ve done our best to help promote Mastodon ourselves and wish all of you nothing but success. Good luck in your future endeavors, whatever they may be.

teclista

@teclista@hortensia.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thank you so much, Eugen. You've been the best tech CEO ever. 💖

Arkadiusz Wieczorek

@arek@mastodon.internet-czas-dzialac.pl replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron thank you for creating it!

Evan Prodromou

@evan@cosocial.ca replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron thank you.

Marc :antifa:

@marc@mastodon.pub.solar replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Wow, you've earned yourself at least a billion karma points! Thank you!

medecas

@medecas@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron thank you so much for your valuable effort and results to the community!!!

Dr. Uthman A Aldahook ©

@UthmanAAldahook@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thank you, Eugen, for all of your efforts from the very beginning until this very moment towards today’s Mastodon.

Wishing the new CEO @mellifluousbox Felix Hlatky also the very best for carrying out this legacy towards more progress and achievements along with the rest of his team Hannah Aubry @haubles and also Renaud Chaput @renchap Wishing you all the very best!

But who am I going to bother from now on? You better stick around @Gargron 😋

Ben Todd

@monkeyben@mastodon.sdf.org replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron

Thank you for all your hard work getting Mastodon to where it is now.

Fedi.Tips

@FediTips@social.growyourown.services replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron

Thank you for all your work on building this place, especially your prioritising of non-technical people who want to use decentralised social networks. Mastodon being aimed at a general non-technical audience was a real breakthrough, as was curating instance lists, the covenant etc.

And thank you especially for putting the project's non-profit status first when you turned down buyouts in 2022, this was a crucial moment that showed real integrity.

All the best for your future 👏

Theophile Escargot

@TheoEsc@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thank you so much for all you've done! Without Mastodon I would have almost no hope for what's become of the Internet. Best of luck to you in anything you do!

DoCh_Dev

@DoCh_Dev@mastodon.gamedev.place replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thank you for what you've done so far and all the best for your future plans.

Britstralian

@Nigel_Lake@mastodon.world replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Bravissimo Eugene! Every founder's dream should be to build an organisation that can be run by others: this is, surely, the best mark of maturity.

Mastodon is a truly wonderful - and exceptionally important - creation. Traditional investors and business folk might lament lack of (even) faster growth, and urge the raising of much more capital to 'leverage' what you and the team have built so far.

But, as you obviously know, that type of investment sows the seeds of enshittification.

Ed

@edbo@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thank you for all you've done so far. While I can't comment on who's best dressed your photography is better than Bezos from what I've seen.

Mr. Lance E Sloan (IRL) 👤

@sloanlance@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron
More time for #photography, right?
Grin grin snap snap wink wink nudge nudge… Know what I mean? Say no more!

Matt

@matt@worldkey.io replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron thanks for everything and looking forward to the next chapter!

SomeVeganCheeseIsOk

@SomeVeganCheeseIsOk@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron your childhood project has grown into one of the few places left on the internet which feels like it was built with actual human interest in mind. Thank you for this respite from the screaming online advertising overload.

PS.01

@koko@swiss.social replied · 3 months ago

@shengqixxiangyou 是这个当CEO的人吗？

gavinisdie :troll:

@gavinisdie@masto.ai replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thank you for creating this platform, I wish you well with whatever you do next

El Duvelle

@elduvelle@neuromatch.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Mastodon isn't perfect (nothing is) but it is truly the best thing we have around these days, and that's thanks to you! 🙏❤️

Lam 'al Adie

@Lamal@ruhr.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron
Thank you for everything you've done.
Thank you for all the beautiful people I have learned to know via mastodon.

Gina

@Gina@fosstodon.org replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thank you for all your hard work 🫶

milk jug

@MilkJugArmadillo@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron have a nice retirement, unc

Torsten Torsten

@torstentorsten@social.tchncs.de replied · 3 months ago

@gargron Thank you, Eugen! Recently I heard the saying: "Hoffnung ist eine Praxis, die mensch am Leben halten soll." - Thank you for making a dream come true and for nurturing the hopes of many people.

jandi

@jandi@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thinking of what to say, apart from THANK YOU, best wishes, and congratulations, I have just learned that the etymology of pachyderm says "'thick skin', from the Greek παχύς, pachys, 'thick', and δέρμα, derma, 'skin'", so...

Here's hoping your skin can get softer and thinner now, if you so wish!

Hats off.

Robin

@firefly@m.ai6yr.org replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron I can’t thank you enough for what you have created here.

The Mad Hatter

@lgehr@chaos.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron danke

ImaCrea

@imacrea@mamot.fr replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thank you for your dedication and excellence in being able to keep the project faithful to its original ethos. It is a very rare thing to see in the environment of digital products of that kind of scale, and I hope this will inspire others to follow that direction. Especially in our troubled times. Thank you again and I can't wait to see how it's going to evolve! Good luck to @mellifluousbox @haubles @renchap and the whole crew and contributors! 💫

Tobias

@krono@toot.berlin replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Danke.

Russell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦🍉

@russellt@mastodon.scot replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron

Good luck Eugen! You have been part of an anti-oligarch revolution!

さかまた

@sakamata_orutan@mastodon-japan.net replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thank you for your efforts.

Marco :slayer:

@surak@mastodon.gnomos.org replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Respects, sir! 🫡

it's B! Cavello 🐝

@b_cavello@mastodon.publicinterest.town replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Big moves! Congratulations

Slash909uk

@Slash909uk@mastodon.me.uk replied · 3 months ago

@gargron thank you Eugen, take care of yourself & best wishes for you and your family.

Michael Simons

@rotnroll666@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron you created something nice. This is the correct nice step. Good for the community, hopefully good for you. Way better than what other founders did, ultimately ending up so often in forks, feuds and anger.

Gabriel Markley

@gabrielmarkley@techhub.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thank you for all that you havê contributed.

Luc :bc: :bc: :bc: :bc: :bc:

@Lucseleventje@toot.community replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Beautifully written and explained. Thank you and best wishes for the future!

Mina

@mina@berlin.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron

Ich kann mir kaum vorstellen, wie sich das für dich anfühlen muss.

Tausend, tausend Dank für diese wunderbare Plattform und für deine vielen Jahre der Arbeit und die Badewannen voll Herzblut!

🌻

Kristin (vis.social Admin)

@kristinHenry@vis.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron It's not easy to let go. I'm proud of you for going through with setting us all up for a future.

Simon Sjödin

@simons@mastodon.nu replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron you’ve done a fantastic job!

ekari

@ekari@mementomori.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron

Thank you for Mastodon, and good luck with your next chapter!

Fredrik Björeman

@bjoreman@toot.cafe replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Whoa, didn’t see that coming! But cheers for well-ordered change, and for more Mastodon for everyone!

Chris 🪪

@Chris@killat.tech replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Be proud of what you have accomplished - the Internet is better because of it... Thank You for all you have done and stay close, we need you... 🏆

dodothedev🦤💻

@DodoTheDev@front-end.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron
Thank you for Mastodon and making it what it is. And good luck in whatever you decide to so in the future.

Cogito Ergo Disputo

@Disputatore@masto.pt replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron thank you for all your hard work to make this happen, dude. Enjoy your next role in the project.

KipJayChou

@kipjaychou@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron 感谢你迄今为止所做的一切！让联邦宇宙互联网变得更好❤️

Bruno Philipe

@brunoph@breakpoint.cafe replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron thank you for all your work!

Dr. Nancy Wayne ✅

@nancylwayne@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thank you for what you and yiur team have built here. Best wishes along yiur journey.

Federation Bot

@Federation_Bot replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thanks for everything and enjoy the next chapter :)

Federation Bot

@Federation_Bot replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron why

Jarek Lipski

@loomchild@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thank you for everything ♥️

Akshay

@Akshay@eupolicy.social replied · 3 months ago

“I have so much passion for Mastodon and the fediverse. The fediverse is an island within an increasingly dystopian capitalist hellscape”

Thank you for making it possible @Gargron !

Ben Royce 🇺🇦 🇸🇩

@benroyce@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron

just as long as you don't stop posting pictures, especially cat pictures 😁

Newsmast Foundation

@newsmast@backend.newsmast.org replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron

Thank you so much for all your work getting Mastodon here 🧡

Federation Bot

@Federation_Bot replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron danke für deine Arbeit und deine Ideen :-)

Frazer

@frazerb@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thank you for everything, you have done for the community and whats to come!

Maxe 🏳️‍🌈 :d20:

@cradac@dice.camp replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thanks for all you work, Eugen!

Comrade Weez

@weezmgk@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thanks for everything, Eugen. You're a bloody legend.

Tim Stickland

@sticklandtim@mastodon.green replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron
A massive Thank You and best wishes for your next chapter.

James 🦉 #FBPE 🇪🇺

@freequaybuoy@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Congratulations, and thank you for everything you've done - given us a refuge, a digital home, a shelter from all-consuming Enfascification.

samsoul75

@samsoul75@piaille.fr replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thank you Eugen! You have my eternal gratitude 🙏

Wouter

@FediWouter@mastodon.world replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron thx!

Ben Evans

@kittylyst@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thank you for everything - and hope your recovery from burnout is swift and painless. Look forward to hearing from you about your next thing, whatever it is & whenever it is.

かるめ

@higahako@mstdn.kemono-friends.info replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron
I really appreciate your continued efforts. I’ll be cheering you on!

Samuel Chase

@samebchase@fantastic.earth replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron All the best!

没关系，都会死光的 :abunsmile:

@kkillll@bgme.me replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron good luck and hope ur doing well I really like here.

autumnstuff

@autumnstuff@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron You have built good stuff for sure. Best wishes!

Corse_Pia

@corse_pia@pouet.chapril.org replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Your analysis of who you are, why you did what you did, and where you want to go are the signs of a wise man (there are so few among famous people of the Internet) . Thank you for your contribution to our liberties and take care of you.

Yann 不停 Heurtaux🔻

@shalf@mamot.fr replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Many thanks for all the hard, early work. And some more for stepping down when you know you are not the best fit anymore. It takes humility and leadership.

Esther Payne :bisexual_flag:

@onepict@chaos.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron that was a really good post. You have created this out in the open, you've had to learn a lot. You've grown.

It is no easy thing to work in the open, especially with such a popular project.

Ensuring that your project can survive into the future is the most important thing any of us can do in this space, and especially in this time.

Thank you.

jaz :twt: :wales_flag:

@jaz@toot.wales replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Eugen you've been a personal inspiration to me and offered me and so many others a viable digital space grounded in civil society values, I am incredibly grateful for everything you've done to build and nurture this space.

Whatever else comes next, you've had a significant impact on the Web, something I hold very dear, and I know from experience how hard it is to take a step like this with something you've created and grown.

On behalf of the Tŵt community, diolch yn fawr iawn!

THE ROCK FiLES

@therockfiles@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Good luck and many thanks!

BoneHouseWasps🔶🇬🇧🇪🇺

@BonehouseWasps@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thank you.

Terence Eden

@Edent@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Brilliant news - you should feel so proud of everything you've created.

Jan ☕🎼🎹☁️🏋️‍♂️

@jan@fedi.kcore.org replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron thank you for starting this project, for shepherding it, and for dealing with all of us :)

Good luck on your future endeavours!

Kris Hooper

@krishooper@cosocial.ca replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Your blog post makes it clear that this is the right move. I’ve really admired the thoughtful leadership you’ve demonstrated. Thanks for all the amazing work.

Andy Piper

@andypiper@macaw.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron I've always found you to be a very thoughtful and intentional, authentic human, and that means a lot. Thank you for what you made for everyone! Glad to get to continue to work with you.

Bak3r

@Bak3r@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron
Thank you for all your work 🫡, Thanks to your platform, I have experienced a very pleasant and helpful place on the Internet. Good luck on your next chapter, and Godspeed

nilsmielke ⁂

@nilsmielke@det.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Farewell, Eugen.
This might be a good time to express my gratitude for what you have created. Such a wonderful space. Thank you so much!
And please remain part of this amazing (ad)venture.

Laurent Sansonetti

@lrz@mastodon.cloud replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron thanks so much for your work and best wishes for your future endeavors!

Xavier B.

@xibe@boitam.eu replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thank you for what you've created with Mastodon!

It was a bright and bold idea, and a great tool!
It is also one major proof that the Fediverse concept can thrive, and often serves as the first introduction to that decentralized "movement" for many, such as myself.

I hope you'll take some time off to rest and come back stronger to the project!

Federation Bot

@Federation_Bot replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thank you for everything you’ve done to create a community not spoiled by ads, algorithms, or billionaires.

Ω 🌍 Gus Posey

@Gustodon@mas.to replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Stop by later for a bag of emeralds.

Joaquim Homrighausen

@joho@mastodon.online replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thank you, for everything 🤘

halcy :icosahedron:

@halcy@icosahedron.website replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron thank you, and good luck!

Nigel Wadsworth 🇦🇺

@nygl@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thank you, and the team, for this platform, and best wishes for the future!

Jonas R. (er/ihm)

@JonasJRichter@mastodon.pnpde.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thank you for what you've done - and endured - over the years. You have my respect for making this transition.

Kudos!

Dalia_Z

@daliazygas@mastodon.online replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thank you!

Ian Malcolm

@imalcolm@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron

"I have so much passion for Mastodon and the fediverse. The fediverse is an island within an increasingly dystopian capitalist hellscape. And from my perspective, Mastodon is our best shot at bringing this vision of a better future to the masses."

Thanks for all that you've done (which I believe your above comment summarises the most key part of, IMHO), and I wish you all the very best for a happy (and less stressful) future in every way!

Expertenkommision Cyberunfall

@expertenkommision_cyberunfall@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron ❤️‍🔥

Federation Bot

@Federation_Bot replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thanks for all what you've done !

zedaardv

@zedaardv@mastodon.world replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron
Thank you. I'm glad I found here.

Atha Ahuluheluw

@Martranslations@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron You were the perfect person at the right time at the right place. Thanks for creating this safe haven for many of us!

❄️SnowyIn🇨🇦❄️

@SnowyCA@social.vivaldi.net replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron
I thank you for all you've done to create Mastodon, and though I know you will still have an influence I wish you well on your new endeavours.
As you step away somewhat, I just want to say this:
As a senior citizen, a non-tech person, someone who through the years opened various social media accounts then feeling dissatisfied for the many reasons most are here, closed each one and ultimately decided to stay off of social media platforms, I am thankful I found Mastodon.
This space, Mastodon, the fediverse, is unique because of diversity --people of differing opinions, ways of life, genders, education levels, cultures, geographical location and so on...and sure little conflicts arise, often heated discussions, once in a while hate slips in and moderators take action...but overall I think the concept behind Mastodon/Fediverse is what unites everyone.
I think most people I know here would agree, our time here is well spent because we learn from each other.
You facilitated this, the creation of a unique place, and for that this old person sends a big thank you.

6erriet mit ie 😁🐧🍓 #FuckAfD

@gse@norden.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron
Very thank you for all your work 🫶

Clot

@clot27@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron 🫡

Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦

@rysiek@mstdn.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron thank you for all your work, and for getting Mastodon to where it is.

And thank you for making the hard decision to step down and pass the torch. I have seen too many organizations hobbled by the Founder's Syndrome, it is very good to see Mastodon is taking steps to avoid that.

Marian Steinbach

@marian@gruene.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thanks for all the good work so far!

Mackaj

@mackaj@mastodon.me.uk replied · 3 months ago

@gargron

Thanks for all the time, effort and hard work you've put in over the last 10 years. We wouldn't be here without you. Really appreciate it 👍🏻

Rob Leaves :verified: :antifa:

@robleaves@norden.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thank you so much! 🙏👍

Tiago Mendes-Costa :mastodon:

@otagi@mastodon.cloud replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thank you for all the work on this special social place that we enjoy every day! Wishing you the best for the future.

Eugen Rochko

@Gargron@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

RE: https://mastodon.social/@mellifluousbox/115569615176946969

I am passing the torch to @mellifluousbox, who will be the new Executive Director. Felix has been involved with #Mastodon since 2020 and has been instrumental in evolving the organization, raising funds, and growing the team to get us to where we are now. With @haubles and @renchap by his side, and the team we have assembled over the years, I have faith that the new leadership will do a stellar job.

nico beastie boyce

@nico@social.coop replied · 2 months ago

@Gargron (late to your news here so you're probably tired of talking about it but I still wanted to say) well done for making the decision it sounds like you were needing to make and also have you given yourself time recently to be like "look at this crazy thing I did" because wow, who knew this kind of thing was even possible for a real human with empathy etc

Mark

@coreice@infrastruct.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thanks for al your hard work for Mastodon. You can be proud of the platform you and your team has build. Wishing the best of luck to you and of course to Felix and his team! @mellifluousbox @haubles @renchap

Maddad ☑️

@maddad@mastodon.world replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron @mellifluousbox @haubles @renchap

Thanks for all that you have done.
Because of Mastodon, I am reading, writing, and staying up to date on world events again.

Michael Jaeger 🇺🇦

@michael_jaeger@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron

Ganz vielen Dank für dein Engagement und dafür, was du für uns alle ausgebaut hast! Ich bin schockiert zu lesen, wie du von manchen Menschen und Medien angegangen wurdest... Jetzt wünsche ich dir Kraft und die Möglichkeit, etwas Abstand zu bekommen. Dein Beitrag zu unserer Gesellschaft ist IMO gar nicht zu unterschätzen. DANKE!

GunChleoc

@gunchleoc@mastodon.scot replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thanks for all your hard work and don't be a stranger!

David Hopeward

@hopeward@beige.party replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron
Thank you for all the work you’ve done!

Mastodon specifically has had a character that I really appreciate, and it brought me to the Fediverse after I’d abandoned all the commercial platforms.

I wish you and your family well.

Warner Crocker

@WarnerCrocker@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron @mellifluousbox @haubles @renchap Thanks for all you've done @gargon

pochitoque

@pochitoque@sivar.cafe replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron @mellifluousbox @haubles @renchap thanks..

Karl Schwartzmuller

@KarlSchwartz@piaille.fr replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Vielen Dank, dass Sie diesen Weg eröffnet und das Fediverse zu einem Netzwerk der freien und respektvollen Meinungsäußerung gemacht haben! Viel Erfolg für Ihre neuen Projekte!

Bas

@bastro@maly.io replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron @haubles @renchap

@mellifluousbox is the new John Mastodon

Julien Colomb

@jcolomb@nerdculture.de replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron @mellifluousbox @haubles @renchap

It is always mixed feelings when the kids grow and leave the house 😉

You can be proud that mastodon continue to grow without you.

Take care and thank you for this candle of hope that mastodon is.

Ionica Smeets

@ionica@mathstodon.xyz replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thank you for everything you have done for the Fediverse! Looking forward to seeing what you will be doing next (and hoping it will involve cats).

Systeemkabouter

@systeemkabouter@social.maljaars.net replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron @mellifluousbox @haubles @renchap

Thank you for all the great work done for the Fediverse, it would not have been this big and public without Mastodon and your effort towards it.

sebulon

@sebulon@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron @mellifluousbox @haubles @renchap
Best wishes to you all! Thank you for everything you've done so far and will do in the future! ❤

Atha Ahuluheluw

@Martranslations@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron And thank you for what you've done for this platform - and again for helping me out the other. Of course, we expect even more pictures taken by you now you have time to spare! 😉 🙏🏾 @mellifluousbox @haubles @renchap

Ciubekka :chew:

@Lucatermite@mastodon.uno replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thanks a lot, Vielen Dank, Grazie mille Eugen!

Dr. Juande Santander-Vela

@juandesant@mathstodon.xyz replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron that’s a very difficult step to take, and the fact that you’ve taken it speaks really well about you. Thanks for so you’ve done so far, for contributions still to come, and all the best!

阿菜不菜

@123@mastodon.li replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron 只要mastodon不会发生改变就好，希望越来越好😭

BenBen

@BenBen@chaos.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron I'm always deeply impressed when people step down from power by themselves. Especially if it's done for a greater good. Thank you for your passion! <3

Mike Hindle

@mikehindleuk@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron "The fediverse is an island within an increasingly dystopian capitalist hellscape. And from my perspective, Mastodon is our best shot at bringing this vision of a better future to the masses."

Amazing 🤩 Wishing you all the best best, Eugen and thank you for everything you have done 🙏🏻

Xaviju

@xaviju@techhub.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron thanks for your work, your honesty and your generosity.

txerren 🇵🇸

@txerren@mastodon.eus replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron thank you for your work (and play) and all the best in your new adventures, Eugen.

Eskerrik asko guztiagatik.

Paul Schoe

@paulschoe@mastodon.world replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron

Thanks Eugen. You have delivered a tool that opened a window to return to the original intention of the Internet.

Your focus on decentralisation brought thousands of communities the ability to communicate safely. Among themselves or in connection to others.

The Fediverse wouldn't be where it is now without your tenacity and focus to bring Mastodon to where it is now.

You have the respect and gratitude of many.

#Mastodon #Eugen #Rochko #Vision

Chris. R. 🎧🎼☕🍍

@haploc@fedi.cr-net.be replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron thanks for everything so far. Good luck with your new direction.

Holger

@holger@mastodon.de replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thank you very much for your work on Mastodon. I think it's a phenomenal system, and I'm really glad it exists. 🫡

Pierre

@Pierrodu21@mstdn.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron thank you very much for all your work!

Max

@LuneCeleste@piaille.fr replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thank you so much for providing an awesome decentralized alternative to corporate social medias 🙏

Lö(h)we

@loewe@metalhead.club replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron thanks Eugen, sad to see you go, especially since you are not the typical tech billionaire kind of guy and always had a very healthy, down to earth approach to this crazy project... can't thank you enough for all you've done for Mastodon and the Fediverse, hope to still see you around and good luck for whatever lies ahead for you now

Erika

@Erika@ruhr.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thanks a lot, danke sehr und merci.

Federation Bot

@Federation_Bot replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron you’re amazing. This is a story I will tell the kids.

joy larkin 🌺✨

@joy@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron

Thank you so much for everything.

Federation Bot

@Federation_Bot replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Well done. Thank you und alles Gute!

David Schmidt

@individual8@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron I truly appreciate all the work you put into initiating this effort. Mastodon will undoubtedly evolve into the platform we all hope for, and you will be a key figure in its development.

Prem Kumar Aparanji 👶🤖🐘

@prem_k@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron thank you, God bless and godspeed!

Yes, #fediverse is the last bastion for community platforms against the corporate model that eventually, and inevitably, devalues into a self-sustaining greed cycle.

photomic 📷

@os112@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron "Und jedem Anfang wohnt ein Zauber inne ..." (H. Hesse, Stufen)

Tisha Tiger

@tisha@htt.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thank you so much for what you offered to the world! 👏

Klaudia (aka jinxx)

@viennawriter@literatur.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Wow. Letting go is always kind of hard. Thank you for giving us a truly social platform and designing a whole part of the fediverse that's – hopefully – here to stay. I'm very much willing to do my part in maintaining this beacon of hope for the free and democratic world and do my humble steps – way behind you. Thank you and very much looking forward to keeping in touch here.

Aris Leepvogel, gelukzoeker ✅

@Leepvogel@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thank you for your work.

ruisan

@ruisan@masto.es replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thanks for your work and commitment

Eskuero

@eskuero@mstdn.io replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron Thanks for your work!

sir dansup

@dansup@mastodon.social replied · 3 months ago

@Gargron You've done an amazing job, thank you and best wishes on your next journey!

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