“[Mastodon has] become kind of synonymous with my identity. I can’t look somewhere and see something about social media without thinking about how it affects my work,” Rochko explained in an interview with TechCrunch. “I want it to succeed. And it’s led to a lot of stress, and obviously, it ultimately led to burnout,” he continued.
https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/18/mastodon-ceo-steps-down-as-the-social-network-restructures/
