Ownership of Mastodon will move away from the control of CEO Eugen Rochko, in contrast to the power exerted by other social media CEOs like Meta cofounder Mark Zuckerberg and X owner Elon Musk.

Decentralized social network organization Mastodon said Monday that it is planning to create a new nonprofit organization in ...

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Mastodon is now shifting to a nonprofit model, stepping away from its founder Eugen Rochko’s sole control, and embracing its original vision of decentralization. The platform, founded in 2016 ...

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This takes control of the social network away from its previous "ultimate decision-maker," Eugen Rochko. As founder, Rochko initially took the reins to ensure the decentralized platform would ...

Mastodon is now shifting to a nonprofit model, stepping away from its founder Eugen Rochko’s sole control, and embracing its original vision of decentralization. The platform, founded in 2016 ...

Until now, it has been run by founder and CEO Eugen Rochko, who will soon “hand off the overall Mastodon management” and focus instead on product strategy, “where his original passion lies.” ...

Decentralized social media platform Mastodon will transfer its ownership to a nonprofit entity in Europe, which will own the company and its key assets.

"When founder Eugen Rochko started working on Mastodon, his focus was on creating the code and conditions for the kind of social media he envisioned. The legal setup was a means to an end, a quick ...