Mastodon’s founder cedes control, refuses to become next Musk or Zuckerberg
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Mastodon shifts to nonprofit ownership, calls for $5M in donations to expand.

I honestly did not realize this was not already the case but it is a good move to make right now. Hopefully folks will start to recognize the Fediverse for what it is and can be and explore coming to the Activity Pub side over using Bluesky.

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Please update the title to the full title of the article. This is super misleading and makes it sound like the founder doesn’t want this.

The title doesn’t imply what the founder wants one way or the other.

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In strict definition, true, but to those in the US cede has the connotation of giving up something after a lost battle. Just the way we’re taught.

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that would be concede, not cede

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No, concede is to admit defeat, cede is to give up something. You could concede the battle, and as a result cede land to the victor. I meant cede.

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