@LucoaMilkers @augustus >An Open Letter Calling for the Resignation of Eugen Rochko (Gargron) from Mastodon Development
> users and administrators across the wider Fediverse community have raised concerns with Eugen’s leadership
>in maintaining Mastodon software, and lack of moderation on his own instances
mastodon.social and
mastodon.online.
>We, the undersigned, feel that it is in the best interest of the Fediverse community that Eugen resign from his role as maintainer of the mainline Mastodon code
>Dissenting opinion in cases like these always result in getting one’s comment deleted
>Eugen intentionally omitted this core feature from the Mastodon iOS app
>the signal to noise ratio makes them a liability in almost every aspect.”
>In 2020, he has allegedly taken over €60,000 to partner with the European digital surveillance data collection firm EUnomia.
>This poses a risk to marginalized groups who are targeted by police on a daily basis.
>Sponsorships
>Mastodon gets its funding from individual sponsors
>SexToy Education
>CasinoTop
>SexToyCollective
>Assembly Four: Online sex work platform
>laatukasinot: Casino site
>CanadaRealCasino: Casino site
>There are forks, but they will become far harder to maintain. Forks and alternatives would have more visibility control than Mastodon, leading to privacy issues. New users won’t know that everyone on the Fediverse can see all their posts. They won’t know that they can post publicly to their followers without their posts showing to everyone using the unlisted visibility.
As much as gargamel seems to deserve it this letter is also ill intended.