My vision for Mastodon is a different direction than all previous attempts at social media, by focussing on community ownership, Trust & Safety features, slow user & server growth, and financial sustainability - for the non-profit project, the server administrators, the moderators, and creators in the Fediverse. I’m thrilled to have 
@haubleshannah aubry as Community Director and 
@renchapRenaud Chaput as Technical Director on my side in making this vision a reality.
(4/13)
My personal heroes and projects I admire are 
@signalappSignal 
@Mer__edithMeredith Whittaker 
@torprojectThe Tor Project 
@gnome 
@thunderbirdThunderbird: Free Your Inbox 
@ryanleesipesRyan Lee Sipes ⚡🦅 . I’d much rather have Mastodon be inspired by the contributions of these people and projects to the FOSS and non-profit technology world than trying to rebuild early Twitter.
(5/13)
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