My personal heroes and projects I admire are
@signalappSignal
@Mer__edithMeredith Whittaker
@torprojectThe Tor Project
@gnome
@thunderbirdThunderbird: Free Your Inbox
@ryanleesipesRyan Lee Sipes β‘π¦
. Iβd 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)
I have huge respect for everyone contributing to the Fediverse: the larger-than-life architects like
@cwebberChristine Lemmer-Webber
@evanEvan Prodromou (without whom we would literally all not be here), implementers like
@dansup bringing photo & video to it, new projects like
@newsmastNewsmast Foundation
@michaelMichael Foster
@FreddieJFreddie Johnson
@saskia
@bonfire
@ivan
@mayel orgs like
@Flipboard
@mikeMike McCue
@johnJohn O'Nolan
@ghost @activitypub.blog
@pfefferleMatthias Pfefferle bringing the media over to the Fediverse, and
@rileytestutRiley Testut
@altstore for trying out completely new things.
(6/13)
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