Mastodon is bigger than me, and though the technology we develop on is itself decentralized—with heaps of alternative fediverse projects demonstrating that participation in this ecosystem is possible without our involvement—it benefits our community to ensure that the project itself which so many people have come to love and depend on remains true to its values. There are too many examples of founder egos sabotaging thriving communities, and while I’d like to think myself an exception, I understand why people would prefer better guardrails.

That's nice of him to acknowledge that.

[–] naught101@lemmy.world 26 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Eugen has always seemed pretty clear-eyed about this kind of thing.

[–] ademir@lemmy.eco.br 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I don't think so. He often hold down PRs and when push them almost all the times makes sure that they wont be compatible with the majority of activtypub implementations.

[–] andypiper@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That may have been some time ago? The team has been larger than just Eugen for quite a while now. In terms of "won't be compatible with the majority of AP implementations", is there a specific PR that has been changed to make something incompatible? I'm not sure I understand what you are describing. I'd love to know where we can improve, here.

[–] rimu@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Groups

[–] naught101@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Mastodon doesn't have groups?

[–] naught101@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

"This kind of thing" being big picture dynamics of how to run a social media project.

I've also had a mastodon PR stall, but I think they get so many, many with competing demands, and have so few staff, that it's not really surprising that it's a bit mess on that front...