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   Mark Mayo (mmayo@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 27-Feb-2023 04:54:14 JST Mark Mayo

   • Kris Nóva
   • quintessence :blobfoxflooftea:
   • Tim Bray
   • Mammoth
   • Hachyderm
   • Mitchell Baker

   To emulate the style of @timbray, what happened was I was watching the @nova Twitch stream with my daughter last fall and she was hacking on the @hachyderm infrastructure with @quintessence and it was just awesome and inspiring. I called @WMitchellBaker with an idea. Fast forward to today, and we're launching @mammoth, a "mastodon for the rest of us" app with the gracious support of Mozilla (and many others!).

   TL;DR: I'm all in on the Fediverse. ?

   https://medium.com/@mmayo/why-im-all-in-on-the-fediverse-ca5b22ec230d

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     Fediverse Report (fediversereport@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 27-Feb-2023 04:54:09 JST Fediverse Report

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     • Chris Trottier
     • Jo
     • Mammoth

     @atomicpoet @mmayo @jo @mammoth One of the investors in #mammoth is also Marc Benioff, so people's assumption of VC equalling Big Tech billionaires was somewhat correct. Also a VC company (Long Journey Ventures) that has invested in things like Uber and SpaceX.

     Im all about more transparency for funding and monetization, but I'm not really sure telling the fediverse community that your app is funded in part by Marc Benioff is really going to improve public perception, to say the least.

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     Chris Trottier (atomicpoet@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 27-Feb-2023 04:54:10 JST Chris Trottier

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     • Jo
     • Mammoth

     @mmayo @jo @mammoth A lot of people hear “VC”, and immediately think of people like Peter Thiel or Marc Andreesen. Hence why they jump to conclusions.

     That said, this is the first I’ve heard about Mozilla being the lead investor, and this makes me genuinely happy.

     What I suggest is more transparency about funding and monetization so people can assess your motivations more clearly.

     I, for one, want @mammoth to be successful.

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     Mark Mayo (mmayo@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 27-Feb-2023 04:54:11 JST Mark Mayo

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     • Chris Trottier
     • Jo
     • Mammoth

     @jo @atomicpoet @mammoth the lead "investor" is Mozilla, but I doubt that will change your mind about our intentions on its own, even though the folks involved have spent their entire lives in open source and advancing public good missions. We'll work to earn some trust as we improve. We do believe strongly in making Mastodon more accessible to newcomers, that's our mission, and the product experience will reflect that.Don't think there's much more to say, but thanks for the feedback. Cheers.

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     Jo (jo@blahaj.zone)'s status on Monday, 27-Feb-2023 04:54:12 JST Jo

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     • Chris Trottier
     • Mammoth

     @mmayo@hachyderm.io Every other app & #ActivityPub platform can do this out of the box, with none of the spin @mammoth@moth.social has been promoting. This is more than a gap. I interact all the time with folks who have accounts running on Pleroma, Akkoma, Misskey, Calckey, Friendica & Hubzilla -based instances.
     
     I think from what I've seen from @atomicpoet@mastodon.social 's posts today, your days are numbered anyway. Folks aren't fans of VC around here, and I think you've already provided many folk with enough reasons to support a fediblock.

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     Jo (jo@blahaj.zone)'s status on Monday, 27-Feb-2023 04:54:13 JST Jo

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     • Kris Nóva
     • quintessence :blobfoxflooftea:
     • Tim Bray
     • Mammoth
     • Hachyderm
     • Mitchell Baker

     @mmayo@hachyderm.io All in on the fediverse but your "fully featured" app can't do basics like show posts from servers other than Mastodon? Sure bro. @timbray@hachyderm.io @nova@hachyderm.io @hachyderm@hachyderm.io @quintessence@hachyderm.io @WMitchellBaker@moth.social @mammoth@moth.social

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     Mark Mayo (mmayo@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 27-Feb-2023 04:54:13 JST Mark Mayo

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     • Jo
     • Mammoth

     @jo @mammoth I admit the team hasn’t been testing this, we’ve been mastodon focused, and it’s a gap. Bugs filed.

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     Chris Trottier (atomicpoet@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 27-Feb-2023 05:03:46 JST Chris Trottier

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     • Jo
     • Mammoth
     • Fediverse Report

     @fediversereport @jo Okay, but how much money has Marc Benoit invested? How much of a share in @mammoth does he own?

     @mmayo says Mozilla is the lead investor, so we at least know that Mozilla has greater say in how funding is allocated.

     So there is that.

     What concerns me isn’t necessarily that @mammoth got some VC funding, but more the potential terms of the funding.