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   Mastodon (mastodon@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Jun-2025 20:36:00 JST Mastodon

   We've heard your feedback on the Terms of Service updates for mastodon.social and mastodon.online, and we're pausing the implementation date (previously announced to users via email as 1st July 2025) so we can take further advice and make improvements.

   It may take us a moment to consult with the right people, so please bear with us while we do so. As always, we appreciate your patience and support.

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     George Girton (martinicat@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Jun-2025 20:43:41 JST George Girton

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     @Mastodon thanks! Although I haven't previously said anything, that waiver should Not be in anything 🍸😺

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     Detun3d (tuneintodetuned@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Jun-2025 20:54:34 JST Detun3d

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     @Mastodon
     People are scared of conceding perpetual licenses because of misuse at other companies. I don't believe your phrasing in the ToS was bad though.

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     Jo with elbows up & chin up (joblakely@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Jun-2025 20:56:21 JST Jo with elbows up & chin up

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     @Mastodon thank you!

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     hnapel (hnapel@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Jun-2025 21:02:53 JST hnapel

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     @Mastodon

     Fire the cut and paste lawyers.

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     ((Jann Gobble)) 🏳️‍🌈 (jgobble@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Jun-2025 21:11:59 JST ((Jann Gobble)) 🏳️‍🌈

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     • mcc

     @Mastodon Hey @mcc, did you see this? ⬆️👏

     Thanks for making noise about it!

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     🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🇮🇱 🐧 🥦 (methylcobalamin@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Jun-2025 21:33:14 JST 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🇮🇱 🐧 🥦

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     @Mastodon Can anyone summarize the conversation in abuot 4-5 lines of plain English? What were the problems with the new TOS?

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     ForeverAndaDay (foreverandaday@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Jun-2025 21:55:31 JST ForeverAndaDay

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     @Mastodon I was fine with the updated ToS :)

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     Number1SummerJam (number1summerjam@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Jun-2025 22:02:57 JST Number1SummerJam

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     @Mastodon my hot take is that while I wouldn’t trust a binding arbitration clause with a large corporation, I trust Mastodon and I don’t think they would ever abuse it. I think it’s more of a defense against detrimental lawsuits from big tech rivals. That being said, I think there must be a better way to implement this to keep good standing with users since some were turned off by it.

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     Jeremy Jackson (jeremyjackson@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Jun-2025 22:08:07 JST Jeremy Jackson

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     @Mastodon Awesome, thanks for listening to our concerns and feedback.

     Trust is important, this is how you keep ours.

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     freediverx (freediverx@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Jun-2025 22:10:53 JST freediverx

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     @Mastodon
     Thank you for taking these concerns seriously. But rather than just focusing on the TOS verbiage, you should also scrutinize the people involved in creating them, as their values do not seem aligned with the community’s.

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     Ovidi Nawer (nawer_rapter@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Jun-2025 22:59:12 JST Ovidi Nawer

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     @Mastodon this is SO good
     Thanks a lot for being sincere, honest and self critical, and so quickly too.
     Nice nice nice

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     infusedraindrops (infusedraindrops@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Jun-2025 23:07:49 JST infusedraindrops

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     @Mastodon honestly, it's fine. I got an email from my old account too. I think Mastodon is great 😀

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     LikeTapestry | budiarto anang (liketapestry@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Jun-2025 23:11:55 JST LikeTapestry | budiarto anang

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     @Mastodon Cool

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     Koen Hufkens, PhD (koen_hufkens@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Jun-2025 23:20:40 JST Koen Hufkens, PhD

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     @Mastodon 👌

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     Tim Chambers (tchambers@indieweb.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Jun-2025 23:34:45 JST Tim Chambers

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     @Mastodon Thank you!

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     pndy (pndy@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Jun-2025 23:45:06 JST pndy

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     @Mastodon did anyone mention that you've sent "updates to our terms of service" message 3 times at 3 hours intervals?

     or perhaps only i was treated in a special way... 💀

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     Karen E. Lund 💙💛 (karen5lund@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Jun-2025 23:52:23 JST Karen E. Lund 💙💛

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     @Mastodon Twitter: We heard users complain about changes to our ToS. We are therefore moving up the change date and taking away your blue checkmarks.

     Facebook: We heard users complain about changes to our ToS. We are therefore making changes retroactive to your tenth birthday and adding all your exes to your friends list. This cannot be undone.

     Mastodon: We heard users complain about changes to our ToS. We are therefore pausing changes while we re-think this.

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     retech (r3t3ch@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 20-Jun-2025 00:09:22 JST retech

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     @Mastodon THANK YOU!

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     Alpha Male Martha Stewart 🍉🌈 (fiend_unpleasant@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 20-Jun-2025 01:19:38 JST Alpha Male Martha Stewart 🍉🌈

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     • Cory Doctorow
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     @Mastodon Good on you for listening to the plebs. Next steps should be talking to people STEEPED in libre software, open culture, etm like @richardfontana @bkuhn @pluralistic et all could be immensely helpful in this process. I wouldn't leave this up to the same ilk that the corporate social media companies use.

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     Helena B (amazing_helenab@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 20-Jun-2025 01:32:17 JST Helena B

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     @Mastodon Please don’t become more like Twitter.

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     George Baily (georgebaily@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 20-Jun-2025 02:28:28 JST George Baily

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     @Mastodon well done

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     WhoDisturbsMySlumber (whodisturbsmyslumber@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 20-Jun-2025 03:51:30 JST WhoDisturbsMySlumber

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     @Mastodon as an artist I'm happy to see that mass llm wouldn't be scrapped, I'm trying to make sense of the contention

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     香味刺鼻🌈 (biensps@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 20-Jun-2025 11:02:51 JST 香味刺鼻🌈

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     @Mastodon Thanks a lot

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     Bub's (banban_labubuche@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 20-Jun-2025 14:29:41 JST Bub's

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     @Mastodon 🙏

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     from earth (aardbewoner@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 21-Jun-2025 18:13:19 JST from earth

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     @Mastodon We learned with all the fakes not to reply to email links

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     The Abominable Hoe-Man™ (hoppermcs@liberdon.com)'s status on Saturday, 21-Jun-2025 20:39:12 JST The Abominable Hoe-Man™

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     @Mastodon Forced arbitration you say? Sounds like fun with all the lawyers on your dime and not mine

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     Sultan Almalik (sultanalmalik@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 26-Jun-2025 14:31:43 JST Sultan Almalik

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     @Mastodon hi, is email id staff@mastodon.social working? Our team has been trying to reach but no response so far? How we get in touch with the admin of this instance?