David Zaslavsky@feditips is run by a community volunteer, so I wouldn't say exactly "the hands behind #mastodon". Although the people actually working on Mastodon probably have some of the same tendencies - I mean, they're certainly worlds more open and honest than the ones running Twitter.
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