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> A piece of social networking software that gets popular does bring a certain audience/reach to its creator. Does it? I have no idea who created Mastodon.

• smcn 4y ago
  You don't? https://time.com/6229230/mastodon-eugen-rochko-interview/ https://time.com/6229230/mastodon-eugen-rochko-interview/
  • Tomte 4y ago
    The name didn't seem to be prominently reported until the Twitter exodus lately. I was surprised he's my countryman, I think I would have remembered had he come up in the earlier Mastodon discussions on HN. I always assumed it's a mostly American thing.
    • lou1306 4y ago
      > The name didn't seem to be prominently reported until the Twitter exodus lately But that kind of proves my point now doesn't it? When "his" platform became popular he got featured on the national press. I can totally see that some people do not want to offer that kind of platform to someone with whom they disagree politically.
      • Tomte 4y ago
        > But that kind of proves my point now doesn't it? Yes.