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 28 points 1 month ago (7 children)

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

[–] ademir@lemmy.eco.br 2 points 1 month ago (6 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 month 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 month ago (1 children)

Groups

[–] naught101@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Mastodon doesn't have groups?

[–] nutomic@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/19059

Over three years without any progress.

[–] naught101@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Right, but I mean, the platform was originally designed without them in mind, and there's no real reason why every piece of software needs to have every piece of functionality.. I'm can see why they wouldn't be prioritising it

I suspect I would love it if groups were in mastodon, but I'm not entirely sure it won't backfire in some horrendous way (this is social media after all)

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