Will Mastodon, the platform that keeps the #Fediverse alive, miss a strategic opportunity to bring official institutions on board at scale?
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@julian
I think it’s both, but not in the way that people usually frame it.Mastodon now has a new CEO and resources. They're not VC-scale or profit-driven, but they still have real capacity.
Meanwhile, someone from EuroSky is in Brussels every week. The difference in behavior is clear: they are actively selling their project.
This looked like an important event, yet Mastodon didn't post anything afterwards. No note, no visibility. Honestly, that feels like a serious strategic oversight.
What makes this more frustrating is that there are plenty of passionate people in the Fediverse who would help - some already do as volunteers. However, it increasingly feels like Mastodon’s leadership lacks a business- and strategy-oriented perspective beyond building good software.
At this stage, software quality alone isn’t enough.
@mellifluousbox , I hope you take my criticism in a positive way.
@everton137 Thanks for the suggestion. The @Mastodon team has in fact been in Brussels the week before and the one before that as well
I agree we can get better at communicating this. Rest assured we absolutely see the value in travelling there regularly although it will always be a question of priorities (vs. other efforts, which are arguably often equally or more important). I disagree with the implication that we don't have this on our radar at all and that we do "just" software (well). -
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