@Gargron I love the user handle! :D

@Gargron Awesome mate! :blobcathighfive:

@Gargron I sure hope he clarifies that there's a whole fediverse outside of Mastodon

@Gargron sorry but you can't promote Reddit here :omgdotlol:

@Gargron Go get em. (Think it will be very worthwhile in helping educate potential new users)

@Gargron no AMAs on lemmy yet ?

@Gargron looking forward to it!

@Gargron NotJohnMastodon 😅 Brilliant.

@Gargron Nice 😊

@Gargron 😆

@Gargron serious publicity goodness for Mastodon. you’ve got this!

@Gargron oh nice, have fun!

@Gargron bwahahahaha I love the username. Anyway, you can’t hide anymore. We know that you’re our John Mastodon. Or at least you work for him.

@Gargron No John, you ARE John Mastodon. Can't tell me otherwise, John.

@Gargron And thus a legend has been born.

@Gargron John? 👁️👁️

@Gargron careful, Reddit is full of corrupt admins and power moderators. r/mastodon isn't corrupt, some of the subreddits are.

@Gargron Looks busy over there. Good stuff so far.

@Gargron I trust you… who are you again?

Congratulations @Gargron 😀 🎊 👏 💐 🥳

Also Thanks For: #Mastodon & Several Different Independent Servers/Instances Run By Many Different People & Donations Too :) 😀

Also Share #Fediverse Expansions, #PubActivity , & Mastodon, & Dumb Guides For Those Like Me - #Scott1984FP , & So Many Others Too,

&

How Many Like Me & Others Need #SocialMedia & #MastodonSocial & Other Mastodon Servers/Instances, For Emotional Connections/Networks/Relationships & Raising Awareness & More Too :)

#Reddit

@Gargron But is that really you here on mastodon? 🛸

@Gargron this making it to the front page of reddit could have a huge impact on Mastodon gaining exposure! Reddit loves #decentralized #opensource content.

@Gargron doubts it's you, no verified link in profile. reported. /s

@Gargron looking forward to it!

@Gargron so who is #JohnMastodon then?

@Gargron Congratulations buddy!

@Gargron looking forward to it!

@Gargron what are your 7 favorite They Might Be Giants songs written by John but sung by John. J/K

@Gargron I think that's you. And my requests?

@Gargron wil Blåhaj be joining the ama?

@Gargron AMA meeting? These initials stand for several associations. Please explain.

@Gargron Why can’t you just do the AMA thread on Mastodon?

@Gargron

Will John be joining you?

@Gargron inb4 Reddit starts banning links to lemmy sites.

@Gargron what a chad, show those redditors what's what

@Gargron
> (u/NotJohnMastodon)
💀

@Gargron GO WEBSITE BOY GO

@Gargron@mastodon.social u/NotJohnMastodon ​:drgn_lol_tear:​

@Gargron Would be nice to be able to set a date/time alert on your toot as a reminder

@Gargron Will the real #johnmastodon please stand up

@Gargron Will you finally address the real question: Who is John
̶G̶a̶l̶t̶ Mastodon?

@Gargron Great! Can you also check your email?

@Gargron Verification failed. No rel="me" link found. :D

@Gargron @charles_ex @aloa5

@Gargron
Great!

@Gargron :mastodon: :mastodon: :mastodon: :mastodon: :mastodon:

@Gargron

I don't use Reddit myself but best of luck I guess. If you ever do one for Lemmy I may tune in.

@Gargron Superb!!!!

@Gargron Yes! We will finally get #JohnMastodon ‘s true origin story

@Gargron May #JohnMastodon be with you

@Gargron I think that's great! This place looks a lot like Twitter, but it feels like Reddit in a lot of ways. There's a natural crossover audience there!

@Gargron I refuse to accept its you until you throw on your fave song and shake what your Mamma gave you

Only then will I have questions that unravel the epic that is.... "Eugen"

@Gargron my first thoughts on seeing AMA was against medical advice or American Medical Association. #medtwitter

@Gargron is it allowed to share other social media link here. That to much freedom :) let’s have regulation and suspend everyone who who even mentioned the others

But @Gargron there's no verification on Mastodon, Reuters told me so!

@Gargron Warm-up question: Has E. Musk offered to buy (destroy) you?

@Gargron I was going to ask this in the AMA, but the post has been removed. Mastodon is probably a better place to discuss this anyway.

I wasn't singling out Reddit here, but there was a touch of irony about it, which is why I used that screenshot. Sites I see daily, like the BBC, are just as guilty.

To my mind, even sites like https://www.openrightsgroup.org/ need to re-jig the icon order - and having two lines of icons seperated with an "... and if you must ..." would be even better.

@Gargron
I wrote a thread that user questions, problems and suggestions to send to you.
If you can take a look, it's there on reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/Mastodon/comments/zqfr4h/ama_with_eugen_rochko_founder_and_lead_developer/

@Gargron Will the nefarious #JohnMastodon be there too??

@Gargron Have fun!

Also, do some of that sub-tooting toward that CEO who is not doing their job correctly, okay Eugen!?

@Gargron sorry sorry sorry. I'm sorry.

@Gargron this makes kinda sense

@Gargron Good luck 👍

@Gargron Have a great AMA!

@Gargron Watch out @skairam, he’s coming for your users too! 🫣

@Gargron
Keep Q's to Rampart only, thanks.

@Gargron This will be great exposure for Mastodon, and I'm excited that it's happening on Reddit. These two are currently the only social sites I use.

#Mastodon #Reddit

@Gargron I commend your bravery.

@Gargron Eugene, you need to add a news aggregation service to Mastadon similar to Apple News. Make it a paid for extra and provide payment back to news companies. It would be a winner for news services and encourage them to join Mastadon. It would also help you attract a larger user base, make money, and challenge Twitter. Apple News is useful but it lacks interaction. Do a deal with them.

@Gargron have fun

@maykl I’m loving that half the questions are asking for roadmap / transparency

@Gargron looks like you been verified. The best ones I read have good interaction both ways. Have fun with it.

@Gargron Are you, you today?