@Gargron @yogscast Congratulations.

@Gargron We're glad you're here! Happy to see so many high notes for you.

@Gargron @yogscast Maybe a baby in 2024!

@Gargron @yogscast Make sure to take time to slow down and replenish yourself

@Gargron Now imagine you still had to manage a social network. Unthinkable!

@Gargron that’s a very full year if you ask me. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

@Gargron @yogscast

Your vision of #socialmedia is quite the success in 2023.
Your accomplishments are helping people express themselves all around the world.

Thank you

@Gargron Thank you for this year and everything you do. Remember to rest in between. :bunhdheart: @yogscast

@Gargron pictures of the cats please. This one's mine. I call her Ivy.

@Gargron @yogscast you're doing amazing work and you are very much appreciated.

@Gargron @yogscast ❤️ :mastodon: Thank you :)

@Gargron Onwards and upwards, hopefully a little less stressful with ActivityPub approaching critical mass finally.

@Gargron how was The Dear Hunter? seeing them live is also on my bucket list

@Gargron thank you for all the invaluable effort that you put into Mastodon, the fediverse and OSS in general. Much appreciated! 🎁❤️👍

@yogscast

@Gargron Please take care of yourself, Eugen. We value your presence and wish to have you with us for a long time. ✨

@Gargron @yogscast #NYresults I was in trip, went through big part of my studying. feelings - :blobwizard:

@Gargron second part is dope.
( love the cat's thing)

You are doin great work, man.

🤗

@yogscast

@gargron @yogscast The cats persuaded you to adopt them so they weren't that silly.

@Gargron I appreciate you. Thank you, and those good bits are great things to remember and focus on.

@Gargron @yogscast how will 2024 go for #Mastodon ? What new features are we going to get in future ?

@Gargron @yogscast more importantly , will Mastodon survive ?

@Gargron Wait @yogscast is on Mastodon?!

@Gargron - congratulations, thank you, and I loved the vacation pictures

@Gargron Thank you for everything you do!

@Gargron Thank you for your dedication and vision for Mastodon - so very appreciated.

@Gargron Thanks for the hard work and for building out such a great piece of the internet. I've really enjoyed my first year on Mastodon and love that ActivityPub is gaining even more steam!

@Gargron @yogscast This year was perhaps the most horrible toward the latter part, but I did have some interesting and joyful moments albeit far too few happy times.

@Gargron I also saw The Deer Hunter! They were performing with Delta Sleep. Great folks making great music.

@Gargron Thank you for all the hard work you put into Mastodon, it doesn’t go unnoticed 👍🏼

Have a great new year with the missus/cats! 🍻🥳

@Gargron congratulations on making it through the year with such incredible progress and achievements, personal and public! :blobcathuggies:

@Gargron
Thank you for all your efforts in developing Mastodon. 3 weeks ago I didn't even know how to spell Mastodon and today I have my own instance running. I am absolutely thrilled with this short messaging service. I wish you, dear @Gargron
and your team a lot of energy to keep moving things forward in 2024.

@Gargron beste Wünsche mit deinem Heirat und natürlich viel Spaß im Zukunft

Vielen Dank für deine Arbeit um diesem Netz

@Gargron @yogscast Hurrah for all the good things!

@Gargron @yogscast please don’t let Meta infect us here

@Gargron

And adopting the 2 silly cats😺​😼​ were the highlight of your 2023! Just kidding.

Congrats on the marriage! Thank you for creating what could potentially form the future of social media.

@Gargron @yogscast wow! congratulations on the marriage! and the cats! and the photography! ❤️ remember to take time to rest as well.

@Gargron I too adopted 2 kitties!

@Gargron always helpful to remember the positives instead of focusing on negativity. Congrats on making it out the other side regardless and thanks for everything you’ve done and accomplished.

@Gargron @yogscast congrats on all, but especially the marriage and the cats.

@Gargron You've created something amazing. And so it is natural that you might feel some pressure from the hopes of so many to make the most of it. Which brought to mind an excerpt from "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!"

Wishing you a Feynman peace-of-mind in the new year:

@Gargron thanks for everything you did for this big "family of communities" united by the use of Mastodon. I acknowledge your good faith and commitment to this project also for the decisions where I had a different advice. I wish you all the best for this new year under the warm rays of the "light side" of social networking. :mastodance:

@Gargron thanks for the work. Clearly the cats are the top highlight :-)

@Gargron Congrats on getting married. Unfortunate about your stance on threads.net though 😅

@Gargron happy new year! Thanks for doing the heavy lifting to make Mastodon what it is today. As a Twitter exile, I really appreciate your sacrifice. Congratulations on your marriage — may you both enjoy many happy years together!

@Gargron you've got a lot to be proud of.

@Gargron Sounds like an overall success. Well done.

@Gargron Please focus on what you need to achieve and less on your regrets.

@Gargron thanks for all of your hard work this year.