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Eugen Rochko

I am happy to reveal that a non-profit legal entity for Mastodon, Mastodon gGmbH, is in the process of being entered into the German company register.

For context, I have been operating as a sole proprietor so far.

It's been in the works for 8 months but I didn't want to announce anything until everything was finalized just in case it didn't work out. Yesterday, I paid in the starting capital.

It wouldn't be possible without the help and advice of @mellifluousbox. More to follow in blog form.

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william.maggos

@Gargron @mellifluousbox

any chance of renaming the mastodon.social server? using a very similar name for both the app and the server is confusing for newbies.

A large bedazzled teacup!

@Gargron Go get 'em brother. You worked hard and I can't wait to see your success continue.

Eugen Rochko

I'm not even changing the "toot!" button to anything, I'm just changing "someone boosted your toot" to "someone boosted your post" but you listen to how people are talking about it and it's the end of the world

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Dawn Tåke 🏳️‍⚧️

@Gargron People just miss having something to bitch about over on Tumblr and their every change, so they're looking for crumbs anywhere they can get them.

GMate8

@Gargron I especially like the toot name. It makes Mastodon original.

codythedragonrude

@Gargron in the og xbox version it would be parker lands loading parker speaks loading parker starts walking loading

codythedragonrude

@Gargron when your console only has 64mb of ram and you need to use all of it youtu.be/x0TKwPnHc-M

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Gracious Anthracite

@Gargron

Change it all you like, I’ll just change it back to “rar” in the UI like I do every time I get around to upgrading.

mhoye

@Gargron “what if slashdot but also Paul Graham?” Answer: HN.

Eugen Rochko

Alright, looks like I'm the third person among my mutuals buying a new office chair. Looks like it's new chair season.

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Emory L.

@Gargron i saw a pretty sweet looking convertible chair that would let me sit in all the wildly inappropriate ways i sit in a chair. i'm like a gargoyle.

Eugen Rochko

I wonder if the tutorial screen has a net positive or negative effect on user retention...

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Eugen Rochko

Just thinking of this in relation to the onboarding flow in the iOS app... The value of explaining what the reply button does is questionable at best

WoodYouMind

@Gargron That depends on the tutorial screen. If it's one of those that tell you the most basic things of a program, stuff anyone would know, then it's just wasting time. But if it''s showing more advanced features, then it'll be usefull to more people so more people will stick around.

William Swartzendruber

@Gargron Don't show unsolicited tutorials or tips. I usually know how to use an app just by looking at it. Those pop-ups get in my way and slow me down.

Eugen Rochko

As much as I'd like to see Clubhouse fail it's a bit ridiculous the media is running with a "leak" of user data... It's all public profile stuff

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Wiley Quixotey

@Gargron I've heard fans say the media doesn't like it because it threatens them. I don't really know but part of it just has to be the numbers of clicks titles with the word "leak" in them get

sunbutter

@Gargron idk anything about anything but so many of these startups seem to have huge problems,, like rate limiting??? why not have rate limiting????

ElfLord

@Gargron *Eugen smirks and leans back in his chair but he leans too far and falls over crashing to the floor*

urien2

@Gargron I just learned about that term today. There's an entire subreddit about that!

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