People fleeing Twitter have turned to Eugen Rochko’s alternative. He says social networks can support healthy debate—without any one person in control.
“People probably want to hear that it’s been great—all this growth and success—but I would prefer to be watching from the sidelines. There is more work, there are more fires to put out. It’s incredibly stressful. I’m pulling 14-hour workdays, sleeping very little, and eating very little.”
That’s definitely a concern. Both the Mastodon software project and Mastodon gGmbH with the mastodon.social and mastodon.online instances rely very heavily on Eugen.
“People probably want to hear that it’s been great—all this growth and success—but I would prefer to be watching from the sidelines. There is more work, there are more fires to put out. It’s incredibly stressful. I’m pulling 14-hour workdays, sleeping very little, and eating very little.”
I hope he’s not going to burn out.
That’s definitely a concern. Both the Mastodon software project and Mastodon gGmbH with the mastodon.social and mastodon.online instances rely very heavily on Eugen.