Updates from the Mastodon team
Trunk & Tidbits, June 2024
Mastodon engineering team updates for June 2024
Renaud Chaput
CTO
Andy Piper
Developer Relations
Highlighting journalism on Mastodon
Today we're launching a new feature that will highlight writers and journalists that are active on the fediverse when their articles are being shared.
Eugen Rochko
CEO / Founder
Trunk & Tidbits, May 2024
Updates from the core Mastodon engineering team for May 2024
Renaud Chaput
CTO
Andy Piper
Developer Relations
Trunk & Tidbits, April 2024
Welcome to the first in a planned ongoing series of updates from the core Mastodon engineering team
Renaud Chaput
CTO
Andy Piper
Developer Relations
Mastodon forms new U.S. non-profit
As part of our commitment to supporting the growth and operational capabilities of Mastodon, we have established a 501(c)(3) non-profit entity in the United States aimed at facilitating our efforts, including being able to receive tax-deductible U.S. donations.
Eugen Rochko
CEO / Founder
Mastodon stuffed toy coming soon
Deliberately friend-sized and friend-shaped, with a soft surface material and soft, squishy stuffing, you will soon be able to have a Mastodon in your home.
Eugen Rochko
CEO / Founder
Mastodon for Android update
In our latest Mastodon for Android release, we're making it easier than ever to share profiles using QR codes, among a number of other usability improvements.
Eugen Rochko
CEO / Founder
Improving the quality of conversations on Mastodon
In our most recent Mastodon for Android release, we’re testing a new feature aimed to curb unneccesary negativity that comes from being on the Internet.
Eugen Rochko
CEO / Founder
Thank you Sujitech
Today we would like to thank Sujitech for kindly donating $100k USD to Mastodon, by far the largest single donation to our non-profit so far. Building Mastodon, which encompasses the core software on one end, and two native mobile applications on the other, is not cheap, and we can only afford a handful of full-time positions right now, relying in many ways on volunteer work. Sujitech is a Japanese tech company whose mission is to achieve a truly free and open internet, and that has supported Mastodon in various ways for many years. They have saved multiple Mastodon servers from shutting down by taking over their maintenance when the original owners were unable to continue to operate them, and in 2021, we had teamed up to build the first prototype of the official iOS app for Mastodon.
Felix Hlatky
CFO