Thank you for everything Eugen.

If you ever find yourself in suburban New Jersey, I'll buy you a beer.

Thank you for everything

#Mastodon

Thank you for everything, Eugen! Including modeling self-care and sharing leadership.

Looking forward to your pictures when you feel like sharing as you take a good rest. Put down that heavy pack and breathe. Ya done good.

I don't know if you'll read this, but thanks for truely great work which has brought some little hope into my heart in this age of full speed enshittification.

I am sorry to read comments have chipped things away from your inner self. And, you are right that you created something that is bigger than yourself, but for a better part.

So, I hope you get well in your feelings again. Thanks again for creating Mastodon ❤️💪🏾

What a thoughtful post, such a gracious departure.

Thank you so much for all you created here. It matters more than you think.

incredible run: appreciate the honest and heartfelt post — a level of self awareness we should all aspire to ❤️

look forward to a more healthy future for you!

Thank you for your work. You've given us so much!

And thank you also for choosing a time to move on. This is a very healthy thing to do. I wish you luck, success and enjoyment in your endeavours.

@mellifluousbox @haubles @renchap

Thanks for all that you have done.
Because of Mastodon, I am reading, writing, and staying up to date on world events again.

.@Gargron por mi te puedes ir lejos y no volver-
#Mastodon no es mas que otra red de las redes del fediverso que desaparecerá y surgiran de nuevas al lado de las que ya hay, mastodon se metió en el fediverse, siendo una calcomania de Twitter y wsin #GNUsocial nunca hubiera sido nada, sin el #fediverse y ahora parece ser segun ustedes que mastodon hizó al fediverse y NO-

#fediverse >> fediverse.party/
Mastodon solo es un pedacito del fediverse-

No se dice eso en las migraciones

- Fediverse.Party - explore federated networks

Let's make social media free, federated and fun! Fediverse.Party is your guide into the world of decentralized, autonomous networks running on free open software on a myriad of servers across the world. No ads and no algorithms.

^{fediverse.party}

You were a great steward to this community and I thank you for your passion and the countless hours.

Being kind and keeping an even bearing in a media landscape that is hostile to both is in its self a great accomplishment. One you undertook while being the sheppard of this decade spanning project. The Fediverse is a safe haven much because of those innumerable small choices to be kind and keep an even head. No apologies necessary, you've earned your reprieve. Enjoy what comes next. 🫶

Dear @Gargron, thank you so much for your huge participation in creating this place we all love so much.

All the best for you and your family! 💐

Joining everyone else in saying, "Thank you for Mastodon." You created something very special, and I hope you're proud.

And I admire you for realizing it was time to step down (while still staying engaged), for your own mental health.

you accomplished something monumental here, Mr. Rochko.

You helped give the world back control of their social media, their very memories, from the clutches of the multinational corporations.

You've helped to rebuild a decentralized internet - the way it was always meant to be.

Someday, your name will be up there with Tim Berners-Lee, Steve Wozniak, and Larry Page, as one of the visionaries that helped connect the world together.

... we're just not there, quite yet.

But your work, here, will pave the way for that to happen. You've helped DEMOCRATIZE the internet. Now any schlub (like me) that's half-competent with computers and can get their hands on an old "throw-away" hunk of metal and plastic can spin up their own little server and connect to a larger social world.

And be found.

Thank you, Mr. Rochko, for helping free us, and for helping connect us.

o7

I hope you can have a relaxing holiday to celebrate your new role. Yay, now you have a whole crew to share the load.

Thank you for all your hard work so far keeping it all together.

Any comment regarding the amount of money you’re getting for what we understood to be a non-profit?

heise.de/news/Mastodon-Gruende…

Mastodon: Gründer macht Chefposten frei und bekommt eine Million Euro

Mastodon soll künftig von einer gemeinnützigen Organisation nach belgischem Recht entwickelt werden. Zudem tritt Eugen Rochko ab, verlässt Mastodon aber nicht.

^{Martin Holland (heise online)}