Eugen Rochko

Founder of [@Mastodon](https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon ). Film photography, prog metal, Dota 2. Likes all things analog.

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2024-07-02 16:20:16

Mastodon powers over 9,000 different fediverse servers and is used by around a million people every month, but did you know the core engineering team is just two people? Well, I'm delighted to announce that now it's three people! Welcome to the team, @npub1jcp…927t!

2024-06-22 21:54:15

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Here's a glimpse of this month's most popular publishing tools. It's just the data for posts made in June on mastodon.social:
- Web 23.9%
- Jetpack 6.5%
- Mastodon for Android 6.3%
- Mastodon for iOS 4%
- Tusky 3.3%
- IFTTT 3.2%
- Ivory for iOS 2.5%
- IceCubes 1.1%
- Mona for iPhone 0.7%
- Elk 0.4%
- Phanpy 0.3%
The rest is divided up between literally a thousand other sources. It means around 66% of users are posting from 3rd party apps and integrations!

2024-06-22 21:52:58

One of the strengths of Mastodon is our API that allows 3rd party developers to create powerful integrations and full-featured apps on entirely equal footing with our own, with absolute confidence that there will never be a rug-pull. I've decided to check how the diversity of tools looked like in practice.

2024-06-22 03:26:38

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I'm not in charge of the ActivityPub protocol, that's the W3C.

2024-06-20 19:42:32

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154k people have opted-in to search. That's fewer than the 878k that have opted in to being featured in discovery algorithms, but I think it's not as few as some people might think.

2024-06-20 19:26:23

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Not having enough search results for a specific query is not the same thing as there not being a search function, which exists since 2023.

2024-06-20 18:41:46

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Which functionality is lacking? Can you give an example of a search query and how the results differed from your expectations?

2024-06-19 20:35:55

Probably not a film I'm going to use ever again, but for this shot it sort of worked.
📷 Pentax KX
🎞️ Rollei Retro 80s
🔭 SMC Pentax-M 50mm/1.7
#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography #35mm
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/644/709/167/682/871/original/ddd070e7d60ec6eb.jpg

2024-06-12 12:46:43

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Check my profile! On the sidebar you'll see #filmphotography. Click that, and it's all my photo posts. You set this up from your profile settings.

2024-06-12 12:36:00

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Would a featured hashtag on your profile not take care of that?

2024-06-10 20:17:29

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Gross

2024-06-10 19:47:10

Damn, they brought the calculator to the iPad. Unbelievable #wwdc24

2024-06-09 15:13:22

How is he a real cat?
#Caturday #CatsOfMastodon
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/586/837/071/066/933/original/f0d6ba43ba8c824f.jpeg

2024-06-09 09:30:40

There we go, just voted.
#EUelections2024 #Europawahl #UseYourVote

2024-06-05 16:43:11

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One more thing. I am not a lawyer, but in my understanding the "default" license for any works you publish on the web is not "public domain", it is "no license". Content published on the fediverse cannot be used for anything, legally, except the intended function of the service. It is only if you want to to give more rights that you'd need "content licensing support". In that sense I also don't see this as a show stopper for federation today.

2024-06-05 16:36:25

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It's worth noting that Glaze is neither a guarantee that something won't be ingested into an LLM, nor is it something that comes at absolutely no cost; depending on setting it creates visible artifacts similar to JPEG compression that I have seen artists complain about. I don't think Glaze is relevant to the federation discussion however.

2024-06-05 16:35:08

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I remember we already talked about this yesterday. I think discussions about LLM training should be happening at the legal level, not technical, unless you want DRM. Personally, I do not want to advocate for DRM. I do not believe that robots.txt is an adequate defense against LLM training, and that the onus of keeping up with all LLM user agents should not be on website authors.

2024-06-05 16:22:05

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I read that yesterday. From my reading of the Cara page, it is not making any promises about protecting art from ingestion into LLM datasets besides offering access to the Glaze tool. It's simply a place where generative AI slop is not allowed to be uploaded. In that sense I see no show stoppers for federation today. Artists want to be seen, makes no sense to self-isolate.

2024-06-05 16:00:49

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RSS is not the same. I want them to know that I follow them, and to see my replies, and when I boost their art to my followers.

2024-06-05 13:58:52

I should be able to follow #Cara users from my Mastodon account. You can't convince me to make yet another account in a yet another silo, but I'd love to see and share more art in my home feed. Anyone have a connection to their team? Would love to chat about the #fediverse.

2024-06-05 06:52:27

And yet more from the Big Basin Redwoods State Park.
📷 Canon AE-1 Program
🎞️ Kodak Portra 400
🔭 Canon FD 50mm/1.4 S.S.C.
#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography #35mm #SFBA
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/562/204/161/125/501/original/0afc3ad152f11eba.jpg

2024-06-04 09:19:13

I’ve got a new camera! Pentax KX. Unlike the Canon Ae-1 Program, it’s fully mechanical. Everything seems to be in working order, except the focusing ring being misaligned and rotating past infinity.
#BelieveInFilm
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/557/132/942/161/113/original/e1c8abb5892c67da.jpeg

2024-06-02 11:33:32

Evening on the water. San Francisco.
📷 Canon AE-1 Program
🎞️ Kodak Vision3 250D
🔭 Canon FD 50mm/1.4 S.S.C.
#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography #35mm #SFBA
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/546/323/914/751/156/original/36713a1c21a959aa.jpg

2024-05-23 07:40:13

Descent to the coast. San Francisco.
📷 Canon AE-1 Program
🎞️ Kodak Vision3 250D
🔭 Canon FD 50mm/1.4 S.S.C.
#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography #35mm #SFBA
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/488/795/985/863/094/original/1ac74ffe8e71fc15.jpeg

2024-05-18 19:50:19

Back home after a very busy week in San Francisco. I spoke with @npub1ld4…at00, @npub14j8…pjuf, @npub13t2…gh8m, @npub1ggg…yfh8, @npub1h86…lepa, @npub1xmw…7pnp and so many others. In an age where the old web is gradually getting killed off by AI, there is still hope for the future in the shape of the fediverse.

2024-05-09 17:00:34

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This is already the case, the hashtags have to be the last thing in the post.

2024-04-24 05:08:41

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Absolutely.

2024-04-22 19:57:48

The blogging platform #Ghost is working on adding #ActivityPub integration. That means, among other things, being able to follow Ghost-powered blogs and comment on articles right from your Mastodon account. The website they made to explain their plans is really nice! This is what momentum looks like.
https://activitypub.ghost.org/

2024-04-20 15:11:19

An island built on stilettos. NYC.
📷 Canon AE-1 Program
🎞️ Ilford HP5 Plus
🔭 Canon FD 50mm/1.8
#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography #35mm #MonochromePhotography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #NYC
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/303/705/575/070/011/original/7b2ded6fcfa46c04.jpg

2024-04-09 19:28:08

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Maybe smarter than one human.

2024-04-03 19:42:41

The fact that you can follow the president of the United States ([@potus](https://threads.net/@potus/)) from your Mastodon account instead of being forced to have an X or Threads account for it is a huge W in my book. Of course our team is fully available to help if they'd want to set up Mastodon on whitehouse.gov. I believe governments should not rely on 3rd party platforms to connect with their constituents.

2024-03-27 16:35:14

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In a meeting now.
#Plushtodon #Merchtodon
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/168/383/694/285/863/original/535656fab2d6bf02.jpeg

2024-03-27 16:23:25

He’s a New York boy. Or at least an in New York boy.
#Plushtodon #Merchtodon
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/168/337/484/466/836/original/114d3103f9f27fdb.jpeg

2024-03-26 19:02:21

Fucking Boeing

2024-03-23 06:27:17

Another from the roll.
📷 Canon AE-1 Program
🎞️ Silbersalz 250D
🔭 Canon FD 50mm/1.8
💃 Wife
#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography #35mm #Silbersalz35
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/143/327/052/422/362/original/331ae2728f533612.jpg

2024-03-19 23:12:30

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35cmは大きすぎて日本だと購入をためらってしまう人がいるかもしれないと聞きました。もう少し安くて小さいサイズのぬいぐるみも検討できます。
日本から発送する場合、あなたが適性な価格で購入したいと思うサイズはどれですか?

2024-03-18 03:39:45

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わたしたちは様々な地域での需要を予測する必要があります。もし日本から発送できる場合、たとえば送料を除いた価格が30 USD (約4,500円) であったとして購入しますか? (Yesの回答のみ確認します)

2024-03-18 03:37:35

Mastodonのぬいぐるみを準備しています! 彼はやわらかくてふわふわとした友だちです。高さ35cmで丸っこくて抱き心地抜群!
できるだけ多くの人に楽しんでもらえるようにお求めやすい価格にしたいと考えています。
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/114/270/453/736/000/original/88117e45838267cc.jpg