Post #860503

2025-11-18 07:53 UTC

Hi! Today is my first official day as the Executive Director of Mastodon, replacing @Gargron as CEO. I joined the Mastodon team more than 5 years ago, mostly working for Mastodon in the evenings on top of a 120% day job. I was the driving force behind the incorporation of the German non-profit, am a co-founder of the US 501c3 non-profit, and I have contributed to most of the fundraising success, which allowed us to expand the team. (1/13)

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@mellifluousbox@mastodon.social 2025-11-18 07:54

I’m humbled to be given this opportunity and want to tell you a bit more about myself and how I think about the future of Mastodon and the Fediverse. I have a business and finance background. I have worked for technology companies my whole career but have become increasingly tired of the extractive venture capital model of financing them, which only works for the rare outliers and seemingly never leads to the best product humans deserve. (2/13)

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@mellifluousbox@mastodon.social 2025-11-19 13:56

@alexanderyildiz@infosec.exchange Thanks, but we don't have a physical office :)

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@samvie@chaos.social 2025-11-18 07:56

@mellifluousbox@mastodon.social @Gargron@mastodon.social Herzlichen Gratulation lieber Felix. Danke für deine bisherige Arbeit und viel Erfolg für alles was kommt ✨

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@iftas@mastodon.iftas.org 2025-11-18 08:02

@mellifluousbox@mastodon.social Congrats, Felix! Your commitment to privacy and ethical sustainability shines through. It’s heartening to see a continuation of leadership grounded in care for community wellbeing and a refusal of extractive models. On a very auspicious day for digital sovereignty, I wish you, @haubles@hachyderm.io and @renchap@oisaur.com steady hands and shared vision as you guide Mastodon into its next mission-driven chapter.

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@pfefferle@mastodon.social 2025-11-18 08:07

congrats @mellifluousbox@mastodon.social 🙌

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@dansup@mastodon.social 2025-11-18 08:08

@mellifluousbox@mastodon.social Congratulations, Mastodon is very lucky to have you, and I look forward to this next chapter!

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