Mastodon will soon be owned by a non-profit entity

At a time when Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg have shown that one person’s whims can derail an entire social network, Mastodon CEO and creator Eugen Rochko is heading in the opposite direction. In a published today, the Mastodon team announced their intention to let a new non-profit organization take over the company. In other words, Rochko is willingly giving the reins to the service he founded nearly a decade ago.

The company has taken some actions for the formation of its own non-profit based in the United States and that entity continues to exist as a “fundraising hub”. However, the company generally continues to headquarters its overseas operations. “We have taken the time to select the appropriate jurisdiction and structure in Europe,” the company wrote, “Then we will determine what other legal structures (subsidiaries) are needed to support operations and sustainability.” Mastodon says the restructuring will take place over the next six months.

Rochko made his stance against Musk clear. He told Musk “” two years ago. He also has the recent “deeply disturbing”. While Mastodon has not been as obvious a player in terms of raw user numbers as, for example, Threads or Bluesky in the post-X restructuring of social media, Mastodon could still find the most moral way forward .