Context of all of the above is the new sus af board members of Mastodon's new US-based non-profit: https://kolektiva.social/
Seriously, go read that thread.
I want to make it clear though: yes, I am disappointed by this, but I do not believe it's helpful to panic, start flamewars, get into spats, or call people names.
Instead, it's better to put that energy and time into building alternatives. The more feature-complete fedi instance software is out there, the healthier the whole network is.
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