@Mastodon is the picture by the link an official board member portrait

@Mastodon Aww yea, baby.

@Mastodon awesome!

@Mastodon hooray!

@Mastodon Does this have any effect regarding access of US authorities to the data stored in mastodon.social?

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Sad to hear if this pushes you to be more US-centric. Have loved that you've based from Germany, not just for people, but for législation as well.

@Mastodon First impression because of the picture was that you made the plushie Mastodon the boss of the new org. I guess many would approve ;)

@Mastodon congrats!!!!!

@Mastodon Would you consider renaming it to Tooter? 😁 And a post would be called a toot.

@Mastodon Astounding impact for so small a development team. Bravo!

@Mastodon being financially Americanized, beginning of the end for mastodon, hopefully not fediverse.

@Mastodon I ❤️

@Mastodon I’ll add it to my list of non profits I donate to

@Mastodon Please provide information on how to contribute, I couldn't find any in the article.

@Mastodon Anything on new board members? I understand there are two devs, but do you have any new board members?

@Mastodon "Twitter, one of the world’s leading social media platforms" seemed untinged with irony.

@Mastodon mark my words, which I would use with a quote:

IT'S A TRAP!

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To everyone concerned about the new USA non-profit status for Mastodon:

Read about 501(c)3 before making further judgment. It is simply a tax status for non-profits where *financial information must be reported* to the IRS. If the idea was to make money, 501(c)3 would be a terrible way to go given the financial restrictions.

And, for what it's worth, Doctor's Without Borders and World Central Kitchen are *both* US 501(c)3 tax exempt non-profits.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/501(c)(3)_organization

@Mastodon Congrats! Everything that makes Mastodon and the Fediverse stronger is a welcome advancement.

@Mastodon congratulations on the announcement! You've put together an incredible board, wishing you much success!