Eugen Rochko

Founder of Mastodon (npub163h…mv0n). Film photography, prog metal, Dota 2. Likes all things analog.

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mastodon
GitHub: https://github.com/Gargron
Portfolio: https://eugenrochko.com

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2024-09-01 17:33:14

Please remember that Mastodon doesn't have a marketing team or budget. Whatever media coverage Mastodon gets is from inbound interest from journalists. The growth of the platform has been predominantly through word of mouth. If you want the fediverse to grow, tell your friends.

2024-06-28 01:01:17

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We're investigating this.

2024-06-20 17:42:32

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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 16:41:46

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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 18:35:55

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 10:46:43

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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 10:36:00

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

2024-06-10 18:17:29

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Gross

2024-06-10 17:47:10

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

2024-06-09 07:30:40

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

2024-06-05 14:43:11

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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 14:36:25

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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 14:35:08

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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 14:22:05

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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 14:00:49

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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 11:58:52

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 04:52:27

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 07:19:13

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 09:33:32

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

2024-05-30 23:43:59

It's nice to find out breaking news on Mastodon.

2024-05-29 22:49:54

A window in Presidio, 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/112/526/606/524/489/659/original/6e5fe216fd1faefe.jpg

2024-05-29 17:00:50

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No, something else. There's a <script type="application/ld+json"> element on some websites that contains JSON-LD describing the page. We use that in Mastodon instead of OpenGraph when available. See Washington Post's website for example.

2024-05-29 16:52:49

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It is typed application/ld+json though.

2024-05-23 05:40:13

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

2024-05-22 02:50:55

Hopefully a slightly less common angle on a famous landmark. 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/112/482/448/919/891/452/original/0fd15385172fb5e2.jpg

2024-05-11 12:48:10

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I missed it. What happened?

2024-05-09 15:00:34

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

2024-05-05 23:00:32

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I understand your skepticism but I looked up the director of photography Ewan Ogden and found a post on his Instagram where he credits a lab for scanning the 16mm film and Kodak for the film stock for this music video.

2024-05-05 17:28:31

Always nice to see music videos still shot on film. New Blossoms single.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n75ftaRT8RA
#NowPlaying #NP #FilmIsNotDead #BlossomsBand

2024-05-04 21:23:00

Blep.
#Caturday #CatsOfMastodon
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/384/919/111/715/409/original/27fb7a5baf7db48e.jpeg

2024-04-28 01:44:38

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I am a bit surprised. Not only am I clearly not listed as a member of the board, but every member with a Mastodon account has a link to that account in the announcement.

2024-04-27 20:12:34

Me, feeding 2 people and 2 cats on a 60k EUR salary without benefits (because technically self-employed), reading those comments that claim a 501(c)(3) is some kind of nefarious scheme to hide money 😐

2024-04-27 03:25:49

A nice building with the characteristic fire escape. I'm not entirely sure what the faded text on the building says. NYC.
📷 Canon AE-1 Program
🎞️ Ilford HP5 Plus
🔭 Canon FD 50mm/1.8
#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography #35mm #NYC
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/341/030/649/925/033/original/e913a9f5a3cbf381.jpg

2024-04-24 03:08:41

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Absolutely.

2024-04-22 17:57:48

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 03:25:20

I had to wait a bit to get this shot since this staircase has quite a bit of foot traffic, even on a rainy morning. Little Island, NYC.
📷 Canon AE-1 Program
🎞️ Ilford HP5 Plus
🔭 Canon FD 50mm/1.8
#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography #35mm #MonochromePhotography #BlackAndWhitePhotography
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/301/348/103/386/725/original/f34d6b2a994beb5c.jpg

2024-04-19 11:25:18

Perhaps my favourite shot off the black and white roll. NYC.
📷 Canon AE-1 Program
🎞️ Ilford HP5 Plus
🔭 Canon FD 50mm/1.8
#BelieveInFilm #AnalogPhotography #FilmPhotography #35mm #NYC #MonochromePhotography #BlackAndWhitePhotography
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/297/609/635/377/200/original/a569d2a01026ffc6.jpg

2024-04-16 07:59:26

He’s ready to go on another adventure.
#Plushtodon #Merchtodon
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/279/837/923/701/466/original/2001f8dd4fc6fb54.jpeg

2024-04-11 18:02:06

Hotel lobby. NYC.
📷 Canon AE-1 Program
🎞️ Kodak Vision3 250D
🔭 Canon FD 50mm/1.8
#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography #35mm #Silbersalz35 #NYC
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/253/885/761/257/700/original/f29111cd671499c1.jpg

2024-04-09 17:28:08

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Maybe smarter than one human.

2024-04-03 17:42:41

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.

2024-03-29 20:10:07

Visiting [@anildash](https://me.dm/@anildash) and [@haubles](https://fosstodon.org/@haubles).
#Plushtodon #Merchtodon
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/180/789/443/146/875/original/e0bd77c345c9f34d.jpeg

2024-03-29 01:25:36

At a pub with [@mike](https://flipboard.social/@mike).
#Plushtodon #Merchtodon
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/176/367/542/704/513/original/f4f2edea54d07347.jpeg

2024-03-27 15:35:14

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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 15:23:25

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 18:02:21

Fucking Boeing

2024-03-25 19:28:03

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If you want full control over your social media experience, simply follow the same Threads users from your Mastodon account.

2024-03-21 17:46:32

Sun hitting the inner courtyard of my university.
📷 Canon AE-1 Program
🎞️ Silbersalz 250D
🔭 Canon FD 50mm/1.8
📍 [@unijena](https://mastodon.social/@unijena)
#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography #35mm #Silbersalz35
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/134/918/664/001/882/original/a48f1cd61cec7ae8.jpg