Eugen Rochko

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

GitHub: https://github.com/Gargron
Portfolio: https://eugenrochko.com

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gargron_at_mastodon.social@momostr.pink

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2026-04-02 16:43:15 UTC

RE: https://flipboard.social/@surf/116336026699518351
Congrats on the launch @npub17fe…w0a6!
#note1mam…rcwm

2025-12-04 20:42:49 UTC

RE: https://mastodon.social/@jonhicks/115662466196992390
I know #Tidal isn't perfect (and buying physical media or band merch is better, but hey, that is situational, I will only buy an album after I already like it), but this sort of thing makes me feel vindicated in choosing not to use #Spotify.
#note1dl6…uvnk

2025-04-16 06:59:49 UTC

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Translations cost money. That would not be economical if you might not read every post.

2025-04-15 19:58:06 UTC

In today's mastodon.social update, we're testing a few minor quality of life improvements to the web interface: Every list of accounts now has a shortcut to add or remove an account from lists; clicking a hashtag in a post now brings up a menu with a shortcut to browse posts in that hashtag specifically by the author, and a new featured tab on profiles to make featured hashtags and posts easier to find and navigate.

2025-03-16 17:37:35 UTC

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What kind of question is that? I make 60K EUR a year.

2025-03-16 17:25:31 UTC

Someone reminded me today 9 years ago I submitted my first post on Mastodon—using curl on the command line, since there was no interface at the time. That's how the journey began! 9 years is a long time to be doing something. Those early years are still fresh in my mind though.

2025-02-07 22:12:09 UTC

With the latest update to #Mastodon's web app, we show you a little reminder when you're about to post a picture without adding alt text. Alt text is crucial for accessibility, but has other perks too, such as making it much easier to search for your post—or filter it. Of course, the reminder can be simply toggled off in preferences.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/964/866/366/187/463/original/7945141b47872860.png

2024-12-02 23:59:11 UTC

In December 2021 I set myself a goal: Add a year-in-review feature to #Mastodon before the next December. It's December 2024 and it's finally, slowly rolling out. It's not all that it was meant to be, because we couldn't prioritize it over all the other things we work on, but I didn't want to miss another year.
#Wrapstodon
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/585/919/691/374/914/original/0072a12aec007b43.png

2024-09-01 17:33:14 UTC

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.

2024-08-22 11:49:15 UTC

I was at the right place at the right time.
📷 Pentax KX
🎞️ Ilford Delta 400
🔭 Pentax M 50mm/1.7
⚗️ Come Through Lab
#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #BlackAndWhite #MonochromePhotography #35mm #Bristol
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/005/496/702/911/761/original/3b8d5db2ee7b3d3d.jpg

2024-07-09 21:04:17 UTC

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Interesting that Mastodon itself combines a myriad of different social networks into one app. In a non-federated world, mastodon.social and vivaldi.net would be completely separate social networks; more so for Flipboard, Ghost, Pixelfed and so on. And yet you get all of them in your home feed on Mastodon.

2024-07-05 17:14:48 UTC

A purrito. #CatsOfMastodon
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/735/006/193/837/948/original/69723896ca2fb5ef.jpeg
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/735/006/564/847/535/original/69db9ca991d43336.jpeg

2024-07-02 19:30:36 UTC

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This profile preview features the first two lines of the user's bio and the first two fields (commonly used for information like pronouns or verified links) which should hopefully make people more informed about who they talk to before they do so (similar idea as the reply prompts we launched a while back on Android).

2024-07-02 19:25:41 UTC

We've actually released two features today that I'm really excited about. One is, as you may already know, displaying the author's fediverse account underneath link previews. But the other is showing a profile preview when you hover a user anywhere in the web app, with a quick follow shortcut.

2024-06-22 01:26:38 UTC

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I'm not in charge of the ActivityPub protocol, that's the W3C.

2024-06-20 17:42:32 UTC

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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 17:26:23 UTC

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Not having enough search results for a specific query is not the same thing as there not being a search function, which exists since 2023.

2024-06-20 16:41:46 UTC

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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 UTC

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 UTC

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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 UTC

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

2024-06-10 18:17:29 UTC

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Gross

2024-06-10 17:47:10 UTC

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

2024-06-09 13:13:22 UTC

How is he a real cat?
#Caturday #CatsOfMastodon
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2024-06-09 07:30:40 UTC

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

2024-06-05 14:43:11 UTC

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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 UTC

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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 UTC

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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 UTC

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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 UTC

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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 UTC

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 UTC

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 UTC

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 UTC

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

2024-05-31 06:58:43 UTC

New #Leprous single, Atonement.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYvVcqS3IpQ
#NP #NowPlaying

2024-05-30 23:43:59 UTC

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

2024-05-30 05:13:43 UTC

A bathroom. 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/112/528/317/968/265/380/original/9e671ecc3f019bc7.jpg

2024-05-29 22:49:54 UTC

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 UTC

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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 UTC

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It is typed application/ld+json though.

2024-05-23 05:40:13 UTC

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 17:18:41 UTC

Sunset at Golden Gate. 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/112/485/852/532/690/243/original/3da1094d56aaf9e8.jpg

2024-05-22 02:50:55 UTC

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

2024-05-18 17:50:19 UTC

Back home after a very busy week in San Francisco. I spoke with @npub1ld4…at00, @npub14j8…pjuf, @npub13t2…gh8m, @npub1ggg…yfh8, @npub1h86…lepa, @npub1xmw…7pnp and so many others. In an age where the old web is gradually getting killed off by AI, there is still hope for the future in the shape of the fediverse.

2024-05-13 03:00:33 UTC

With @npub17fe…w0a6
#Plushtodon #Merchtodon
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2024-05-11 12:48:10 UTC

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I missed it. What happened?

2024-05-09 15:00:34 UTC

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

2024-05-04 21:23:00 UTC

Blep.
#Caturday #CatsOfMastodon
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2024-05-03 03:28:31 UTC

A very cool friend let me take a picture. I feel like this series is my best work so far. Switzerland.
📷 Pentax 6x7
🎞️ Kodak Portra 400
🔭 Super Takumar 105mm/2.4
👤 @npub1jw7…vks3
#BelieveInFilm #MediumFormat #FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/374/962/141/738/920/original/6423421dae546dba.jpg

2024-05-01 17:29:54 UTC

Why AI is Doomed to Fail the Musical Turing Test
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8NyEjB_XeA

2016-03-16 20:26:29 UTC

I am tweeting

2016-03-16 14:44:31 UTC

Hello world