Post by @Gargron@mastodon.social

2026-10-16 20:58 UTC

Heh. I misremembered the date--thought it was today, but looks like it was October 5. On that day, 10 years ago, I posted a link to Mastodon on Hacker News, with the title "Show HN: A new decentralized microblogging platform". That it made it to the front page ended up bringing the first 5,000 users, setting the project on the trajectory it's on today.

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@Gargron@mastodon.social 2026-10-16 21:04

At that point I was 23, freshly graduated from university with a B.Sc. in Informatics, living with my parents, and freelancing on the side (I had a freelancing career in web design since high school and went to university just to get a degree). I was able to save a lot from my student loan as well, so I had the opportunity to experiment with this open-source side project.

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@guenther@chaos.social 2026-10-16 21:06

@Gargron@mastodon.social lol the second article though: https://danluu.com/open-social-networks/

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@ujay68@mastodon.world 2026-10-16 21:33

@Gargron@mastodon.social A huge thank you!

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@ujay68@mastodon.world 2026-10-16 21:35

@Gargron@mastodon.social And an even bigger thank you for keeping it open and free and not selling off.

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@jackyan@mastodon.social 2026-10-16 22:22

@Gargron@mastodon.social Happy to have found you in that first year!

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@EthanBrooks1@mastodon.social 2026-10-16 22:22

@Gargron@mastodon.social Did you see what Elon just posted? 👀

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@ryanprior@mastodon.social 2026-10-16 22:24

@Gargron@mastodon.social I don't read the orange website so I'm not certain where I heard about Mastodon, it might have been on GNU Social. I decided to give it a shot and it immediately stuck. People have told me every year since then that it can't last and is destined to fade away. Here's to another ten!

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@BlueBrogues@social.vivaldi.net 2026-10-16 22:47

@Gargron@mastodon.social I have been deed longer than I have been here . Gid tho 👍

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@nico@social.coop 2026-10-16 23:10

@Gargron@mastodon.social yes I noticed I missed marking my decade here. Earliest Mastodon related email I could find

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@santiago@mastodon.uy 2026-10-17 00:49

@Gargron@mastodon.social I remember you talking about your project on GNU-Social... congratulations, Mastodon is your legacy

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@Kdude@mastodon.social 2026-10-17 06:36

@Gargron@mastodon.social thanks, i just upvoted you! 😎 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12646083

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@oldguycrusty@mastodon.world 2026-10-17 06:43

@Gargron@mastodon.social Right oh. And thank you!

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@FranceskaMann@freeradical.zone 2026-10-17 16:42

@Gargron@mastodon.social mastodon is 10 years old?!?!

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@liilliil@mastodon.online 2026-10-17 20:47

@Gargron@mastodon.social всё правильно сделал [x]

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@CiaraNi@mastodon.green 2026-10-18 07:42

@Gargron@mastodon.social Danke for Mastodon!

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@spfeiffer@foojay.social 2026-10-18 09:10

@Gargron@mastodon.social Danke schön für die ganze Arbeit!

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