A lot of people have talked about the possibility of forking Mastodon to get the many improvements their communities need. Making such an effort successful is another discussion entirely.
The article didn't really explain what was so controversial about Mastodon? Last I heard, they created a U.S. non-profit. Did I miss something?
Most of the backlash pertains to the board members appointed to the new nonprofit. One of the members is a lawyer that has defended crypto and AI companies, another is ex-Twitter angel investor Biz Stone.
Mastodon's community usually has some kind of vague beef about one thing or another when it comes to Eugen and the decisions he makes for the project, whether it's a new feature or a design change or that he didn't do something that other projects wanted to do.
Nextcloud is a fork of Owncloud. IMO, as a product Nextcloud is superior in every way.
