hedge@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agoMastodon's Eugen Rochko in talks with Meta?!😱news.ycombinator.comexternal-linkmessage-square91fedilinkarrow-up160arrow-down10
arrow-up160arrow-down1external-linkMastodon's Eugen Rochko in talks with Meta?!😱news.ycombinator.comhedge@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square91fedilink
minus-squareexohuman@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agoMeta could be doing the same thing Truth Social did: set up a giant Mastodon instance and leave it at that.
minus-squareRandoCalrandian@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoThey don’t need an NDA for that, and he certainly knows better than to sign one. This is fishy to the extreme
minus-squareVexCatalyst@lemmy.fmhy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoNot really. Most big corporations require a NDA to use their toilets. Slight exaggeration but not by much. Wait and see.
minus-squarenick@campfyre.nickwebster.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoWouldn’t it be better if they federated so it doesn’t become a walled garden in there? It means we can stay on our own instances but aren’t cut off from their large userbase.
Meta could be doing the same thing Truth Social did: set up a giant Mastodon instance and leave it at that.
They don’t need an NDA for that, and he certainly knows better than to sign one.
This is fishy to the extreme
Not really. Most big corporations require a NDA to use their toilets. Slight exaggeration but not by much.
Wait and see.
Seriously doubt that.
Me too, unfortunately.
We hope so.
Wouldn’t it be better if they federated so it doesn’t become a walled garden in there? It means we can stay on our own instances but aren’t cut off from their large userbase.