Anna WintersteinNov 22, 2022
I saw a link on Hive to a crowdfunding page with nearly $300k pledged. That's a lot of money, and it got me curious who the founders of the app are. So I went digging...and came up with very little: a foundational myth of a self-taught woman who picked up code in her college dorm and made Hive in 4 months. Is that true? Perhaps. Does it trigger my bullshit meter? Well, some receipts would be good.
I reckon #businessjournalism is on it, but meanwhile, a summary. #business
Show threadDuke of Germany 💫Nov 22, 2022

@awstein For me, personally, the whole background story sounds a little bit too "cute" / "good". 😉

And I am very hesitant to invest significant amounts of time into a Twitter replacement by yet another company. 🤷‍♂️

Show threadAnna WintersteinNov 22, 2022
@duke_of_germany Yeah, that's it - it smacks of "we spin a story to make this look attractive", and if that's the case, it makes me want to know what's unattractive about the actual chain of events.
Show threadralf tauscher 

@awstein @duke_of_germany

would be so cool if the time of non-free software platforms are counted. the fediverse is owned by us all and there should be no need for a next thing to be bought by elmo murks. #dream on

Nov 22, 2022 at 1:31pmWeb