Mastodon MigrationJun 24, 2023

Subject: What's going on with Meta?

To: @Gargron, @ruud, @jerry, @supernovae, @stux, @trumpet, @kev and other large instance admins

Rumors are tearing this place apart out here about secret deals with #Meta. The latest is that Meta has held #NDA meetings with some of you and they will federate with large instances under contracts providing financial support (1) (2).

This is a time for leadership, not silence. Please, what's going on?

(1) https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/110598855375585873
(2) https://mastodon.social/@alexeheath/110596207691212890

Show threadEugen RochkoJun 24, 2023
@mastodonmigration I am not aware of any secret deals with Meta. As far as I can tell people are just making stuff up. There is little to comment on until Meta's platform launches.
Show threadRobinJun 24, 2023
@Gargron @mastodonmigration and this from Meta itself ? Any comment?
Show threadChiasmJun 24, 2023
@Gargron @mastodonmigration @Chimaera What they do with the ActivityPub protocol is up to them... That announcement they have there wouldn't need any instance admins working with them; they can easily develop their own way of being part of the fediverse.
Show threadRobinJun 24, 2023
@chiasm @Gargron @mastodonmigration Meta also has a long history of consuming any company they see as a competitor. See Instagram, WhatsApp
Show threadCody Dostal Jun 24, 2023
@Chimaera @chiasm @Gargron @mastodonmigration not really possible to consume Mastodon as a whole. They can federate through ActivityPub, and that seems to be the extent of what they’re doing. No idea what they’d be talking to some instance admins about.
Show threadRobinJun 24, 2023
@dostalcody @chiasm @Gargron @mastodonmigration well this admin said no thank you. Sounds a lot like an invitation to a secret meeting https://fosstodon.org/@kev/110592625692688836
Kev Quirk (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image Yeah, that's gonna be a hard pass from me thanks, Rachel. Zero interest in having a conversation with #Meta "off the record" or otherwise. Sharing this purely to be as transparent as possible with our members.

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@Chimaera

So in the #WorstCaseScenario, let's imagine it that the "Rumors" that @mastodonmigration started talking about are all true.

What is the WorstCaseScenario?(apart from some #OpenSource developers probably becoming a lot richer which in my view is a #SuperGoodThing cause then they'll have enough money to not need donations to run their instances)

Also you have probably heard about people being bought out, later leaving the company, right, starting their own? ie. #BlueSky? #Bells? 😆

Jun 30, 2023 at 2:50amWeb