@iuculano
Every business must have a business model. That's one thing when you're buying a tomato at the farmers market. It's quite another when you're buying a temporary slot on a media platform.

What are they selling, and to whom? What are you buying, and what is the cost?

@iuculano
If your social media platform is engaged in a penis measuring contest - you’ve already lost.
@iuculano *yoink* going to ste... err... BORROW this to post over on the hellbird site
@mario
Done!
:)
@iuculano si, va bene cosi. 👍 I completely agree with you. "One billionaire platform for another billionaire platform"
@iuculano
I was going to say something and then I had to stop myself
Was I really going to defend them?
No.

@Goldenfeathers

There's nothing to defend. They're both indefensible
:)

@iuculano this is all fun and games until @Gargron gets filthy rich, and then where will we all be.
@smellsofbikes @Gargron
lol, he can't own the #fediverse, but I'll wait for him to answer your question himself :)
@iuculano @Gargron oh I know I just enjoy the ridiculousness of the thought of either getting rich from this or trying to direct it.

@iuculano

We the people give the purpose to things, not vice versa. If one carries let's say a Luger p08, is one a Nazi?

Appreciating a good construction, powerful cartridge and reliable pistol does not make one a Nazi. Even if it has a Nazi eagle impressed in it as a quality control mark.

@iuculano

Minus these particular colors. But that might just be my violent hatred towards that particular color of purple.
@iuculano
It reads as though Mastodon is another billionaire's platform. So, maybe not.

@kaffando

Well no, this how you would advertise on, say, Facebook or Threads, for example.
Basically, "try Mastodon, because FB and Insta are as crappy and billionaire-owned as the former birdie place"
Anyway, I can't explain it any better than this, really

Martin v Oers 2 (@m02.bsky.social)

🐘 #MASTODON “Omdat het verlaten van het platform van de ene miljardair voor het platform van een andere miljardair niet echt iets verandert.” #joinMastodon @Mastodon.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy From: https://masto.ai/@iuculano/110691184814847770 #fediverse #x #twitter #twexit #bluesky #threads #tiktok #tiktokban

Bluesky Social
Agree 1000%. I moved our entire publication family (7 publications) into NOT corp hosting space (as much as I could anyway, our newsletter is run on beehiiv, because thats what product I could afford for what I needed). But our Masto/Pixelfed/loops/Peertube/LiveStream servers are all federated, and in Euro server space (not the US), for a good damn reason.