@humanetech

You win.

@thomasfuchs @Alisca

@Gargron

Perhaps, dare I say it ... a poll?

@feditips

Boosted for the eight people that don't already follow Brian.

@tilvids @briankrebs

@dansup

Do you know if we have an official "position" from @Gargron on this "Meta joining the fediverse" thing?

I notice mastodon.social has not yet signed that "we'll block Meta" pledge.

Bluntly, if mastodon.social is supporting Meta in any way, I'll be pushing for a pledge to block them, too.

@edendestroyer @ariadne @rysiek

@darius

Seriously?

I can host my own email server, but I can't send email to anyone with a gmail account ... not because I'm blocking Google, but because Google blocks me ... and because Google is big enough to force everyone else on Earth to block me, too.

That's the future of a #Fediverse with the #FAANG corps included.

@claudius @tchambers @anildash

@signalapp

Meh. Can we sign up w/o a phone number yet? This app is dead to me until then.

@dansup

... because you **cannot know** your # won't be saved and sold and spammed.

@profcarroll

@darius

Apparently, it's still around. Those old projects never seem to die properly.

@darius

19th century chess engine, that was just a chessboard on a small dresser-thing with a dwarf hidden inside who was a reasonably good chess player, secretly moving chess pieces from inside.