There is a strong rumour going round that some Fediverse developers and admins have held secret discussions with Meta/Facebook under NDAs.

The Fediverse is supposed to be an alliance of open projects built by a broad grassroots base. Its devs/admins are not supposed to hold secret backroom discussions with people who have a horrific track record (theguardian.com/technology/202).

Facebook/Meta is in effect a sociopathic corporation (buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanm). Nothing good will come of talking to them.

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EBisanxious
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@feditips what is a strong rumor in this context. what’s strong about it? i would agree that it would be bad, but there’s no actionable information here. what devs are doing this? when? under what circumstances?

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@feditips Maybe stuff like this could be disseminated through a different account, like fedi.insides or sth like that.

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Tero Hänninen
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@feditips

Meta (Instagram) is building their Twitter competitor called "Threads". It's based on ActivityPub.
Why wouldn't they be talking to experienced fedi-admins?

theverge.com/2023/6/8/23754304

Makes sense to collect feedback and talk about possible issues with people who have been doing this for a long time.

I'm not sure why anyone would be surprised by any of this. Or why this should be controversial.

I bloody well hope people got paid for their consultation. I hope they got paid well.

Anything else would be a scandal.

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Leisureguy
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@feditips That's a very bad sign if it is true. I came here to get away from Facebook, which seeks to monetize everything.

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Jigme Datse

@feditips One developer indicated that it would be irresponsible to *not* accept the invitation and sign the NDA... At least while it was somewhat vague, that's the impression I got from what they were saying...

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Essjay (she / her) 🏳️‍🌈
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@feditips

What is all this "Feditips isn't allowed to have opinions" fuckery?

Who says?
The self appointed Fedipolice?

I've noticed a lot of billionaire stan accounts popping up here recently.
:ms_thinking:

I agree with Feditips. Meta has an appalling track record.

If Meta federate, I will find an instance that will fediblock Meta.
Or I'll quit Mastodon all together.

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