Post AQqAPSj90AmCkFEnhI by TammyGentzel@awscommunity.social
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(DIR) Post #AQpnsD6XrpStkDvFui by profcarroll@federate.social
2022-12-21T14:38:36Z
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If you’re on mastodon.cloud and looking to move because you have heard the news that your instance is among those being acquired in a for-profit land grab, my instance https://federate.social is welcoming new members after a recent upgrade.
(DIR) Post #AQqAPRpqJmXZyjMdV2 by BlackAzizAnansi@mas.to
2022-12-21T14:39:34Z
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@profcarroll wait, what?!?
(DIR) Post #AQqAPSKKUQvXVHcz1E by FireyRoxy@mstdn.social
2022-12-21T14:46:24Z
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@BlackAzizAnansi @profcarrollThis:https://mastodon.social/@atomicpoet/109550858784792605 "BIG NEWS: Pawoo.net, the world's 2nd biggest Mastodon instance, has just been acquired.The entity acquiring them is the Mask Group, a business that also runs mstdn.jp and mastodon.cloud. They are also active in the so-called "Web 3.0" space. If you haven't heard of pawoo.net, it's because many instances have de-federated from it.https://finance.yahoo.com/news/mask-network-acquires-pawoo-net-070000858.html"
(DIR) Post #AQqAPSj90AmCkFEnhI by TammyGentzel@awscommunity.social
2022-12-21T16:16:23Z
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@FireyRoxy @profcarroll @BlackAzizAnansi Why have many instances de-federated from pawoo.net?
(DIR) Post #AQqAPTGoyxiOQgzhBo by lamp@mastodong.lol
2022-12-21T18:58:57Z
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@TammyGentzel @FireyRoxy @profcarroll @BlackAzizAnansi because japan is more liberal about artworks of children so some of the stuff they host is illegal in many countries
(DIR) Post #AQqWHnd3bTUqFI8qkC by mahaska@kolektiva.social
2022-12-21T15:04:58Z
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@FireyRoxy @BlackAzizAnansi @profcarroll this sounds like a corporate controlled attempt to take over Mastodon to me and we see how good that works with Fakebook and Twitterdumb.
(DIR) Post #AQqWHoEzKRq08vt8ro by BradJFAK@social.vivaldi.net
2022-12-21T15:11:15Z
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@mahaska @FireyRoxy @BlackAzizAnansi @profcarroll it can’t work here because there are hundreds of servers and the software is free so more can always be set up.
(DIR) Post #AQqWHooRCeC5usTS7c by FireyRoxy@mstdn.social
2022-12-21T15:22:14Z
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@BradJFAK @mahaska @BlackAzizAnansi @profcarrollCan imagine it."I'm selling my instance to xxxxx in 6 weeks time.In the mean time, I've set up a new instance called xxxxxxxxx and, because of the price they bought it for, I'm giving every existing users a pony for their trouble when they move over."
(DIR) Post #AQqWHpH9TtA9LvuNsW by blake@fosstodon.org
2022-12-21T18:09:53Z
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@FireyRoxy @BradJFAK @mahaska @BlackAzizAnansi @profcarroll I expect the purchase contract stipulates that the staff of the existing instance isn't allowed to create a new one unless it, too, is part of that network.
(DIR) Post #AQqWHpiRqOzsiagBQO by BradJFAK@social.vivaldi.net
2022-12-21T20:53:33Z
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@blake @FireyRoxy @mahaska @BlackAzizAnansi @profcarroll I'm curious to see how that works out, because I don't know how you could control someone's use of free open source software. That's the whole point. It's free and open source. They didn't buy Mastodon. They bought a URL.
(DIR) Post #AQqWHqCE3gogCwbxq4 by FireyRoxy@mstdn.social
2022-12-21T22:19:26Z
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@BradJFAK @blake @mahaska @BlackAzizAnansi @profcarrollPlus the database on it if all the users are staying on it.
(DIR) Post #AQqWHqcoSq5FXP3CHQ by BradJFAK@social.vivaldi.net
2022-12-21T22:52:01Z
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@FireyRoxy @blake @mahaska @BlackAzizAnansi @profcarroll yes. That too. True.
(DIR) Post #AQqWHr1yxGDUnSpIVk by BradJFAK@social.vivaldi.net
2022-12-21T22:52:55Z
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@FireyRoxy @blake @mahaska @BlackAzizAnansi @profcarroll I don't think people are going to leave Pawoo though. The other servers this company owns seem to be similar in content to Pawoo already so probably not much will change.
(DIR) Post #AQqboFVNzl2jjvqWWm by pch_xyz@seediqbale.xyz
2022-12-22T00:06:00.222Z
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@BradJFAK@social.vivaldi.net @FireyRoxy@mstdn.social @blake@fosstodon.org @mahaska@kolektiva.social @BlackAzizAnansi@mas.to @profcarroll@federate.social many Pawoo users are from its founder Pixiv which can be linked with, besides a lot of content on it is not allowed elsewhere. So imo most of them aren't going to leave.
(DIR) Post #AQsoderl3EhcviVhya by BradJFAK@social.vivaldi.net
2022-12-22T20:39:57Z
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@pch_xyz @profcarroll @FireyRoxy @blake @mahaska I'd forgotten about the Pixiv connection. I might have a Pawoo account because of that now that you mention it.