Post AR65ZPL93iEdtVIIYy by nickdixon@mastodonapp.uk
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(DIR) Post #AR61edWNMTaFVWmjKK by shaman@cryptotalks.social
2022-12-29T10:36:06Z
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#Mastodon founder says investors lining up since Elon Musk’s #Twitter takeover.https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/dec/28/mastodon-founder-elon-musk-twitter-takeover
(DIR) Post #AR6278tWJH18v0CfDs by danderzei@aus.social
2022-12-29T10:41:15Z
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@shaman You can't sell free software. Even if Mastodon becomes commercial, some can copy the source code and fork a new project.
(DIR) Post #AR629dVRT2r6RD87iC by timothechauvet@h4.io
2022-12-29T10:41:44Z
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@shaman Thanks to its decentralized model, private companies can only buy the elephant by hosting their own mastodon instance
(DIR) Post #AR62G9VPPIsXQ6DnkW by Rynach@mstdn.io
2022-12-29T10:42:49Z
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@shaman Everyone wants a piece of the pie, even though it's free software.
(DIR) Post #AR65CCEfcB1kaiCJBg by artburn@0sint.social
2022-12-29T11:15:46Z
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@shaman wierd. "investors" implies they hope to get a return on investment.Sure they could help support this place with their own instances & add some tech-y features & functionality in the process, but I'm not sure what kind of "investment" they are trying to make into something that can't really be bought/profited from. (haven't read the Guardian article yet but seemss like the Donz devs are trying to make this point. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/12/twitter-rival-mastodon-rejects-funding-to-preserve-nonprofit-status/maybe they can quit calling it a "rival")
(DIR) Post #AR65N9oGyRxKFl4pRw by vanitarium@mastodon.social
2022-12-29T11:17:45Z
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@shaman why not create new micro instances everywhere so that capitalists cannot buy them all: buying one ant does not mean you own the anthill‼️‼️
(DIR) Post #AR65SL7sKPMunViW4O by artburn@0sint.social
2022-12-29T11:18:41Z
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@shaman weird. "investors" implies they hope to get a return on those investments.Sure they could help support this place with donations or their own instances; add some tech-y features & functionality in the process. But not sure what kind of "investment" they'd make into something that can't really be bought/profited from. (haven't read the Guardian article yet but seems like the Don's devs are trying to make this point. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/12/twitter-rival-mastodon-rejects-funding-to-preserve-nonprofit-status/& maybe they can quit calling it a "rival")
(DIR) Post #AR65ZPL93iEdtVIIYy by nickdixon@mastodonapp.uk
2022-12-29T11:19:58Z
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@shamanIt's investors using the Cut-Me-Own-Throat Dibbler tactic of noticing wherever a crowd gathers and trying to sell them something appalling inna bun.
(DIR) Post #AR65fglVBZSHftcL9U by nickdixon@mastodonapp.uk
2022-12-29T11:21:07Z
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@shamanIt's investors using the Cut-Me-Own-Throat Dibbler tactic of noticing wherever a crowd gathers and trying to sell them something appalling inna bun.But it does suggest that Mastodon has crossed a threshold into the mainstream.
(DIR) Post #AR68zb4iLo9ngImwSm by scholastika@mstdn.social
2022-12-29T11:58:19Z
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@shaman hopefully he will continue to resist
(DIR) Post #AR6CinSPSc7gyg7GSG by michelbarnich@fosstodon.org
2022-12-29T12:40:07Z
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@shaman Lol. How are you supposed to invest into a decebtralized federated social media platform. There is no single (for profit) entity behind Mastodon.
(DIR) Post #AR6GYFHS4cudtwDOIi by aerofreak@hessen.social
2022-12-29T13:23:00Z
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@shamanTo me it sounds like these investors have simply not yet understood that #fediverse is something completely different
(DIR) Post #AR7u8Tb8PWDiSj4cVs by Biedermann@sueden.social
2022-12-30T08:21:08Z
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@shaman Wie kann ich sehen ob eine Instanz kommerziell ist oder nicht ? Sehe ich als Nutzer diesen Unterschied ? Habe null Ahnung von der Materie und möchte einfach nur plaudern und mich informieren. Und zwar seriös und werbefrei.