Fedi.Tips (@feditips@mstdn.social)
mstdn.social
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 (https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/dec/06/rohingya-sue-facebook-myanmar-genocide-us-uk-legal-action-social-media-violence). Facebook/Meta is in effect a sociopathic corporation (https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/growth-at-any-cost-top-facebook-executive-defended-data). Nothing good will come of talking to them.

it’s an extraordinary claim, but i don’t disbelieve it. has anyone else heard anything about this?

  • arandomthought@vlemmy.netEnglish
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    1 year ago

    So what would be the end goal for Meta? Weaken reddit and twitter as platforms, but they don’t believe that the fediverse is able to take off in the mass market, so people will finally post on Facebook again?

    Edit: A word

  • Ward@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    01·
    1 year ago

    Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Otherwise it’s just some rumor.