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RIP Twitter’s iconic bird logo in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] dope@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Like my uncle Gump used to say: "Stupid is as stupid does."

Kev Quirk, one of the admins of Fosstodon (a Mastodon instance), destroys Meta in an email exchange. in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] dope@beehaw.org 40 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

Kinda shook at the Meta-supporting comments. They should not be anywhere near the fediverse. Meta is a business first and the users are the product. Companies now just want to maximize profits, minimize costs, and hoard wealth for... rocket ships? Fediverse itself is community-owned, independent, and decentralized.

With how new all of these controversies are, it's kinda baffling that people are still defending this company. They're going to continue to exploit anything and everything for profits. It wouldn't even surprise me if the genuine reason they're interested in this concept is because they want to take what's open-sourced, adapt it, and commercialize it. I would imagine they're thinking, 'why invest in a brand new backend when we can profit off of an existing one, unrestricted.' And this "meeting" that they're forming is basically a free forum for them to learn and ask questions about how they can exploit the Fediverse and find any way to profit off of it. "Off the record" anything is shady as fuck.

Titan sub: crew have died after catastrophic loss of pressure chamber, US Coast Guard confirms in c/news@beehaw.org
[–] dope@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Interesting enough to get a gaggle of billionaires in a bolted metal box and explore the capsized boat. 🤨

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Thoughts on communities refusing to "go dark?" (beehaw.org)
 

Out of curiosity before midnight, I've been lurking in incognito to see what subreddits appear and I saw WhitePeopleTwitter has a long post and is choosing to stay open.

WhitePeopleTwitter shows solidarity with the current protests on reddit against the fundamental changes to site architecture.

This moderated thread will remain open for everyone to comment in.

The comments that are in-favor of a real 'blackout' are being deleted.

I was even banned for commenting complicity. Interested to hear people's takes. Anyone else face a similar story or think it's justified?