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?
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.
Meta (Instagram) is building their Twitter competitor called “Threads”. It’s based on ActivityPub.
Why wouldn’t they be talking to fedi-admins?
https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/8/23754304/instagram-meta-twitter-competitor-threads-activitypub
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.