▲ 885 ▼ Kev Quirk, one of the admins of Fosstodon (a Mastodon instance), destroys Meta in an email exchange. (fosstodon.org) submitted 3 years ago by giallo@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org 395 comments fedilink hide all child comments The exchange is about Meta's upcoming ActivityPub-enabled network Threads. Meta is calling for a meeting, his response is priceless!
[–] christophski@feddit.uk 27 points 3 years ago (3 children) The main issue I take with this is saying it is off the record. permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] nickb333@beehaw.org 10 points 3 years ago (1 child) And non-disclosure mentioned. Will they be wanting participants to sign an NDA? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 1000knives@beehaw.org 7 points 3 years ago* i haven’t seen any hard confirmation, but i believe one of these mastodon admin meetings has already happened (the one attended by the universeodon admin) and an nda was involved. this would be the second meeting. permalink fedilink source parent [–] masterspace@kbin.social 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) That's standard practice if you're going to be talking about an unreleased product. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] StrayCatFrump@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago* (1 child) And our "standard practice" should be to say "fuck off" to that BS. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] masterspace@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago* (2 children) Such bravery coming from someone who sounds oh so employed. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] alyaza@beehaw.org [M] 1 point 3 years ago* stepping in a bit to say chill, this is a bit much of an accusation to make over what appears to be a pretty simple disagreement (which you've more constructively elaborated on downthread!) permalink fedilink source parent [–] StrayCatFrump@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) All right. Well, TBF I'd rather "sound unemployed" (whatever that means) than sound like I'm shilling for big tech corporations and their predatory practices. shrug permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] masterspace@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago* Signing an NDA to talk about an unreleased product is not predatory, it's standard practice for virtually any business (especially the kind inviting random people off the internet to see them). Many jobs require you to sign NDAs just to go through the interview process. There is nothing gained by not going to the meeting with Meta, if they want to launch their Twitter clone they are more than capable of doing that regardless of whether or not this guy takes a meeting to hear them out. All he's done is learned less about what they plan on doing leaving him less capable of taking the best course of action, and if you trust him to make the right decision then that's objectively a bad thing. permalink fedilink source parent [+] Cyb3rManiak@lemmy.one 1 point 3 years ago [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nickb333@beehaw.org 10 points 3 years ago (1 child) And non-disclosure mentioned. Will they be wanting participants to sign an NDA? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 1000knives@beehaw.org 7 points 3 years ago* i haven’t seen any hard confirmation, but i believe one of these mastodon admin meetings has already happened (the one attended by the universeodon admin) and an nda was involved. this would be the second meeting. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 1000knives@beehaw.org 7 points 3 years ago* i haven’t seen any hard confirmation, but i believe one of these mastodon admin meetings has already happened (the one attended by the universeodon admin) and an nda was involved. this would be the second meeting. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] masterspace@kbin.social 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) That's standard practice if you're going to be talking about an unreleased product. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] StrayCatFrump@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago* (1 child) And our "standard practice" should be to say "fuck off" to that BS. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] masterspace@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago* (2 children) Such bravery coming from someone who sounds oh so employed. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] alyaza@beehaw.org [M] 1 point 3 years ago* stepping in a bit to say chill, this is a bit much of an accusation to make over what appears to be a pretty simple disagreement (which you've more constructively elaborated on downthread!) permalink fedilink source parent [–] StrayCatFrump@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) All right. Well, TBF I'd rather "sound unemployed" (whatever that means) than sound like I'm shilling for big tech corporations and their predatory practices. shrug permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] masterspace@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago* Signing an NDA to talk about an unreleased product is not predatory, it's standard practice for virtually any business (especially the kind inviting random people off the internet to see them). Many jobs require you to sign NDAs just to go through the interview process. There is nothing gained by not going to the meeting with Meta, if they want to launch their Twitter clone they are more than capable of doing that regardless of whether or not this guy takes a meeting to hear them out. All he's done is learned less about what they plan on doing leaving him less capable of taking the best course of action, and if you trust him to make the right decision then that's objectively a bad thing. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] StrayCatFrump@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago* (1 child) And our "standard practice" should be to say "fuck off" to that BS. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] masterspace@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago* (2 children) Such bravery coming from someone who sounds oh so employed. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] alyaza@beehaw.org [M] 1 point 3 years ago* stepping in a bit to say chill, this is a bit much of an accusation to make over what appears to be a pretty simple disagreement (which you've more constructively elaborated on downthread!) permalink fedilink source parent [–] StrayCatFrump@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) All right. Well, TBF I'd rather "sound unemployed" (whatever that means) than sound like I'm shilling for big tech corporations and their predatory practices. shrug permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] masterspace@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago* Signing an NDA to talk about an unreleased product is not predatory, it's standard practice for virtually any business (especially the kind inviting random people off the internet to see them). Many jobs require you to sign NDAs just to go through the interview process. There is nothing gained by not going to the meeting with Meta, if they want to launch their Twitter clone they are more than capable of doing that regardless of whether or not this guy takes a meeting to hear them out. All he's done is learned less about what they plan on doing leaving him less capable of taking the best course of action, and if you trust him to make the right decision then that's objectively a bad thing. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] masterspace@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago* (2 children) Such bravery coming from someone who sounds oh so employed. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] alyaza@beehaw.org [M] 1 point 3 years ago* stepping in a bit to say chill, this is a bit much of an accusation to make over what appears to be a pretty simple disagreement (which you've more constructively elaborated on downthread!) permalink fedilink source parent [–] StrayCatFrump@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) All right. Well, TBF I'd rather "sound unemployed" (whatever that means) than sound like I'm shilling for big tech corporations and their predatory practices. shrug permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] masterspace@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago* Signing an NDA to talk about an unreleased product is not predatory, it's standard practice for virtually any business (especially the kind inviting random people off the internet to see them). Many jobs require you to sign NDAs just to go through the interview process. There is nothing gained by not going to the meeting with Meta, if they want to launch their Twitter clone they are more than capable of doing that regardless of whether or not this guy takes a meeting to hear them out. All he's done is learned less about what they plan on doing leaving him less capable of taking the best course of action, and if you trust him to make the right decision then that's objectively a bad thing. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] alyaza@beehaw.org [M] 1 point 3 years ago* stepping in a bit to say chill, this is a bit much of an accusation to make over what appears to be a pretty simple disagreement (which you've more constructively elaborated on downthread!) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] StrayCatFrump@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) All right. Well, TBF I'd rather "sound unemployed" (whatever that means) than sound like I'm shilling for big tech corporations and their predatory practices. shrug permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] masterspace@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago* Signing an NDA to talk about an unreleased product is not predatory, it's standard practice for virtually any business (especially the kind inviting random people off the internet to see them). Many jobs require you to sign NDAs just to go through the interview process. There is nothing gained by not going to the meeting with Meta, if they want to launch their Twitter clone they are more than capable of doing that regardless of whether or not this guy takes a meeting to hear them out. All he's done is learned less about what they plan on doing leaving him less capable of taking the best course of action, and if you trust him to make the right decision then that's objectively a bad thing. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] masterspace@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago* Signing an NDA to talk about an unreleased product is not predatory, it's standard practice for virtually any business (especially the kind inviting random people off the internet to see them). Many jobs require you to sign NDAs just to go through the interview process. There is nothing gained by not going to the meeting with Meta, if they want to launch their Twitter clone they are more than capable of doing that regardless of whether or not this guy takes a meeting to hear them out. All he's done is learned less about what they plan on doing leaving him less capable of taking the best course of action, and if you trust him to make the right decision then that's objectively a bad thing. permalink fedilink source parent