▲ 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!
[–] llama@midwest.social 15 points 3 years ago (1 child) Exactly, off the record means the expectation is Meta will be given free expertise to gain an edge on their competitors. Don't give diddly squat to actors who want to commercialize your content. It will never end well for you, only Meta. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Da_Boom@iusearchlinux.fyi 7 points 3 years ago (1 child) Also: why would you want to discuss confidential information in the presence of Meta of all companies? Their reputation precedes them. The only confidential information about the fediverse that I can see is account information. And maybe metrics. But most metrics can be gathered by polling APIs of servers anyway. It's an open system, unless they defederate with you. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] StrayCatFrump@beehaw.org 5 points 3 years ago IMO the "confidential" part is that they want to offer this person some kind of deal to shut their shit down or assimilate. Basically, they're going to offer to "buy them out" (though that phrase doesn't seem completely appropriate to the non-corporate world, so it's a little weird to use it). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Da_Boom@iusearchlinux.fyi 7 points 3 years ago (1 child) Also: why would you want to discuss confidential information in the presence of Meta of all companies? Their reputation precedes them. The only confidential information about the fediverse that I can see is account information. And maybe metrics. But most metrics can be gathered by polling APIs of servers anyway. It's an open system, unless they defederate with you. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] StrayCatFrump@beehaw.org 5 points 3 years ago IMO the "confidential" part is that they want to offer this person some kind of deal to shut their shit down or assimilate. Basically, they're going to offer to "buy them out" (though that phrase doesn't seem completely appropriate to the non-corporate world, so it's a little weird to use it). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] StrayCatFrump@beehaw.org 5 points 3 years ago IMO the "confidential" part is that they want to offer this person some kind of deal to shut their shit down or assimilate. Basically, they're going to offer to "buy them out" (though that phrase doesn't seem completely appropriate to the non-corporate world, so it's a little weird to use it). permalink fedilink source parent