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I'm genuinely confused why so many people are reacting so quickly to this news like it's the end of Mastodon. We can't conclude anything just by virtue of the fact that he signed an NDA. We don't know the terms of the NDA. It could simply be that he can't talk about Meta's specific plans.
More to the point, as the originator of the network and the one in charge of the source code, I feel like it's his responsibility to be informed of what companies like Meta are planning to do. If an NDA is the price of admission to that knowledge, and provided that the terms aren't egregious, he should go.
The thing people don't seem to understand is that you're always going to have to sign an NDA when talking to a company about unreleased products or features, regardless of which company it is. It's standard operating procedure. I've been avoiding Mastodon for the past week since there's so many bad takes that have started trending.
Yep, agreed. I’ve signed multiple NDAs at my company recently just to evaluate some tools that have been on the market for years. It’s not what people seem to think it is.
Or it’s not what you think it is, and that corporate koolaid is really sweet