▲ 558 ▼ Mastodon's Founder & CEO Gives His Thoughts on Meta's Threads (blog.joinmastodon.org) submitted 3 years ago by CthuluVoIP@lemmy.world to c/fediverse@lemmy.world 195 comments fedilink hide all child comments Found this post super informative as it relates to Mastodon, and thought Lemmy might also benefit from this perspective. I'm not sure I share his optimism, but his points seem sound to dampen some of the alarm bells over Meta joining the Fediverse.
[–] krolden@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-us-government-purchases-your-user-data-heres-what-it-does-with-it/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] boonhet@lemm.ee 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) I'm surprised that they pay for it. They could just demand it through all kinds of national security laws. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] krolden@lemmy.ml 1 point 3 years ago Oh they definitely do that stuIf but when they do they have to disclose that to the senate or whomever oversees such things. This way they can quietly buy up a shit ton of data with whatever dark budgets they have access to. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] boonhet@lemm.ee 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) I'm surprised that they pay for it. They could just demand it through all kinds of national security laws. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] krolden@lemmy.ml 1 point 3 years ago Oh they definitely do that stuIf but when they do they have to disclose that to the senate or whomever oversees such things. This way they can quietly buy up a shit ton of data with whatever dark budgets they have access to. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] krolden@lemmy.ml 1 point 3 years ago Oh they definitely do that stuIf but when they do they have to disclose that to the senate or whomever oversees such things. This way they can quietly buy up a shit ton of data with whatever dark budgets they have access to. permalink fedilink source parent