hedge@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agoMastodon's Eugen Rochko in talks with Meta?!😱news.ycombinator.comexternal-linkmessage-square114fedilinkarrow-up124arrow-down10
arrow-up124arrow-down1external-linkMastodon's Eugen Rochko in talks with Meta?!😱news.ycombinator.comhedge@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square114fedilink
minus-squareexohuman@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoMeta could be doing the same thing Truth Social did: set up a giant Mastodon instance and leave it at that.
minus-squareRandoCalrandian@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoThey don’t need an NDA for that, and he certainly knows better than to sign one. This is fishy to the extreme
minus-squareVexCatalyst@lemmy.fmhy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoNot really. Most big corporations require a NDA to use their toilets. Slight exaggeration but not by much. Wait and see.
minus-squareRandoCalrandian@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoThe blanket use of them isn’t better We know it’s to hide the abuses
minus-squareconciselyverbose@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoIt’s because they’re publicly traded. Information about their plans being in the wild but not formally announced adds all kinds of possibility for SEC involvement. You have to be very careful with how information is publicized to avoid insider trading or the appearance of it.
Meta could be doing the same thing Truth Social did: set up a giant Mastodon instance and leave it at that.
They don’t need an NDA for that, and he certainly knows better than to sign one.
This is fishy to the extreme
Not really. Most big corporations require a NDA to use their toilets. Slight exaggeration but not by much.
Wait and see.
The blanket use of them isn’t better
We know it’s to hide the abuses
It’s because they’re publicly traded.
Information about their plans being in the wild but not formally announced adds all kinds of possibility for SEC involvement. You have to be very careful with how information is publicized to avoid insider trading or the appearance of it.