hedge@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agoMastodon's Eugen Rochko in talks with Meta?!😱news.ycombinator.comexternal-linkmessage-square163fedilinkarrow-up1135arrow-down10
arrow-up1135arrow-down1external-linkMastodon's Eugen Rochko in talks with Meta?!😱news.ycombinator.comhedge@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square163fedilink
minus-squareargv_minus_one@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year ago I think it’s a little unfair to bash him for this. I don’t. He would not have agreed to Facebook’s NDA unless he was planning to sell the Fediverse out.
minus-squaretikitaki@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agothere’s an argument that it’s better to know rather than not know. i understand the ideological stand against Meta and everything it stands for, but it’s easy to judge from the outside looking in. we don’t know what he knows
minus-squareargv_minus_one@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 year agoKnowing is useless if you’re contractually obligated not to act on that knowledge. When the devil offers you a deal, you say no.
I don’t. He would not have agreed to Facebook’s NDA unless he was planning to sell the Fediverse out.
there’s an argument that it’s better to know rather than not know. i understand the ideological stand against Meta and everything it stands for, but it’s easy to judge from the outside looking in. we don’t know what he knows
Knowing is useless if you’re contractually obligated not to act on that knowledge. When the devil offers you a deal, you say no.