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Zuck is the last person I would trust for managing an alternative to Twitter (toot.reseed.it)
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[–] phillycodehound 22 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I don't trust Zuck with anything. But the fears that he's going to take over the Fediverse are unfounded.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I don’t think so tbh, Google did a lot of damage to xmpp.

[–] Anders429 3 points 2 years ago

This was my exact thought when I heard about what Meta was doing.

[–] phoneymouse 6 points 2 years ago

I wouldn’t underestimate it though… they will try to kill it or own it somehow.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

He’s lobbied the US government successfully enough that TikTok (his biggest competitor) is being banned or restricted in some US states.