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Background: I've been building a growing commercial social network. There are things about what I want to do that made that the better option for what my target
by PaybackTony 5y ago
Background: I've been building a growing commercial social network. There are things about what I want to do that made that the better option for what my target market is.
With that said, I really like what Mastodon has done and as far as federated and open social networks go (ActivityPub!). It's in a class of its own IMO.
- nrclark 5y agoPlease tell me you're not building Truth. If you are, you should stop right now and consider the effects that your actions will have. No amount of money is worth your soul.
- knicholes 5y agoI'm not familiar with Truth Social except for what I've read in the comments here. What makes you say that building this will cost a soul? How does this differ from other social networks? (Or do you believe working on Twitter/FB also cost one one's soul?). What effects do you think the builders would have?
- pkulak 5y agoWell, Truth isn't so much growing as it's collapsing.
- john_moscow 5y agoHold your horses, it hasn't been launched yet.
- indig0g0 5y agoBut the SPAC associated with TMTG almost quadrupled today.
- karmanyaahm 5y agoThat's just a stolen and license-violating Mastodon, not much building involved
- hd4 5y agoI try and avoid any news about that person so I don't know much about Truth other than it exists, how is it violating any license?
- LeoPanthera 5y agoPresumably because they are using modified AGPL licensed code without releasing their modifications.
- squarefoot 5y agoSo the real question now is: can the FSF sue?
- pangolinplayer 5y agoHow can I invest in the SPAC?
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- loeg 5y agoNo, it seems to be "Slyde."[1] [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25267854 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25267854
- LeoPanthera 5y agoEven if you are unconcerned about your soul, morals, or ethics, tech workers at TMTG are surely ending their careers. Who would employ them after that?
- colesantiago 5y agoProbably Gab, did well for someone who used to work at Facebook. [0] https://www.vice.com/en/article/k7abex/gabs-new-cto-is-a-former-facebook-software-engineer https://www.vice.com/en/article/k7abex/gabs-new-cto-is-a-for...
- JasonFruit 5y agoNot everyone in tech blacklists people based on their politics.
- rlt 5y agoThe not-insignificant portion of the population that either doesn’t care about or sympathizes with such an employee’s politics? Maybe not in SFBA though.
- john_moscow 5y agoFriendly reminder: if you feel passionate and excited about someone else being denied employment, or otherwise punished based on their views, you are likely being manipulated. By caring about those things you care less about demanding a better deal for yourself, and that's exactly what the media wants. USSR was built on that kind of manipulation and now it's coming here.
- mrshadowgoose 5y agoI personally think a lot of the infighting we see today is largely self-inflicted by the masses on themselves, as opposed to solely due to manipulation by media giants. However, your point still stands. Humans have a finite amount of attention. If you waste it hating on some other sub-group (regardless of whether or not you're being manipulated), instead of focusing on improving everyone's life, you're not really helping society. The modern "woke" movement is a great example of this. People are wasting their life playing a hateful privilege points game, and are even arguing that some other people should have their quality-of-life forcibly reduced due to having too much "privilege". Instead, we could be focusing on guaranteeing a decent standard-of-living for everyone, regardless of who you are or what you look like.
- colesantiago 5y agoWhat makes you think he is building Truth?
- PaybackTony 5y agoAbsolutely not. I didn't want to use a comment to talk about our project and hijack the comments section, just to provide where my perspective is coming from and that even with that I like the idea and Mastodon's approach. To be clear: No, I'm not the one who made Truth, have no part of it, and don't know anyone working on it.
- pangolinplayer 5y agoTruth is gonna be baaased as fuuuuuu.
- Igelau 5y ago> No amount of money is worth your soul. Either you lack imagination, or you're bad with very large numbers.
- dane-pgp 5y agoAssuming that a soul is something that lasts an infinite length of time, and you value its experience during that time, and its experience cannot benefit from money (or anything exchangeable for money) after some finite period of time, I think that no amount of money is sufficient compensation for losing ownership of your soul.