Imagine this being the reason to finally block Threads, instead of concerns about EEE. Not like Cuckerberg is actually going to allow freezepeach anyway.
@binkle A few days ago, Zuckerberg said that Meta would be pro-free speech (whether or not it's true is up in the air) and the few Mastodon instances that haven't blocked threads are now blocking it.
@binkle I don't know if it's just Zuckerberg seizing the opportunity after Elon Musk shot himself in the foot or it's an attempt at reputation repair. Facebook most likely started off as a DARPA project (look up LifeLog), so it's important to them that Facebook stays relevant no matter what.
@xianc78 @binkle
Zuckerberg is pure greed. I don't like to say such things about people without much proof, but in his case, the entire track record was to always follow the cheapest money.
Facebook will never grow again. Instagram isn't even maintained, even though it's the biggest gen-z social network...because ads are still working.
So, now Trump was elected. And He will inevitabely change the requirements for the government contracts. And since facebook itself is dead, he has nothing left but federal contracts while FB still has the reputation of being big.
@LukeAlmighty @binkle Zuckerberg is in major damage control mode right now. Everyone saw through the bullshit with the Metaverse project to the point that even John Carmack criticized it, and nobody trusts his AI projects either.
I don't know if you have noticed, but lately he has pulled a Peter Thiel by LARPing as a libertarian in hopes to win back his trust, but nobody is buying it.
If the LifeLog/Facebook connection theory is true and he truly is a plant, then he can easily be replaced by someone else.
Masotodng is being review bombed on the app stores because people download it and find out it's the same shit as bsky but with less art.