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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.
NDAs contribute to insider trading, not mitigate it.
It means the people who know they are doing shitty things can’t warn everyone else
No, they don't. If you can't track where information is, the ability of people to act on a tip massively increases, and the enforcement is much more difficult.
They are effectively legally required to use NDAs when discussing future directions of their business. There may not be an explicit regulation you can point to, but when information is spread around without tight control and someone acts on it, the SEC can and very willingly does get involved. There's a reason it's effectively universal for any publicly traded company with meaningful legal representation, and it's because it's a ridiculous level of negligence to have those conversations without them.
Seriously doubt that.
Me too, unfortunately.
We hope so.
Wouldn't it be better if they federated so it doesn't become a walled garden in there? It means we can stay on our own instances but aren't cut off from their large userbase.
They'll likely federate with those who worked with them and signed NDA. They are probably going to allowlist federate ... My guess
You're probably correct :(
(E: For perspective,) Truth Social was just a mouthy startup for spreading hate, not a nearly trillion dollar company with a lengthy history of anti-competitive activity.