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1. Sam Schlinkert (schlink@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 08-Oct-2016 20:21:49 UTC Sam Schlinkert

   But seriously, what would happen if Twitter either opened its source OR federated with GNU Social?

   • @mcscx@quitter.se repeated this.
   • @mcscx@quitter.se (mcscx@quitter.se)'s status on Saturday, 08-Oct-2016 20:43:11 UTC @mcscx@quitter.se

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     @schlink today's Twitter is about business. Federating with GNUsocial won't bring revenue for Twitter, so they won't do that.
   • @mcscx@quitter.se (mcscx@quitter.se)'s status on Saturday, 08-Oct-2016 21:11:42 UTC @mcscx@quitter.se
     @schlink federating would mean loss of control for Twitter. They want walled garden, lock out 3rd party clients, etc. That's the direction.
   • @mcscx@quitter.se (mcscx@quitter.se)'s status on Saturday, 08-Oct-2016 21:59:54 UTC @mcscx@quitter.se

     • kat
     @kat You don't need to explain federation to 300000000 users. You can explain it to a few of them and tell them to spread the word :-)