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1. Geotechland (geotechland@fosstodon.org)'s status on Monday, 25-Apr-2022 16:56:15 UTC Geotechland

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   @feditips @Tutanota @protonmail Part of why mastodon instances cannot be bought out is because they are not corporations. Just communities funded by the users. 🤓

   • FediTips (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 25-Apr-2022 16:56:10 UTC FediTips

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     It's definitely great that we aren't being run by corporations. But single instance communities can still be at risk of selling out to corporations.

     For example, the Internet Movie Database was originally a community project, but it got bought out by Amazon within just a few years because it got popular 😔

     As long as the Fediverse stays decentralised though, there's much less risk of this happening.

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   • Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Monday, 25-Apr-2022 16:57:47 UTC Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅

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     @gamliel GitHub was a VC-funded startup project looking for an exit from day zero.
     
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   • Gamliel Fishkin (gamliel@linuxrocks.online)'s status on Monday, 25-Apr-2022 16:57:55 UTC Gamliel Fishkin

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     @feditips @geotechland @Tutanota @protonmail Oh yes, it happened to #GitHub, too. And I fear somewhat about the future of #Wikipedia (however, it can be forked, thanks to a free licence).