CONFIRMED
@mammoth iOS client for Mastodon has received VC funding.
It's the first VC-backed Mastodon client that I know about.
This changes the dynamics of the Fediverse big time!
@atomicpoet @fediversenews ready to see #instapoor happening when/if Mammoth get on Android
This is bad. Vulture Capitalists never make anything better.
@atomicpoet interesting that this was mentioned in a post yesterday when today’s post says they’re still getting disclosure approval https://mammoth.writeas.com/our-business-model
So, they "announced" the investors on the 23rd, but on the 24th, they are still "getting the OK from everyone to announce"
They mention the Brave "search monetization" model as well here. Either way, user data is going to be scraped for ads from Mastodon which continues to be indexed despite instance/user mitigations.
There are two problems.
The web is meant to be read; it follows that if you put something on the web, it will be read.
The other thing is, we over-share.
Given the first thing, if something sensitive 'gets out' *it is because we put it there*.
A basic rule of thumb used to be, "don't put on the web that which you don't want shared'.
This should still be the rule; I don't understand what made people think we should be acting any other way. But it is still the best strategy, and it was always about protecting privacy.
I think that in a medium that is publicly read-write, the only people we have to blame when something sensitive becomes public, is ourselves.
@atomicpoet @fediversenews @mammoth
For the better, I hope?
@merileedkarr @fediversenews @mammoth Only time will tell.
@atomicpoet @fediversenews yay Mozilla? Maybe? Eh