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@derek looking to apply Mastodon directly to your skin? Here's what dermatologists are saying

@robertwgehl literally laughed at loud at that one.

@derek@sunbeam.city

In the article:
Is there Mastodon stock or a way to invest in this growing social network? The short answer is no. There’s no direct way to trade this open-source platform. Not only isn’t the company publicly listed, it’s also non-profit.

Well, clickbait as usual

@derek Oh boy :DD

Well, if nothing else, it reminded me to support my local instace.

@derek From the article itself:

Is there Mastodon stock or a way to invest in this growing social network? The short answer is no. There’s no direct way to trade this open-source platform. Not only isn’t the company publicly listed, it’s also non-profit.

They even acknowledge that it’s impossible, the next paragraph is just “Meta could be building a Twitter alternative, invest in that instead!”

The whole article is clickbait.

@oklomsy @derek oh no

But there’s speculation that Meta could be building a Twitter alternative.

As Darrell Etherington, TechCrunch’s Managing Editors wrote: “with its existing social pedigree and network dynamics, likely has the best chance of being able to replicate what led to Twitter building the user base it currently enjoys — and also growing that, while turning it into a money-making enterprise at the same time”

@oklomsy Click bait, start to finish... as I now realize my sharing of it was. /facepalm

@derek Well at least we got a laugh out of it's ridiculousness. :P

@derek @oklomsy Nah, it was worth looking at. And BTW it is not true that Mastodon doesn't offer any investment opportunities: one company is offering admin services and server space.
Also, Meta or others could build their own client around ActivityPub, which could federate with Mastodon. Tho not sure what their incentive would be.

@martinvermeer
That's how XMPP was taken by Meta and Google. Hanghouts still use some bizarre implementation
@derek @oklomsy
The more interesting thing to me is:

« Is there Mastodon stock or a way to invest in this growing social network? The short answer is no. There’s no direct way to trade this open-source platform. Not only isn’t the company publicly listed, it’s also non-profit.

But there’s speculation that Meta could be building a Twitter alternative. »

Sounds to me that *because* one cannot invest in stocks or otherwise that pepople at Meta are interested in creating a rival to Twitter. <sigh>

@derek I am once again reminded that Forbes contributors' pay per feature is directly based on ad impressions (in many if not all cases).

@derek

I'm so old that I remember when their actual slogan was "Forbes: Capitalist Tool" and even in the NY Subway (& NJ Tubes) graffiti artists would rarely tag the ad posters because they were so incredibly boring.

@derek the guy who wrote this, his name sounds like a STD you might pick up.

Why do these people always got to be making money on something?

@derek Okay so let's see how this thing works. Can I really write up to 5000 characters?

That seems like a lot, especially for someone wordy like me.

@johnnyakzam most servers limit to 500 characters. My own allows 1,000 characters. I think 5,000 is rare.

@derek Meta are still clinging on for dear life, I see.

@derek There is a valid investment - by hosting a brand/community/org server - investing in the presence and the tech - donating to developers and contributing improvements.
@derek @shelenn You'll be shocked that this isn't the direction that the article is taking:
Is there Mastodon stock or a way to invest in this growing social network? The short answer is no. There’s no direct way to trade this open-source platform. Not only isn’t the company publicly listed, it’s also non-profit.

But there’s speculation that Meta could be building a Twitter alternative.
😂
@jesuisatirebitpickup @derek @shelenn When the only thing you have is a hammer (money to invest), everything looks like nails (stocks).
@shelenn @hypolite @derek

Actually the answer would be to invest in server farm stocks, 1&1, amazon, godaddy, something like that, hosting the fediverse. But for these guys #fediverse is like bitcoin in 2011 .. bitwhat?

@derek don't tell them! there's "investment" to get :)

@derek

They know:

"Is there Mastodon stock or a way to invest in this growing social network? The short answer is no. There’s no direct way to trade this open-source platform. Not only isn’t the company publicly listed, it’s also non-profit.

But there’s speculation that Meta could be building a Twitter alternative."

What I don't get is if the short answer is no, which is the long one? Does Forbes know of an indirect way of trading the platform?

@derek and what the end up plugging is Meta. I am stone cold dead from this.

talking about stocks, if tesla goes below 180 this could look bad ..

@derek invest in the fediverse by donating all your money to a mutual aid collective and then never trying to invest in anything else again

@derek That there is some of Forbes's finest clickbait, which is to say, more of the usual.

@derek it's just sobering to understand, that they think the answer to that ("no") is a bad thing. "Look, a community!" "Can I buy it and it will generate money for me?" "No, they are just trying to carve out little spaces for themselves" "ugh, that's disgusting, like vermin? Or worse - poor ppl?!" "You can buy a Facebook thing tho.."

@derek@sunbeam.city

I think they know: "Is there Mastodon stock or a way to invest in this growing social network? The short answer is no. There’s no direct way to trade this open-source platform. Not only isn’t the company publicly listed, it’s also non-profit.

But there’s speculation that Meta could be building a Twitter alternative. "

And they don't care about fediverse.

@derek "There’s no direct way to trade this open-source platform. Not only isn’t the company publicly listed, it’s also non-profit.
But there’s speculation that Meta could be building a Twitter alternative."
There will always be a solution for people wanting to invest money :)

@frankiezafe @derek my thought was but you can always invest in non profits...

After a few seconds I realized that in my lingo it means donate to nonprofit and return of investments for me is to have nice new features and latest memes, not financial gain.