In-reply-to » @prologic That's another thing I find interesting. He could have simply funded Gab. They love him over there. They too are using a fork of Mastodon I believe, except legally.

@eldersnake@yarn.andrewjvpowell.com Yeah that’s exactly right. Gab.social is using Mastodon. The only other thing I know about Gab is they got themselves banned internally at the Mastodon codebase level as a hardcoded ban (I don’t recall why or the details).

But yeah I agree with you, it must be about having total control. Plus if you’re just going to use your “Users” as your “Product” this is a recipe for disaster 🤦‍♂️

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