The problem, it seems, is the same that Gab, Parler, Voat, etc. all had - if you create an echo chamber consisting of like minded people there's no conversation...it's just people yelling but their audience is already converted.
With that said I have no idea how you rip off an open source platform and spend $73 million on it in two years.
There's got to be some grift in there somewhere.
I have no idea how you rip off an open source platform
I had no idea that it was a fork of Mastadon.
According to wikipedia there's a bit of weirdness as to where the funding came from, including China and Russia.
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