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1. Chris Trottier (atomicpoet@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Dec-2022 11:49:43 UTC Chris Trottier

   BIG NEWS: Pawoo.net, the world's 2nd biggest Mastodon instance, has just been acquired.

   The entity acquiring them is the Mask Group, a business that also runs mstdn.jp and mastodon.cloud. They are also active in the so-called "Web 3.0" space.

   If you haven't heard of pawoo.net, it's because many instances have de-federated from it.

   https://finance.yahoo.com/news/mask-network-acquires-pawoo-net-070000858.html

   • Chris Trottier (atomicpoet@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Dec-2022 18:32:12 UTC Chris Trottier

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     There's going to be a massive land grab of all these big instances. There will be lots of merging and acquiring too.

     My advice is that you all become *very* aware of who owns your instance and why.

     Get to know your admins—make sure their values align with your own.

     If you don't want to put your social media life in the hands of strangers, then self-host your own instance.

   • Chris Trottier (atomicpoet@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Dec-2022 18:32:13 UTC Chris Trottier

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     Like it or not, it should no longer be assumed that "volunteers" are running your instances.

     The Mask Group, which now runs three large instances "has raised over US$50 million from private and institutional backers"—their words not mine.

     Javier Pallero repeated this.