I'm not interested in seeing more claims regardless of the source.
There is a very long worldwide stereotype of ultra-wealthy persons. Specifically, that all of them are evil and/or ungenerous. Obviously, this is grossly inaccurate. Bill Gates is one of the most generous persons among the ultra-wealthy.
The other claims about Bill Gates being made in this thread are exactly that -> claims.
Thank you for that...I'll pass AppViewLite around. Take care.
Do you have any source regarding this? I'd love to read more about it and share it with my colleagues.
EDIT: Is this "Free Our Feeds"?
If you are referencing this article, then he isn't funding anything. He is willing to consider backing a TikTok like platform that uses the AT Protocol.
Arguably, ActivityPub has its shortcomings. Also, having another protocol similar to ActivityPub creates more competition which drives innovation (and gets people away from corporate-controlled sites like Meta).
I was part of the beta testing team. I enjoy it immensely and hope to see more and more of my friends and family use it.
We can still find engagement in small niche subs on Reddit. We've known, for many years, that people were going to move away from large corporate-controlled sites such as Reddit, Twitter etc..
The Fediverse is addressing this. It isn't a panacea. However, it is a re-imagining of what we want the Internet to be.
There are many others, that will come along after us, to address this further.
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