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1. Douglas A. Whitfield (musicman)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Jan-2021 11:16:45 EST Douglas A. Whitfield

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   • LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
   can't take anyone seriously that thinks this: "Banning the president of the United States was shocking." With regards to your commentary, I am not sure I agree with the idea that Facebook blocking people is a threat to us at all. I understand the sentiment, but for us specifically, in the fediverse, it is one of the best things that could happen, at least in the short term. The…
   • Douglas A. Whitfield (musicman)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Jan-2021 14:53:37 EST Douglas A. Whitfield

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     • LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
     In my view, web market percentages are incomparable to brick and mortal market percentages. I suspect that point at which we diverge on this. I'll just leave it at that, because I don't think the case law has addressed this yet.
     
     If Facebook wants to stay out of anti-trust issues, tying an account to the Occulus 2 was certainly not a good move...