@bitflipped @feditips If you think it undermines, you need to understand how the grift works. Because this is the exact style. Invent a conspiracy, and since there's no proof of it, ask about it! Followers who believe you're an authority will accept it as fact regardless of the fact that nobody ever said it happened.
Fox News has run a multibillion dollar enterprise on this model.
Could you take that back please?
Calling someone a grifter is a serious allegation.
@feditips @bitflipped I'm explaining Tucker Carlson's disinformation model and calling it a grift. If you recognize you fit it exactly, my message got through.
"Because this is the exact style. Invent a conspiracy, and since there's no proof of it, ask about it! Followers who believe you're an authority will accept it as fact regardless of the fact that nobody ever said it happened."
Why the F would I be trying to undermine Mastodon?
Most of my websites are telling people to use Mastodon and encouraging them to do so:
https://fedi.tips
https://fedi.directory
https://growyourown.services
https://fedi.garden
I've spent most of my spare time since 2020 trying to get more people onto Mastodon, and still am.
It's not that I want to harm Mastodon, it's that I'm worried money from Meta would harm Mastodon.
I would like Eugen to make clear that they haven't taken any money from Meta.