Interesting thought by @riskybusiness on his latest podcast: what would happen if someone like Google set up their own Mastodon instance, and it became like the Gmail of Mastodon.
I recognize that a lot of people who have been around would have concerns, but... it's the kind of thing that could happen.
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@mmasnick @riskybusiness I feel like Google would just try Google+ again (I'm not necessarily opposed to that idea. I didn't actually hate Google+)
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I've still got a Google Wave "Federate This!" t-shirt around here somewhere from an earlier foray into near-real-time federated social networking.