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PSA: there is a new fedi instance called mastodon[.]tech. Confusingly, it is running Pleroma. People behind it set up a @Tech account, and reached out to me (and I can only presume others). I told them in private what I am telling everyone in public now: I find it very sketchy, based on the interaction with that account, and on mastodon.technology-lookalike domain. I have on good authority they are in no way affiliated with or endorsed by mastodon.technology. I will stay away from them. 8 comments
 Wait, there's a .tech TLD as well as .technology?!?!?!? Something is rotten in the state of domain registration. (Yeah, yeah, :blobcatsurprised: ) @suetanvil everyone's got their favourite "domain registrations have jumped the shark" moment. personal low-points included the cynical cash-grab of adding gTLDs, quickly followed with giving .amazon to Jeff's Terrible Website instead of the ancient vital rainforest of the same name @rysiek Do you have other reservations, or is it just that "Electrolux/Hoover effect" that turns you against them?
 @rysiek It seems that @Tech blocked me so I’ll repeat it publicly. As I told them privately before, Mastodon is a registered trademark and permission to use it in a domain name is only given to those running Mastodon on the domain. You cannot run Pleroma and call it Mastodon. Trademarks are meant to prevent confusion and this is a clear cut case of infringement. |
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Just to be very clear, there is nothing wrong with using Pleroma!
But calling an instance mastodon[.]tech and using Pleroma to run it is something I find somewhat sketchy.