Nick on Nostr: I'm sad to see this. I was really hoping that Mozilla would try to make this a part ...

I'm sad to see this. I was really hoping that Mozilla would try to make this a part of their long-term strategy.

Generally I think that even for organizations that are sympathetic to Mastodon's aims, running accounts, let alone an instance, is a hard sell in terms of ROI. Even large and well-funded organizations are reasonable to use the funds they allocate for social media outreach where they will be most effective. So I'm generally understanding of organizations focusing their efforts elsewhere, as much as I wish that they had a Mastodon presence.

But it does seem like the Fediverse is more closely aligned with Mozilla's putative strategic goals than is true for most organizations, which was evident in what they said about their reasons for starting an instance. So it does strike me as an odd and troubling change in direction that they are shutting down the instance for which there was so much initial fanfare.
QT: https://mozilla.social/@mozilla/113153943609185249
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