Comment on Mastodon’s founder cedes control to non-profit
fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 2 months ago
Please update the title to the full title of the article. This is super misleading and makes it sound like the founder doesn’t want this.
Comment on Mastodon’s founder cedes control to non-profit
fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 2 months ago
Please update the title to the full title of the article. This is super misleading and makes it sound like the founder doesn’t want this.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 2 months ago
The title doesn’t imply what the founder wants one way or the other.
fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 2 months ago
In strict definition, true, but to those in the US cede has the connotation of giving up something after a lost battle. Just the way we’re taught.
vardogor@mander.xyz 2 months ago
that would be concede, not cede
fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 2 months ago
No, concede is to admit defeat, cede is to give up something. You could concede the battle, and as a result cede land to the victor. I meant cede.