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Talking to facebook under a non disclosure agreement about the fediverse when you run a large instance, or have control over the development of fedi software, is an unforced error. It destroys your credibility, because there's a lot of sinister possibilities for what Facebook is looking for, and it means you can't deny them, and can't explain your position on it.

Considering the circumstances, some obvious possibilities are:

* Rewriting ToSes to include a copyright license grant for content which favours Facebook
* Committing to not suspend P92
* Allowing advertising which originates from Facebook
* Aligning moderation policy
* Agreeing to allow Facebook to dictate changes to software

Of course, Facebook is a large company, and can offer substantial bribes to make these happen. The people who agreed to the meeting under NDA agreed not to disclose this, if it did happen.

I think that there's something quite immoral about leaving your users in the dark on such important points, an oath of secrecy to Facebook of all companies is not something we should take lightly.