The more interesting thing to me is:

« Is there Mastodon stock or a way to invest in this growing social network? The short answer is no. There’s no direct way to trade this open-source platform. Not only isn’t the company publicly listed, it’s also non-profit.

But there’s speculation that Meta could be building a Twitter alternative. »

Sounds to me that *because* one cannot invest in stocks or otherwise that pepople at Meta are interested in creating a rival to Twitter. <sigh>