#Eventbrite to be acquired by #BendingSpoons, following their acquisition of #Meetup.com which caused many users to migrate to Eventbrite in the first place. I think at this point it becomes very obvious that the #Fediverse is the best place to coordinate your meetups, and you have many options to choose from: #Mobilizon, #Gancio and even #Wordpress with the #ActivityPub Event Bridge plugin. Everyone knows Bending Spoon's playbook, enshittification is inevitable.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20251202408560/en/Eventbrite-Enters-into-Definitive-Agreement-to-Be-Acquired-by-Bending-Spoons-for-Roughly-%24500-Million-to-Accelerate-Eventbrites-Next-Phase-of-Growth

#Eventbrite to be acquired by #BendingSpoons, following their acquisition of #Meetup.com which caused many users to migrate to Eventbrite in the first place. I think at this point it becomes very obvious that the #Fediverse is the best place to coordinate your meetups, and you have many options to choose from: #Mobilizon, #Gancio and even #Wordpress with the #ActivityPub Event Bridge plugin. Everyone knows Bending Spoon's playbook, enshittification is inevitable.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20251202408560/en/Eventbrite-Enters-into-Definitive-Agreement-to-Be-Acquired-by-Bending-Spoons-for-Roughly-%24500-Million-to-Accelerate-Eventbrites-Next-Phase-of-Growth

About #WeTransfer, #BendingSpoons and #BlueSky. No BlueSky is not owned by Bending Spoons, but is a for-profit corporation financed by venture capital. It's not that far away from Bending Spoons' business model.

Preaching to the choir here, I know. So if you are on BlueSky, tell everyone complaining about WeTransfer about BlueSky as well.

About #WeTransfer, #BendingSpoons and #BlueSky. No BlueSky is not owned by Bending Spoons, but is a for-profit corporation financed by venture capital. It's not that far away from Bending Spoons' business model.

Preaching to the choir here, I know. So if you are on BlueSky, tell everyone complaining about WeTransfer about BlueSky as well.