@binarytango @briankrebs @atomicpoet Uhm, someone just pointed out Mask.io are also one of the biggest sponsors of Mastodon itself. They're on the 3rd row of the Mastodon Sponsors page:
https://joinmastodon.org/sponsors
There's also a lot of crypto & online gambling & essay writing companies funding the development of the Mastodon source code.
@syneryder
On the other hand, why essay-writing companies? @binarytango @briankrebs @atomicpoet
@briankrebs @mathlover @syneryder @binarytango @atomicpoet I told you! This industry can smell a nice and juicy infosec daring to take time off. 
@mathlover @syneryder @binarytango @briankrebs @atomicpoet These groups (online casinos, essay writing companies, etc) pretty commonly sponsor projects that list their sponsors prominently as a cheap way of advertising, it appears. I've seen projects that have had to establish policies that they would not accept donations or list as sponsors certain categories of companies, etc.
@mathlover @syneryder @binarytango @atomicpoet Yeah, @indigo was right. You guys just gave me homework, sheesh.