Fediverse

@Kwakigra @thenexusofprivacy other than existing in a walled-off server how can you stop them? There will inevitably be contact from second and third hand interactions, no?

@Kryostar @thenexusofprivacy @fediverse Is meta trying to make inroads into the fediverse? Please let me know so I can stomp down hard on that shit.

@Kryostar @thenexusofprivacy @fediverse@lemmy.ml @fediverse@kbin.social

If you're not on a Meta instance, then let users on such an instance care about themselves.

If your instance is affected by discrimination, hate, violence, abuse, immoral moderation due to how another instance is run, then that instance can be defederated soon enough, just like now. No need to do that pre-emptively because an instance is run by Meta or by whomever.

@Chimaera We can't stop Meta from doing what they want with the millions of Insta accounts, and we can't stop instances who want to work with Meta from working with Meta. We can however have a Meta-free region of the fediverse, and it's very likely to be better in a lot of ways than the Meta-friendly region.

@fediverse@lemmy.ml @fediverse@kbin.social

their tens of millions of insta accounts that will immediately take over.

Take over what? Just because Lemmy and Mastodon both use the ActivityPub protocol, doesn't mean that those two work the same. It's not like Instagram posts will just show up in Lemmy communities. Yes, I'm aware that Lemmy and Mastodon can interact but you have to look up the post or person to interact with.

I have to wonder how the people that are okay with this would feel if u/Spez announced that he was starting a lemmy instance to federate “his” content.

Considering that this would literally mean a 180° turn in the API issue, that would be welcome.

⬆️ a really good and thorough post covering meta meta, if you missed anything

@thenexusofprivacy@infosec.exchange @vantablack@beach.city @Seirdy@pleroma.envs.net @fancysandwiches@urbanists.social @alice@lgbtqia.space @viennawriter@literatur.social @oblomov@sociale.network @mcp@lgbtqia.space @fosstodon@fosstodon.org @darnell@one.darnell.one @PoliticaConC@social.politicaconciencia.org @tchambers@indieweb.social @deadsuperhero@social.treehouse.systems @ianbetteridge@writing.exchange @dangillmor@mastodon.social @smallpatatas@mstdn.patatas.ca @gcrkrause@lediver.se @cendawanita@mefi.social @jo@blahaj.zone @edendestroyer@social.chinwag.org @ophiocephalic@kolektiva.social @oliphant@oliphant.social @admin1@aoir.social @damon@calckey.social Great analysis! I am probably in the weird/odd camp who realizes that Meta embracing ActivityPub is a threat but also an opportunity.

Also, from what I read Threads (assuming Facebook calls it that) will be decentralized, as in other companies will be able to install the software upon their own servers. The only requirement is an Instagram login account (I do not think the software will be open source).

This is one of the reasons why blocking will be futile in the long run. It’s why I believe engaging with people on Threads & convincing them to join the greater Fediverse is a better long term strategy.

👉🏾 https://darnell.day/dear-fediverse-fediblocking-facebook-is-futile

I plan on using this opportunity to convince many of my friends & family to consider options like Misskey & Pixelfed (Mastodon too, but some have tried that & were not happy—I will reintroduce Mastodon to them again).

I believe the reason most large instances will not block is that their community will not be thrilled that they can not communicate with their relatives on Threads. Most people have great relations with their family & many in the Fediverse (myself included) are on big social platforms because our friends & family are on there.

But in the end we will have to wait & see when Instagram launches Threads.

#Instagram #Facebook #Meta #Threads #Misskey #Mastodon #Fediverse #Pixelfed