Aral Balkan
The fediverse is much more than what Mastodon (and most definitely Mastodon gGmbH) allows it to be.
Don’t let folks who see nothing wrong with getting into bed with a documented bad actor like Meta/Facebook limit the potential of this fledgling network for short-term dopamine hits from “number goes up!”
#fediverse #meta #facebook #threads #mastodon #mastodonGGMBH
Aral Balkan
@dascandy42 Oh, Peter, if you only knew how many times I’ve said almost exactly the same thing. Clearly either some folks aren’t listening or they think they’re special/clever/etc. enough to avoid the ramifications. (Or that the ramifications are worth whatever benefits a larger audience will bring.) :(
Peter Bindels
@aral The big problem with Threads is that it's too big to fail. The same problem we have already in many places. If allowed in, they'll decide what can and cannot be shown. When they defederate with your instance, you'll be missing most people, and when they break rules you're not going to defederate them, because it's like sawing off the branch you're sitting on.
Break the link proactively to prevent them from getting to such a point.
Aral Balkan
@teezeh Open protocol, yes. Doesn’t mean mastodon.social as to federate with them.
Thomas Cloer
@aral What exactly does Mastodon (gGmbH) have to do with Meta using ActivityPub, which is free and open for everyone to use?
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