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Finally I'm getting around to listen to @mike 's Dot.Social episode with @rklambo and @pcottle from #meta, talking about #threads.

Mike asks the most important question first: "why are you [Meta] doing this [Fediverse integration]?"

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Best I can do is some slam poetry."@vriska@lizards.live wants us to rap for #meta,
Fuck that dumb bitch, I won't let her,
Why should they control the flow of memes,
When they're known for having pregnancy dreams."@moth_ball@shitposter.world

I can confidently diagnose #betterhelp as sociopaths.

Promised therapy customers privacy...then gave their mental health info to advertisers.

Victims get less than ten bucks each.

Company made billion+ in revenue last year alone.

In a just society with good privacy laws, they'd face existential civil & criminal consequences.

https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/nation-world/betterhelp-therapy-class-action-settlement-refund/507-b4ef5e0f-c722-4562-95e9-c3cdd7738d1a

#therapy #psychology #privacy #psychotherapy #mentalhealth #telehealth #medicine #HIPAA #surveillancecapitalism #advertising #facebook #meta

The board notes that in all three cases, #Meta found that the posts didn’t violate its policies around promoting #violence, #HateSpeech or #TerroristContent. The #OversightBoard says it will “consider how Meta should moderate the use of the phrase given the resurgence in its use after October 7, 2023, and controversies around the phrase’s meaning.” #Israel #Gaza

Meta’s Oversight Board will rule on ‘from the river to the sea’
https://www.engadget.com/metas-oversight-board-will-rule-on-from-the-river-to-the-sea-100041727.html

I really hope we can get some good people from Threads to move over before Meta starts to do even more untrustworthy things.

Besides the absolutely absurdly move of following and pushing a fake"Fediverse" account that makes people think Fediverse is a single entity or organization, they've already started discussions about expansions to AP to allow platforms to support ads and other shitty ways of monetization.

Fedi needs to make money to survive, I know that. I am behind that, but ads are the shadiest of all the monetization methods because of tracking. Nobody wants to be tracked no matter how "innocent" their activities are.

They've been REALLY quiet since activating AP on their end in a seemingly bad faith move to make the Fediverse seem "useless and pointless to use" by forcing users to educate themselves on the Fediverse if they even know it exists while also making the option to turn it on obscenely hard to locate from normal use.

All in all, I'm VERY skeptical of Meta's intentions and don't really think they'll end up fully federating in the end becuase "why enable a feature that a wide number of our users think is a useless feature?". I feel right now is as far as they're gonna go with it, maybe worldwide, but still one way because that benefits them, not us, and they won't push a feature that people think is useless.

Obviously this is intentional bad faith tactics, but they still have time to prove me wrong and I really hope they do. I really really hope one day we get full federation, but I would be very delusional to have high hopes that such a thing will ever occur given this week's revelations.🤦♂️

#Fediverse #Fedi #Meta #Threads #Mastodon

Estamos entre las organizaciones lideradas por @mozilla que firman el comunicado a #Meta (Facebook) para que mantenga Crowdtangle (la herramienta que permite comprender mejor lo que sucede en Facebook e Instagram).
Todavía más opacidad sería insostenible.
https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/campaigns/open-letter-to-meta-support-crowdtangle-through-2024-and-maintain-crowdtangle-approach/

@Twitter_expat @stux Ok, first, calm down. Second, this is social communication not an #ad, you’re not being sponsored by a company to reply to me, in fact, you didn’t have to reply to me at all. Third, #Meta is implementing the ability to run ads into #AP this will most likely be done through an #API (but I don’t know I don’t work for Meta or am a programmer). (1/3)

@beaware.live this is the most ridiculous shit ever. I think I'll be blocking Threads on my instance after tomorrow until they federate.

I'm wasting my time there if I'm just gonna be thwarted by a fake account. Fuck them.

#Threads #Meta #Fedi #Fediverse #Mastodon

Continuing to fight the uneducated misinformation campaign by the fake "Fediverse" Threads account...🤦♂️

If you're on Threads and want to help me fight this, find me there @beaware.live and boost/repost as well as like my "pinned" quote post calling them out!

We don't get people educated on Fediverse by spreading easily verifiable false info!

#Fedi #Fediverse #Meta #Threads #Mastodon #ActivityPub #Akkoma #Pleroma #GoToSocial #Lemmy #Kbin #Mbin #Sharkey #IceShrimp #Misskey #Akkomane #Mangane #GlitchSoc #Peertube #PixelFed

Ooh, can’t wait to read the gushing praise from Mastodon GmbH for this on the Mastodon blog.

(Mastodon gGmbH and Meta are besties, you see. https://www.platformer.news/mastodon-interview-eugen-rochko-meta-bluesky-threads-federation/)

Is it up yet?

#mastodon #meta #besties #allTheBetterToSeeYouWith #EmbraceExtendExtinguish https://social.wildeboer.net/@jwildeboer/112391192672337102

Well, I just informed Threads about the fake "Fediverse" Threads account.

That's pretty much all I can do. I don't know what else to do at this point. I'm at a loss for words that it's even allowed as a username in the first place.

#Fedi #Fediverse #Threads #Meta #Fake

Yay! My #Flipboard account is federating: @darnell@flipboard.com

Like #Threads & #Ghost, Flipboard is beta testing #ActivityPub on its main site.

I believe Flipboard will prove to be a counterweight to Threads and a prime location for news & pundits (as #Meta does not really desire the latter two on their platforms).

I'm beating a dead horse at this point, but I wonder how many people @Fediverse@Threads.net has convinced to turn on Fediverse sharing with their misinformation spreading....

My guess is that number is QUITE low or even 0.....

What an embarrassment.🤦♂️

#Fedi #Fediverse #Threads #Meta #Mastodon #AcitivityPub

If anyone knows who runs the Fediverse account on Threads. Please let me know.

The account is pretty inactive and seems like a MASSIVE missed opportunity to advocate and educate users there...😬

It really sucks that someone grabbed the username, uploaded the icon and has only used it a handful of times...

It doesn't even have Fediverse enabled.😔

PLEASE boost for reach if you care about informing people about the Fediverse and would like to see that account put to better use!

#Fediverse #Fedi #Threads #ActivityPub #Mastodon #Meta

This video is SO good! Anyone who is interested in Fediverse nuances and the issues we've been debating for months now, should definitely watch this video!

#Fedi #Fediverse #ActivityPub #Mastodon #Pleroma #Akkoma #IceShrimp #FireFish #Misskey #Sharkey #Lemmy #Kbin #Mbin #NodeBB #GoToSocial #Meta #Threads #Nostr #BlueSky #BridgyFed #Momostr #Bridge #Flipboard

Ryan made a pretty good point around the 16 minute mark about how Threads wasn't told to make their federation "opt-in" from the Fediverse side and that people feel differently about bridges for some reason.

Even though, they're the same thing, in most ways.

#Fedi #Fediverse #ActivityPub #Mastodon #Pleroma #Akkoma #IceShrimp #FireFish #Misskey #Sharkey #Lemmy #Kbin #Mbin #NodeBB #GoToSocial #Meta #Threads #Nostr #BlueSky #BridgyFed #Momostr #Bridge #Flipboard

Finally sitting down to watch/listen to the podcast with Mike Mccue, CEO of Flipboard, and Ryan Barrett, creator of BridgyFed.

This should be good!😁

So cool to see the leaders in this space share info and help each other make this the best social media project it could be!

Link: https://inv.tux.pizza/watch?v=TtVtQOHl9DY

#Fedi #Fediverse #ActivityPub #Mastodon #Pleroma #Akkoma #IceShrimp #FireFish #Misskey #Sharkey #Lemmy #Kbin #Mbin #NodeBB #GoToSocial #Meta #Threads #Nostr #BlueSky #BridgyFed #Momostr #Bridge #Flipboard

I know #WhatsApp is popular amongst Americans 🇺🇸 who travel outside of the country, but I doubt #Meta will replace #iMessage in the #UnitedStates 🇺🇸 in the near future.

#Apple has already lost to #Facebook Messenger in #America 🇺🇸, so in a sense @zuck has already won.

👉🏾 WhatsApp Reveals Biggest iPhone Update For 2024—It's Impossible To Beat https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2024/05/04/whatsapps-surprise-new-update-iphone-15-pro-max-iphone-16-pro-max/

And aware, no doubt, that quote posts are a divisive, hot-button issue, they're already building into #Threads not only quote post functionality but more refined controls for it than I know of anywhere in the #Fediverse — a feature bound to attract attention and make people consider choosing Threads in preference to other Fediverse software that doesn't offer the same functionality.

https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/25/threads-launches-a-mute-feature-for-words-teases-controls-for-quote-posts/

This is all absolutely classic embrace, extend and extinguish.

#fedipact #Meta

A lot of people have insisted #Meta isn't getting involved with the #Fediverse to embrace, extend and extinguish it...

... but even before fully implementing Fediverse interoperability in #Threads they're already talking openly about changing its protocols to add features like monetization. 🤔

https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/25/why-meta-is-looking-to-the-fediverse-as-the-future-for-social-media/

#fedipact