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This is a bit political but i feel this should be looked at. Whatever it's on on the Lemmy instance or the Mastodon instances.

My main concern is about the concept of Embrase Extend Extinguish they could use.

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[–] zorinlynx@pawb.social 0 points 2 years ago

I have my concerns about letting a company like Meta into the Fediverse, BUT I don't think we should block them. Instead just have tools available so individual fedi users can block them effectively; that should be enough.

A mainstream company like Meta entering Fediverse can cause problems, but it can also open it up to a wider pool of users, which can benefit artists and other creative types who want to do business on Fedi. The biggest complaint about artists who tried to move from Twitter to Mastodon was that they could no longer reach as many people. Mainstream support of Fedi can help with this issue, we just can't let it get to the point that the corporate-types are calling the shots.

[–] Freefox@pawb.social 0 points 2 years ago

I am not a big user of these sites yet and so I'm just voicing my opinion here, I'll not make a big issue either way. That said Meta is a corporation it exists to make money for it's shareholders that's all. I imagine they will use any method they deem legal or that they can make legal to accomplish that goal. I would not trust them to let any independent site that could become profitable alone, either to acquire it or get it shut down.

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 0 points 2 years ago

My entire motivation for joining the fediverse was to escape as much corporate influence as possible; as such, I have no desire to interact with an instance run by one of the most egregious 'problems' in the social media space. That said, I'm also not here to push my views on other people, and if the instance decides not to defederate with them, I can just block their communities and everyone can be happy.

[–] Casuallynoted@pawb.social 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm of the opinion that we should defederate right away from Meta's service. I don't see any advantage to giving them a chance as their whole modus operandi is collecting and harvesting user data. The whole NDA stuff really rubbed me the wrong way.

[–] Casuallynoted@pawb.social 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

For those who don't know, Meta reached out to big instance admins and invited them to some kind of meeting:

https://mstdn.social/@stux/110567524159195690

Stux didn't go but was invited, and confirmed this. Those who went were made to sign an NDA.

[–] Soatok@pawb.social 0 points 2 years ago

Yeah, I say block based on this experience alone.