All this conversation about #Meta on #Fedi feels like the worst parts of geek culture. So technical, without understanding context or what strikes can actually do. My thoughts:
Meta will make a great app for Fedi because it has more money to throw at the task. People will start using that because it's better. It will have QTs and an algorithm. People they want to follow will be there.
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Does Meta have a plan to stop Fediverse instances from defederating with meta?
Unlike consumers, server hosts and admins have actual material stakes in the Fediverse and are fully capable of coordination. So rather than an ineffective consumer boycott, there’d be actual power behind it.
Embrace Extend Extinguish
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish
It sounds like the evil empire’s motto in a scifi. But this is their business plan.
Does Meta have a plan to stop Fediverse instances from defederating with meta?
Unlike consumers, server hosts and admins have actual material stakes in the Fediverse and are fully capable of coordination. So rather than an ineffective consumer boycott, there’d be actual power behind it.