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  • @app_prioritoTechnology*Permanently Deleted*
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    12 years ago

    Unfortunately, Mastodon’s lack of features makes it hard for normies to use and it will not see mainstream adoption. I hope normies get a decent Twitter replacement.


  • @app_prioritoTechnologyhow to block meta from mastodon
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    22 years ago

    Well that’s because Mastodon has many shortcomings. Like the search sucks. It’s hard to find people to follow without asking people for recommendations. Mastodon is scarcely a Twitter replacement; it feels like it was built to create extremely insular communities. Like Gab and Truth Social run on Mastodon’s software.


  • @app_prioritoTechnologyhow to block meta from mastodon
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    12 years ago

    I fail to see how that would generally impact people who interact from the fediverse side of it rather than Meta’s own instance. Like if Meta decides to no longer federate with the rest of the fediverse, that would be like all the normies signing up for Threads.net and not interacting with Mastodon at all right?

    I think you are reaching.


  • @app_prioritoTechnologyhow to block meta from mastodon
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    122 years ago
    1. As if Lemmy currently isn’t overrun with low effort memes? Have you seen all those cans of beans running amok here?
    2. I imagine there are many parties already scraping content from the fediverse as we speak - that’s the nature of public web content.

  • @app_prioritoTechnologyhow to block meta from mastodon
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    12 years ago

    People have a tendency to flock to centralized services. Even on here the majority of activity takes place on Lemmy.world, the fediverse already has a potential centralization problem.

    With your point on YouTube, a fediverse version of YouTube that has a similar level and amount of content is impossible due to hosting costs. I have yet to see anyone willing to subsidize a fediverse version of YouTube.


  • @app_prioritoTechnologyhow to block meta from mastodon
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    2 years ago

    And what’s wrong with people making that choice? I know some of the “mainstream” people on Mastodon right now left because of Twitter’s craziness but would probably be open to having an account on Threads or Blue Sky. Why the paranoia about people making choices that are best for them? TBH Mastadon search sucks and finding accounts to follow is hard.



  • @app_prioritoTechnologyhow to block meta from mastodon
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    132 years ago

    Exactly. Which is why I believe that all this fearmongering is because of Meta’s reputation (rightfully so) rather than because Meta actually has a plan to destroy the fediverse. And it’s not the like the fediverse can be actually destroyed, people can always start new instances at any time.


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    2 years ago

    I think that article is mostly fearmongering.

    Most people using Mastodon right now are not following mainstream people on their feeds - they are mostly following like-minded people who have made the switch from Twitter. If their server decides to federate with Meta, it will actually improve their experience because they can start following mainstream people from the comfort of their Mastodon feed. And if Meta decides to break ActivityPub (which I doubt), it will be back to the original status quo for most users.

    And most mainstream people will not be signing up for Mastodon anyways, they will be signing up for Threads/Blue Sky.









  • @app_prioritoTechnologyhow to block meta from mastodon
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    22 years ago

    I mean, how is a bot not already crawling through public sites like Lemmy and Mastodon for the purposes of AI training? Federated or unfederated, if you are providing social media services that data you have is already out there.



  • Let instance owners make that choice for themselves. I don’t like how people are adopting peer pressure to prevent instance owners from doing what they want with their instances. If instance owners want to federate with Meta, let them do so. It’s important to educate people on the pros and cons of federating with Meta instead of pressuring them not to federate with Meta at all.