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A clear victory for the free fediverse: Meta now says integrating with ActivityPub is "a long way out" (privacy.thenexus.today)
submitted 1 year ago by nexusofprivacy@kbin.social to c/fediverse@lemmy.ml
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When Meta launched their new Twitter competitor Threads on July 5, they said that it would be compatible with the ActivityPub protocol, Mastodon, and all the other decentralized social networks in the fediverse "soon".

But on July 14, @alexeheath of the Verge reported that Meta's saying ActivityPub integration's "a long way out". Hey wait a second. Make up your mind already!

From the perspective of the "free fediverse" that's not welcoming Meta, the new positioning that ActivityPub integration is "a long way out" is encouraging. OK, it's not as good as "when hell freezes over," but it's a heckuva lot better than "soon." In fact, I'd go so far as to say "a long way out" is a clear victory for the free fediverse's cause.

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[-] mojo@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I haven't heard a single valid reason why federating with Meta is bad. Only people misunderstanding how technology works.

edit: remember pretty much all objections can be solved by personally blocking the domain, rather then forcing it to be blocked for everyone. Also that all the information Meta could possibly get, they can already get regardless because all of our content is public.

[-] beastieboyofthenet@tech.lgbt 5 points 1 year ago

@mojo @nexusofprivacy I don't want Facebook content in my mastodon feed. Period. If they federate here I'm leaving.

[-] mojo@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

You realize you can just personally block the domain lol. Problem solved. This is what I mean by people don't understand the technology.

[-] esaru@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's not only about ignoring Facebook users. Imagine in real life a bully comes to your group and you could block him, so you don't see him, but he still influences the people around you in a negative way, changing the environment you used to love. You better make sure he stays out of your circle. Facebook has a long record of destroying other social networks.

[-] mojo@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

So you want to take away the choice from others? What's stopping those same influenced users from being influenced already? They can simply download the app right now, it doesn't need to appear on their Mastodon or whatever feed.

[-] jdp23 1 points 1 year ago

Nobody's talking about taking the choice away from others. Some instances are saying they'll federate with Threads, you're free to move your account there. Or as you say, people who want to hang out with the bully can download the Threads app right now!

[-] Ne10@mastodon.online 2 points 1 year ago

@mojo @beastieboyofthenet@tech.lgbt
Please read the following and then revise your statements.
The Deadline by Tom DeMarco. A Novel About Project Management.

[-] mojo@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

No

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