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@fabio @Rik_Dhuyvetters @eatyourglory
We can't wait for people to move to Linux: we have to help them. I've managed to move two family members and one friend to #Linux. I've got maybe a dozen people regularly using #Signal because I refused to use #WhatsApp and wasn't afraid to explain why. I've migrated at least three people from #Chrome to #Firefox.
IMHO, allowing Fedi to become a small curiosity on the outskirts of #Threads would be our death knell. We mustn't underestimate how evil #Meta is. They don't tolerate competition, they don't play fair, and they don't care how much damage they do as long as it makes money or entrenches their hegemony.
Everyone here knows the three E's: embrace, extend, extinguish. Are you ready to be embraced?
Meta (Facebook, Instagram, #Threads, etc.):
1. Doesn’t moderate anti-transgender hate on its platforms.
2. Secretly pays teenagers to use their VPN service so they can access all their web activity, gets busted, then uses same app to man-in-the-middle attack Snapchat users to get their encrypted data.
3. Lets Netflix see user DMs.
Mastodon gGmbH to Meta:
🤗 Let’s be besties!
https://www.platformer.news/mastodon-interview-eugen-rochko-meta-bluesky-threads-federation/
How Mastodon made friends with Meta
Founder Eugen Rochko on helping Threads federate, dodging venture capital, and why he hopes Bluesky abandons its protocolZoë Schiffer (Platformer)
Old enough to remember when the official Mastodon site used to promote a diverse range of small instances, and made fun of Meta instead of collaborating with it.
This used to be on their front page, long gone now 😢
https://fedi.video/w/cbQE3NRw76FayQCSdb14TU
Instead, we now have a front page telling people to sign up on mastodon.social, an instance list that prioritises large instances, and a blog gushing over how wonderful it is to see Meta federating with them.
Greatly appreciate the work Eugen has done, but his current direction of travel is deeply worrying.
#Mastodon #Fediverse #Meta #Threads #FreeFediverse #DefederateThreads
What is Mastodon? (2018)
Official animation published by the Mastodon development team in 2018, describing the basic principles of how Mastodon and the wider Fediverse work. More info about Mastodon at the JoinMastodon.org...Fedi.Video
So apparently Meta/Facebook had an agreement with Netflix to let Netflix read Facebook users' private messages / DMs:
(via @packetcat)
Can someone please tell me why we are allowing this kind of company to dominate the Fediverse? What is going on? Have admins lost leave of their senses? Why run a Fedi server if you're okay helping Meta?
Facebook let Netflix see user DMs, quit streaming to keep Netflix happy: Lawsuit
Facebook Watch, Netflix were allegedly bigger competitors than they let on.Ars Technica
Facebook “gave Netflix and Spotify the ability to read Facebook users’ private messages.”
But, yes, please, do federate with them mastodon.social. Because senpai noticed you.
#meta #facebook #surveillanceCapitalism #peopleFarming #mastodonSocial #mastodon #usefulIdiots
Facebook let Netflix see user DMs, quit streaming to keep Netflix happy: Lawsuit
Facebook Watch, Netflix were allegedly bigger competitors than they let on.Ars Technica
If you want to check whether your server federates with Threads, you can use this tool:
➡️ https://fedipact.veganism.social
If you want to avoid Meta/Facebook/Threads, there's a list of nice well-run servers which have blocked Threads here:
If you need help moving your account to a new server, there are step-by-step instructions here:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/transferring-your-mastodon-account-to-another-server
This guide also answers lots of common questions.
Project Ghostbusters: Facebook Accused of Using Your Phone to Wiretap Snapchat
Unsealed court filings reveal Meta's secret plan, "Project Ghostbusters," to acquire valuable intel about Snapchat through its users' devices.Maxwell Zeff (Gizmodo)
This is why there is federation. If this server is still federated to Threads in, let's say 6 months, I'll browse below list and pick another server.
On the other hand, I hope all the larger servers reconsider and block #Threads outright.
Because if they don't, it will play right in the hands of #Meta and all the #TechBros' social media platforms to destroy smaller independent alternatives. Just like e.g. #Amazon and #Uber are doing it in their markets.
https://fedipact.veganism.social/?v2
#Fedipact - The instances blocking Zuckerberg's Threads.net
An interactive list to see which ActivityPub (Matodon, Lemmy, FireFish, etc) instances are federating with Threads.netfedipact.veganism.social
If the two links I provided in the original post do not meet your bar for defederation then there’s something wrong with your bar. It also tells me your instance is not a safe space for vulnerable groups. And if your instance happens to be the flagship one and you’re fine with this, it tells me you’re legitimising this behaviour on the greater network.
why should we federate with them when...
"extreme anti-trans hate content remains widespread across instagram, facebook, and threads. characterized by fear-mongering, lies, conspiracy theories, dehumanizing tropes, and violent rhetoric, these posts — many by high-follower accounts — aim to boost engagement, generate revenue, and seed hateful narratives about trans, nonbinary, and gender non-conforming people. these accounts profit from such hate, and so does meta and its shareholders"
i think the whole framing of fedipact and the meta surrounding blocking threads as being "mere drama" is really fucking annoying
like... this might just be a small inconvenience to you, but this is a matter of SAFETY for us. it's about keeping our communities free from harm, both in the short and long term
brushing it aside as simple internet drama just shows you don't really give a fuck about what happens to us
Dear @Gargron,
A fediverse server called Threads is violating mastodon.social’s second server rule:
“2. No racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia…
Transphobic behavior such as intentional misgendering and deadnaming is strictly prohibited.”
Can you please defederate from this server to protect the trans people on mastodon.social?
Thank you.
PS. It’s run by these guys: https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/26/facebook-secret-project-snooped-snapchat-user-traffic/
#mastodonSocial #fediblock #threads #meta #mastodon #transphobia
"The newly released documents reveal how Meta tried to gain a competitive advantage over its competitors, including Snapchat and later Amazon and YouTube, by analyzing the network traffic of how its users were interacting with Meta’s competitors."
https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/26/facebook-secret-project-snooped-snapchat-user-traffic/
