I’ve been hearing that Meta (Facebook) intends to join the fediverse. I have some very big concerns about that, as do apparently many others. There exists a group of instances called the fedipact which will not be federating with Meta, and I was wondering if this instance would be joining. So there is no ambiguity with this post: I have no desire to participate in any instance that is federated with Facebook, and will kindly pass on another Eternal September. Hope that doesn’t come off as aggressive, that’s just where I’m at.
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This is the first that I’m hearing about this and I will need to read into it more. I personally am up for blocking meta instances, though this is something that I will need to consult with the community and instance users first before taking action. For the moment I’m focusing on server updates/stability etc. Once I’m happy with how everything is running I will come back and consult with everyone how we would like to approach this. I will always consult the community before making instance defining decisions such as this.
Thanks for posting this! I had no idea. I’m 100% for blocking any and all Meta instances! Zuckerberg and his greedy hands can suck it
We know what Meta is, how they operate, how they collect and abuse data, how they prioritize ad revenue over user experience, how they’ve abused and manipulated elections, how they center whiteness, etc. What is there to wait and see?
I’m with you on Meta not being welcome in the fediverse. u/masquenox made a comment that explains why really well here: https://lemmy.world/comment/854031
Eh, like in the previous hread about defederating from Burggit I’m against defederating in general. Heck I picked this instance in particular because it wasn’t blocking anyone and wasn’t blocked by anyone, so it gave me the most flexibility in what I could see.
I’d change my position if and when Meta makes any proprietary changes to the protocol or seemingly intentional “misimplementations” of it that impact interoperability.
The thing is a database can be used from different applications, so it can have a normal lemmy/mastodon instance working on it and other applications that only read and analyze data.
If meta is putting it’s dirty hands on this it’s to male profit and violate our privacy. If we federate with it it will have access to our data as well to analyze. I dont want that.
I’m perfectly fine with blocking Meta, any megacorp really, but Meta especially. I have relatives who are still unvaccinated and afraid of 5G radio towers because of some nonsense they read on Facebook.
So even after all the people dropping dead from the vax you’re still for it… Interesting.
