Best thread I've seen thus far on the issue of Meta joining the Fediverse (social.coop)

submitted 1 year ago by Fabriek@lemmy.world to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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[-] 0uterzenith@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

similar things have happened in the past, How to Kill a Decentralised Network (such as the Fediverse)

[-] LanyrdSkynrd@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I was one of the people who thought meta joining the fediverse could be good, but that convinced me that we need to keep them out.

Thanks for posting that

[-] 0uterzenith@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

all the big players want is to eradicate competitions, especially one that can threaten their position.

[-] sik0fewl@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

It could be good, but it won't be.

Even if their current intentions are honest, someday that will change and some exec or VP will see an untapped revenue source and exploit it.

[-] WFH@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

It's meta. Their intentions are never honest.

[-] ttmrichter@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

The point you're missing is that it doesn't matter if their intentions are honest or not now because even if they are (that conditional is a seriously important word there!) there's no way to ensure they will remain that way.

There is no safe way to bring surveillance capitalism into a commons, no matter how pure the motive may or may not be at the moment.

[-] Very_Bad_Janet@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] queermunist@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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.