Post AWphRAPCAUlQPB7vaC by controlfreak@hackers.town
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 (DIR) Post #AWpdWkPXKQTRhngyQa by mhoye@mastodon.social
       2023-06-18T23:38:30Z
       
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       Maybe people worried about Meta’s participation in the fediverse are thinking about the time Google killed blogs and RSS, or the time Yahoo killed dmoz and webrings, or the time AOL killed Usenet, or or or or or or or or or or or or.
       
 (DIR) Post #AWpdWlCSOXbc9Wa2gC by amolith@nixnet.social
       2023-06-19T00:03:05.645249Z
       
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       @mhoye I'm worried about Meta slurping up all of our personal information. ActivityPub isn't going anywhere just like all those things you mentioned didn't go anywhere.Meta joining fedi is going to automatically opt everyone into their data collection and the only way to opt out is for your admin to actively and preemptively defederate from them. I'd rather not allow _Facebook_ to ingest my entire social graph, every public post I've ever made, every favourite, every boost, and every reaction.And yes, this is already possible, anyone can do it, and people already have done it. There's a slight difference, though, between one asshole in his basement and the largest social media company on the planet.
       
 (DIR) Post #AWphRAPCAUlQPB7vaC by controlfreak@hackers.town
       2023-06-19T00:34:22Z
       
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       @amolith 100% agree on the modus operandi of Meta and that the protocol will remain but I am also anxious of having to be worried about the gmail paradox. Like how you have to be worried that communicating with someone in that ecosystem gets you slurped on that end.Same will ring true about trying to constantly keep track of what instances might be federating with Meta and how you might get slurped by communicating/mentioning with people you want or may need to communicate with via such intermediaries. Stress abound.This is all benefit to Meta and ALL COST in time, infra and safety to the fediverse.  Anyone apologising otherwise with "growth" or "easier" or whatever is disingenuous at best.