Post AWpr3J3tKcInqOQJLk by Nour@fosstodon.org
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 (DIR) Post #AWpjvwvwVQjZVaFZsu by atomicpoet@atomicpoet.org
       2023-06-19T00:17:20.921213Z
       
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       Again, I’m not saying that you should federate with Meta. Go ahead and block them if that’s what you want to do. What I am saying is that blocking Meta has nothing to do with whether or not Meta uses ActivityPub. It won’t prevent Meta from using ActivityPub. Blocking Meta doesn’t change that ActivityPub is open for anyone to use for any reason—even if those reasons are abusive and unethical.Certain people are trying to argue otherwise with me. Those people either don’t know what they’re talking about or are blatantly lying. Your server might block Meta, but that won’t prevent Meta from joining the Fediverse. How do I know this? There’s blatantly worse servers than Meta currently on the Fediverse right now. You might not see them, but they can see you. Just because they’re invisible to you doesn’t mean they don’t exist.
       
 (DIR) Post #AWpr3J3tKcInqOQJLk by Nour@fosstodon.org
       2023-06-19T01:50:56Z
       
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       @atomicpoet Some people are shocked that an open protocol is.. open, exactly as it was intended to be. No one would have seen it coming, but I predict that Meta will lead the way and champion decentralized and federated social media. People can block Meta, but Meta and its cluster of federated servers (which will be the majority) will actually be what will become known in the mainstream as the 'fediverse'. Otherwise, you're effectively not really on the fediverse.
       
 (DIR) Post #AWpr3Jw84xggYbnctE by Nour@fosstodon.org
       2023-06-19T01:56:01Z
       
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       @atomicpoet Much like the web, Meta will be a huge player. However, it will never be able to dictate the fediverse, for the same reason it's able to freely join it – it's an open protocol. There are far too many players involved in addition to companies (like Mozilla) which will join in huge numbers. You will have your whales in the network but there's also thousands of fish that collectively have an equal amount of sway.
       
 (DIR) Post #AWpr3KtKWr2hWDUuAK by Nour@fosstodon.org
       2023-06-19T02:01:43Z
       
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       @atomicpoet A lot of the Meta doom and gloom is coming from the perspective of those looking at Meta vs. the small fediverse bubble that currently exists. They are not looking at what the reality is going to be after competing company A, company B, company C etc. all inevitably follow and join. It's basically just going to become HTTP but on a social scale. Will be impossible to have a dominant player.