Post AXMMgFo99gG7WdRteS by mcc@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #AXMMgEWNwESPXG8CKO by mcc@mastodon.social
2023-07-04T18:42:47Z
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I would like to strongly offer this advice:- Do not trust Facebook, ever -Do not trust them as a market participant: If you look at their company history, every time Facebook is afraid their MAU dominance will be challenged by some new platform, they just buy it. Instagram, Whatsapp, Oculus.Do not trust them as a platform: What Instagram users can tell you is once they have you locked in, the features you liked about your now-bought platform will disappear in favor of monetization
(DIR) Post #AXMMgFKMwORK2HW7Em by mcc@mastodon.social
2023-07-04T18:43:28Z
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Do not trust them personally: Hypothetically, imagine you're a Mastodon instance operator and you're contacted by some Facebook employee about a relationship between your instance and some Facebook project. Imagine this employee is nice, really Gets It, seems sincere. This employee doesn't actually hold any power! If you trust this person you'll find a couple years later the person you were talking to has either been suddenly replaced or that they cannot follow through on their promises.
(DIR) Post #AXMMgFo99gG7WdRteS by mcc@mastodon.social
2023-07-04T18:48:06Z
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I'm not going to say the solution is defederating Facebook/ActivityPub (though I won't say it's a *bad* solution, either). If a (unlikely it'll work this way) sequence of events happens that lets me follow Instagram users from Mastodon, honestly there are two I'll follow. But know what Facebook's likely aims are based on their history & if they seem to be offering you something, realize they (apparently) think they'll get more out of it than they're giving away. Ask yourself why that is.
(DIR) Post #AXMMgGR8ohS1TZh2Qq by nach@bae.st
2023-07-04T18:59:53.661397Z
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@mcc I like how you wrote a whole paragraph telling me to not trust facebook and then you say you'll follow people from instagram?mastoniggers deserve death
(DIR) Post #AXMN7s5MwnHA3ofpBI by ethulhu@chaos.social
2023-07-04T18:54:32Z
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@mcc also, if someone says “let’s wait and see what they do before coming to any conclusions”, we have had 19 years to see what they do. their stances on things like moderation are not unknown.
(DIR) Post #AXMN7uoommoqXLx9Ie by sullybiker@sully.site
2023-07-04T19:04:50Z
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@ethulhu @mcc "We are really sorry we got caught doing this bad thing and assure you we will not be caught in future"