Post Act5VJclLLcKgs1b9c by me@joshuastrobl.social
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 (DIR) Post #Act5UL64Nloay6Gdrk by me@joshuastrobl.social
       2023-12-16T14:59:46Z
       
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       This whole anti- #Threads, #defederation thing is getting out-of-hand. The attached image is a post by the admin of Floss.social and it honestly blew my mind.I run my own personal Mastodon instance so I can choose with what instances I defederate from, don't have to worry about getting banned for sharing content in non-English languages (namely Finnish), can customize it to my liking (add any sort of emojis) and of course have the freedom to post content on a wide range of topics rather being on an instance that encourages one specific dogma, ideology, viewpoint, or topic.For (Buddies of Budgie, I chose the Floss.social instance after moving from  Fosstodon since there was a restriction at the time on supported / allowed languages (strictly English) and problematic moderation. Instances were being blocked rather trivially and while it isn't clear that Floss.social is going to be blocking Threads, the language of the owner / admin is rather concerning.It's concerning because it equates being excited for prospect of another alternative to X / Twitter and wanting to promote ActivityPub, not to mention sharing your thoughts, ideas, organization, etc. with a wider audience -- with the notion that one is being paid or otherwise financially incentivized to support Threads or ActivityPub.For Buddies of Budgie, it gets all its donations (a generous 68 USD per month with many one-off contributions as well) from the community, in the public, via our OpenCollective. Not companies, not some masterminds at some secret underground cabal lead by Zzuck and Mosseri. Just other people that like open source and in our case, a desktop environment for Linux.https://opencollective.com/buddies-of-budgieThe values of Buddies of Budgie are established at https://buddiesofbudgie.org/about/organization and focused around three pillars: Independence, Transparency, and being User-centric.Folks from all walks of life and all sorts of viewpoints can use our software. They have a legal right under its license. I nor anyone else have to agree with those viewpoints for them to use the software. We aren't getting money for supporting anything but our own software and our own values.Of course, I have personal views on how we should treat each other, what is / isn't acceptable, and moderation is applied in my community to make sure it is free of hate, repressive or other harmful language, etc.From a leadership perspective, it is in my best interest to ensure the work that the organization and its members are doing is shared with the wider world. We're proud of that work.So what's up with the shaming from folks about being excited about Threads? We get to reach more people, it's a fantastic opportunity! Folks need to stop asserting that others have a lack of values for simply wanting to connect with others.
       
 (DIR) Post #Act5UMsJls0GU1qgi0 by kaidao@fosstodon.org
       2023-12-16T15:18:43Z
       
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       @me 100%. While I agree and personally share the various concerns that I’ve seen regarding #Threads ActivityPub integration, I also believe that the whole point of AP (and open standards in general) is that anyone is able to use it and still communicate with each other. Assigning malice to those that have a different viewpoint is an unnecessary personal attack, and counterproductive to adoption.
       
 (DIR) Post #Act5VIsg6gkoNwSnK4 by downey@floss.social
       2023-12-16T17:08:01Z
       
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       @kaidaoThank you. Since its creation, our instance has always been clear and consistent that our instance values human rights first and foremost, and abuse of those rights by individuals or instance operators is grounds for removal.We don't ask everyone everywhere to share those same values, only the people we allow into and to remain in our space. There are plenty of places to go for those prioritize other values more highly.@me
       
 (DIR) Post #Act5VJclLLcKgs1b9c by me@joshuastrobl.social
       2023-12-16T17:13:21Z
       
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       @downey @kaidao "We don't ask everyone everywhere to share those same values"No but you assert that anyone that doesn't 100% align with you clearly must be bought out or claim someone has a lack of values, which is completely off-base. The world is not black and white.