Post AmZ9p0rfvuOTeZIRBA by aral@mastodon.ar.al
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 (DIR) Post #AmSPtdiN4vNWjQBckS by aral@mastodon.ar.al
       2024-09-28T09:05:16Z
       
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       Not partnering with trillion-dollar people-farming, human-rights-eroding, and democracy destroying surveillance capitalists like Meta should be the lowest of low bars when it comes to organisations that purport to work on ethical technology but, clearly, even that bar is just too fucking high for some.#SocialWebFoundation #SWF #fediverse #mastodon #pixelfed #vivaldi #writeAs #iftas #ghost #mammoth #meta #automattic #medium #flipboard #fordFoundation #fastly #institutionalCorruption #BigTech
       
 (DIR) Post #AmSQsnHY7b404KnkP2 by bojkotiMalbona@infosec.exchange
       2024-09-28T09:15:53Z
       
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       @aral Even more directly projects that claim to work on privacy missions cannot resist littering their Cloudflared website with Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and other garbage antithetical to their mission.I can understand to some extent them having a presence in those shitty walled gardens for outreach to those misled audiences, but when they proactively link into those shitholes from their public-facing website, it’s obviously quite disgusting.RMS gives good guidance in this scenario:https://stallman.org/facebook-presence.htmlThe links should go one-way: from the walled-garden to the free world.
       
 (DIR) Post #AmSR46eqQJDfLa5kXI by paintedsky@mastodon.gamedev.place
       2024-09-28T09:18:18Z
       
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       @aral they’re only too eager to help Meta do a bit of the ol’ reputation laundering, I guess
       
 (DIR) Post #AmSSbxRtGh5GaOjowK by hamishcampbell@mastodon.social
       2024-09-28T09:35:39Z
       
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       @aral The problem that #SocialWebFoundation are not addressing https://hamishcampbell.com/opening-a-space-to-build-alternatives-omn/ is about change and challenge, the #NGO path they take is missing this, they do it on purpose to keep a seat at the table, which could be useful, but rarely turn out to be.This can be fixed by https://hamishcampbell.com/tag/openprocess/ I understand this is a VERY UNCOMFORTABLE path for everyone, but it will work if backed up by https://hamishcampbell.com/?s=activism what do you think we can do to start this conversation?
       
 (DIR) Post #AmSYyGynvuOLFv9npw by unexpectedteapot@social.linux.pizza
       2024-09-28T10:46:57Z
       
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       @aral it's an attempt at a power grab Aral, even Meta aside, it is an illegitimate attempt to take over the cultural and technological aspects of decentralised social communication. Only makes sense that they're partnering up with a bully to fund their mission. Read their founder's bio on Fedi, he thinks he owns ActivityPub, unchallenged by even the author or co-editors, W3C, etc and now he wants to set the tone for the Social Web and Fediverse.
       
 (DIR) Post #AmSdqW6AKzfLbFimR6 by aral@mastodon.ar.al
       2024-09-28T11:41:22Z
       
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       @FediThing @paintedsky Here’s another, very recent one, for your list:https://newrepublic.com/post/185306/project-2025-dustin-carmack-meta#Meta #Project2025 #farRight #fascism #SocialWebFoundation #SWF #mastodon #pixelfed #etc #theCompanyYouKeep
       
 (DIR) Post #AmTVqbXpU3nA129SWO by kritikaPensulo@ieji.de
       2024-09-28T21:46:36Z
       
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       @aral Here’s an interesting example. This is a government agency tasked with defending digital rights in #Belgium:https://www.mediateurtelecom.be/article-rapport-annuel-2023/As you can see, they don’t merely have a link to their FB account. They actually direct the public to go to #Facebook and #MS #LinkedIn to get /public/ information (that is, info intended for the general public). I am blocked from the publications on that page because I do not have FB or LinkedIn.WTF.public money → public agency → private #walledgarden.
       
 (DIR) Post #AmZ6E9EFZa2P17aLwm by M1k3yv2@ioc.exchange
       2024-10-01T14:27:45Z
       
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       @aral what else could #SWF do if they join the fedivirce then the network effect keeping them in metas grasp will losen and we will get many more users
       
 (DIR) Post #AmZ8ligixONoSN2X6e by aral@mastodon.ar.al
       2024-10-01T14:56:16Z
       
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       @M1k3yv2 Goodness, those Meta folks must be really foolish, huh? Looks like they’re stepping straight into our trap.:awesome:👍
       
 (DIR) Post #AmZ8umssj22S4p3B56 by M1k3yv2@ioc.exchange
       2024-10-01T14:57:49Z
       
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       @aral they might still lock down settings export from there server
       
 (DIR) Post #AmZ9BVDxdcTOECsdlo by aral@mastodon.ar.al
       2024-10-01T15:00:57Z
       
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       @M1k3yv2 Shush, they might be listening… this could foil our ingenuous plan.🤫 #sic
       
 (DIR) Post #AmZ9VuVlKZLyRjwDdw by M1k3yv2@ioc.exchange
       2024-10-01T15:04:37Z
       
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       @aral if our plans relia on secrecy they might not be good enough
       
 (DIR) Post #AmZ9p0rfvuOTeZIRBA by aral@mastodon.ar.al
       2024-10-01T15:08:08Z
       
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       @M1k3yv2 We’re playing 4D chess.