The only benefit is that the Fediverse will have potentially more users as well as companies possibly following in METAs steps and integrating ActivityPub. This is a beneficial step for the internet but only time will tell how it actually plays out.

[–] Marsupial@quokk.au 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

More companies is the opposite of beneficial for the Internet.

We need a people oriented Internet.

[–] SamXavia@kbin.run -2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yes I get that but the only way people will feel like they can move across is by other bigger 'projects' being made like Threads that integrate and teach people the basics of the Fediverse before they possibly push off to Mastodon, Lemmy, Kbin, PixelFed, Ext.

This is a good step even if the people behind it are terrible hopefully having people interact with other communities will push people to move over to them instead of being in control of META or other big companies.

[–] Marsupial@quokk.au 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Growth is already steady, and the more these companies shoot themselves in the foot the more large migration waves we get.

Slightly speeding up an already naturally occurring process doesn’t seem worth the risks of allowing corps into our spaces.

[–] SamXavia@kbin.run 1 points 8 months ago

The problem is there's only so far that the general userbase will grow without the fall off big tech, the only one that is close to falling is X formally Twitter and I don't think most people want those sorts of people on here, not yet at least.

Sure you might be right in the way of the Fediverse growing but either way big tech is goanna want to join the Fediverse sooner or later, we might as well try and get as many users to jump the Big Tech ship and move to these platforms.