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A very detailed article about the whole Meta (Instagram/Threads) vs. Fediverse discussions. It's a long read, but well-worth it if you're interested in the subject.

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[–] Rentlar@beehaw.org 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

If I run my own instance, I can choose who I share with and who I don't.

The simple fact of the matter is that I don't want my data to be Zucc'd, and clearly I'm not the only one who thinks that way.

[–] HiT3k@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Exactly, and that's why the response has been so negative. Every instance that federates with another stores a complete copy of the posts and comments from every federated user.

If the majority of instances do not defederate from a Meta instance, that Instance will inevitably become the primary destination for discussion, even between and by non Meta-Instance based users, just because the communities in that Instance will be so large and active.

Meta will then have carte blanche to collect data on a huge collection of users from outside their own Instance.

Fuck that.

[–] chamim@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

I don't use any Facebook products for a reason, and I would not want to have to move to a different instance if the one I chose would federate with Meta. And the same goes for other data-hoarding companies out there, in case they try to enter this space.

[–] Cube6392@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

That's the point of the fediverse: owning your own fediverse experience. This blog post assumes the point of the fediverse is fill distributed connectivity. I see that attitude a lot. And if that's what people want they deserve that. People deserve to interface with Project 93 how they feel like (be that enthusiastically, cautiously, or not at all)