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Aral Balkan

“Meta is now automatically muting all posts that mention PixelFed, so its users can’t read about any alternatives to its services.”

mastodon.ar.al/@queue@todon.eu

But I’m confused… Mastodon gGmbH and Meta Platforms, Inc. are besties according to Mastodon gGmbH CEO.¹

There must be some mistake.

¹ platformer.news/mastodon-inter

#mastodon #meta #facebook #pixelfed #surveillanceCapitalism #peopleFarmers #SiliconValley #BigTech #monopolies #fediverse

21 March at 11:07 | Open on mastodon.ar.al
20 comments
weilawei

@aral Writing, meet wall.

Fork early, fork often.

21 March at 11:08 | Reply | Open on mastodon.online
🇵🇸 damaged gods 🇺🇦

@aral

it's almost like they are, what do we call them, useful something or another

21 March at 11:16 | Reply | Open on todon.eu
Aral Balkan

@big_louse It’s on the tip of my tongue, if only I could think of the word…

21 March at 11:17 | Reply | Open on mastodon.ar.al
spla :senyera: :vim:

@aral I see tones of Threads's posts under #Pixelfed hashtag. Seems Meta is not muting them at all?
21 March at 11:17 | Reply | Open on mastodont.cat
Aral Balkan

@spla It’s an opaque box so who knows.

21 March at 11:19 | Reply | Open on mastodon.ar.al
Kévin ⏚

@spla @aral its a bit more complex than a search term - they make it algorithmically difficult to find posts and have them presented to you.

For example, I like men and cats, the more posts I like that fall in this category I get more of that in my feed.

Muting can be full, as in you can't find anything or flooding your timeline with anything but, thus killing any potential traffic from people who maybe interested in the topic.

As Aral said, it's an opaque box

21 March at 11:42 | Reply | Open on social.coop
3dcandy

@spla @aral I have a theory, and it has been backed up by a few others. Most instances have already blocked meta from federating with them - it is this that is causing these issues...

21 March at 11:49 | Reply | Open on mastodon.social
JW prince of CPH
Eliz Vinda

@aral noone is surprised. (I bet not even the bootlickers)

21 March at 11:20 | Reply | Open on mamot.fr
Outwit Playlist

@aral lol. strong told you so vibes.

21 March at 11:22 | Reply | Open on infosec.exchange
owzim

@aral making it hard to find infos on a competing product? That has be illegal ... #meta #pixelfed #fediverse #threads

21 March at 11:55 | Reply | Open on mastodon.social
Stefan

@owzim
why would it be illegal? Pixelfed is not a revenue generating company. It's only illegal if they are financially hurting the competition. For example if they blocked Mastodon, which is a register company (gGmbH) in Germany.
@aral

21 March at 12:03 | Reply | Open on c.im
don't be an evil dick 🌈

@aral Website boy doesn't like pixelfed either, I guess?

21 March at 12:00 | Reply | Open on kamu.social
Stefan

@aral
They don't block mentions of Mastodon. What's your point?

21 March at 12:00 | Reply | Open on c.im
Mizah

@aral That’s an antitrust violation, no?

21 March at 12:16 | Reply | Open on macrofurs.social
F4GRX Sébastien

@aral sounds good for threads/mastodon federation, eh?

21 March at 12:24 | Reply | Open on chaos.social
Uraael

@aral@mastodon.ar.al

> But I’m confused… Mastodon gGmbH and Meta Platforms, Inc. are besties according to Mastodon gGmbH CEO.¹

Mastodon isn't Pixelfed? It seems Meta are able to compartmentalise between Masto and other Fediverse softwares in ways some of us apparently still can't.

Shitty what Meta are doing but their actions have nothing to do with the specific Meta-Masto relationship other than providing a warning to Masto about how Meta operate?

21 March at 12:37 | Reply | Open on blahaj.zone
Caio C. G. Oliveira

@aral I have just published 2 posts on threads citing #pixelfed. Let's see if someone sees them or they get silenced by the platform. If they get to be silenced, it would be shameful. Not surprising, but shameful.

21 March at 12:46 | Reply | Open on mastodon.social
Natasha Nox 🇺🇦🇵🇸

@aral I'm sure @Gargron will love to hear this.
Perhaps this will finally get through to him.

21 March at 12:47 | Reply | Open on chaos.social
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