“Meta is now automatically muting all posts that mention...

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

https://mastodon.ar.al/@queue@todon.eu/112130436367389679

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

There must be some mistake.

¹ https://www.platformer.news/mastodon-interview-eugen-rochko-meta-bluesky-threads-federation/

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

Like 21 March at 11:07 | Open on mastodon.ar.al

20 comments

DELETED

@aral Writing, meet wall.

Fork early, fork often.

21 March at 11:08 | Open on mastodon.online

Newk

@weilawei @aral

Fork em all!

21 March at 11:10 | Open on infosec.exchange

🇵🇸 damaged gods 🇺🇦

@aral

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

21 March at 11:16 | 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 | Open on mastodon.ar.al

spla :senyera: :fed: :vim:

@aral I see tones of Threads's posts under #Pixelfed hashtag. Seems Meta is not muting them at all?

Q Pixelfed
andynico 1d
Apparently Meta hide any posts that reference
Pixelfed, so this is a test ...
5 replies • 6 likes
ricmac 1d
••.
Replying to @ricmac
2/2 | learned that marketers are being encouraged
to move away from "pay-to-play" of influencers to
creating website content for "earned traffic". This
kind of strategy would seem to be a good match
with the emerging fediverse, where participants are
encouraged to own their own content and connect
to third-party services (like Mastodon or Threads
for micro-blogging or Pixelfed for photo sharing).
Fediverse Threads
3 likes
#
+
thelordsplodge 1d
Replying to @andynico
I see this post. I don't know what Pixelfed is though.
1 reply • 1 like
info_rosalie * 14/12/23
+ Workina on Pixelfed too (federated instaaram).
Pixelfed...

21 March at 11:17 | Open on mastodont.cat

Aral Balkan

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

21 March at 11:19 | 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 | 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 | Open on mastodon.social

JW prince of CPH

@aral "Federation" my butt...

21 March at 11:20 | Open on norrebro.space

Eliz Vinda

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

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

Outwit Playlist

@aral lol. strong told you so vibes.

21 March at 11:22 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Open on kamu.social

Stefan

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

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

DELETED

@aral That’s an antitrust violation, no?

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

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

21 March at 12:24 | 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 | 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.