@Gargron
Honestly I am very concerned that federation with Meta will undermine Mastodon's core mission, which you proudly display on your website's landing page.

It's safe to assume that Meta will continue to algorithmically decide what appears on their users' feeds. After all, Meta is really in the advertising business, not the people-connecting business!

And they have a pool of what, a billion users that will immediately have the ability to sign in? Even with a small percentage of that, any instances federating with them will start seeing a lot more of whatever Meta is pushing to their own users' feeds, as those users become more likely to boost or share it.

Users on Mastodon/other Fediverse instances will find that their reach expands if they play to the Meta algorithms, and the 'non-algorithmic' culture here will quickly turn into the same inauthentic, commodified influencer posting that corporate, for-profit social media has become known for.

Federating with Meta could well end up ruining the exact thing that makes Mastodon and the Fediverse so exciting and appealing.

I hope that admins of large instances take some time to deeply consider these possibilities before federating with a company that has done so much damage to society.

@chrismessina @tonyg @alexeheath