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Konaburd

@davidrevoy Can someone explain this to me I do not understand :[

7 Jul 2023 at 5:50 | Wall-to-wall | Open on squawk.social
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Sunoo

@Konaburd Got some real “I’m 14 and this is deep” vibes.

7 Jul 2023 at 5:53 | Open on kitsunet.org
Konaburd

@sunoo I'm not even sure what it is about. Is Threads part of the fediverse? And if so can't it just be blocked if people wish to?

7 Jul 2023 at 5:54 | Open on squawk.social
Sunoo

@Konaburd Not yet, but Meta has announced plans for it to interoperate with Mastodon. And yes, it could be.

7 Jul 2023 at 5:55 | Open on kitsunet.org
Konaburd
StargazerBird :gphn_nom_verified:

@Konaburd @EricMalves the funny thing is the fediverse is supposed to be free and open… except when the majority decide to not be.

7 Jul 2023 at 6:12 | Open on squawk.social
Konaburd

@StargazerBird @EricMalves I'm not surprised because it feels very anti-capitalist anti-corporation over here which I feel is a good thing.

7 Jul 2023 at 6:19 | Open on squawk.social
StargazerBird :gphn_nom_verified:

@Konaburd @EricMalves but you see what I’m getting at? Then it’s not actually free and open if the majority can just decide who and who not to allow connections.

7 Jul 2023 at 6:27 | Open on squawk.social
Konaburd

@StargazerBird @EricMalves Corporations are evil and if you let evil in it will just spread. It's the same reason you can't tolerate intolerance.

It is free for any private person but it is also ultimately controlled by the people so I think they should get to choose who they keep around or allow in. Corporations just want to take everything and monetize it.

7 Jul 2023 at 6:40 | Open on squawk.social
caws :verified: -a-bit

@Konaburd a large rather unfriendly company can potentially kill the fediverse, through a strategy known as 'embrace, extend, extinguish'. imagine this (simplified) scenario:

1. A majority of the fediverse chooses to accept federation with Threads. support is good, improvements are made, and everyone is happy for now.
2. Meta adds new features to Threads that don't work with other instances
3. Users upset that these new features break on other instances, and are forced to switch to Threads as the other instances become 'obsolete'.

This happened numerous times in the software world. For a company like Meta, this is quite realistic.

@Konaburd a large rather unfriendly company can potentially kill the fediverse, through a strategy known as 'embrace, extend, extinguish'. imagine this (simplified) scenario:

1. A majority of the fediverse chooses to accept federation with Threads. support is good, improvements are made, and everyone is happy for now.
2. Meta adds new features to Threads that don't work with other instances
3. Users upset that these new features break on other instances, and are forced to switch to Threads as the other...

7 Jul 2023 at 6:35 | Open on furry.engineer
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