Gregory's ServerIt’s ok to hold two opposing opinions in your mind at the same time, if the larger truth is more important. I don’t trust Zuck / Meta, but I also want them to federate with Mastodon. Even if they play power games later on, you can always jump to an instance that blocks them. The power is with you, the “user”, and that is what the web started out as and always should be. Besides, if it all turns to custard just start an indie blog and/or sail the world like the Scuttlebutt guy from NZ.
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 @ricmac And I would add: Meta/Threads adds momentum to the Fediverse, and that is good. Even if they turn evil with Threads, and everybody blocks them again a year or two in the future, some of the momentum will remain and that helps the rest of the fediverse.  @J12t @ricmac Even if Threads turns out to be a vector for evil, its adoption of open protocols ensures a smoother exit path for those who wish an alternative. It also means that those not using Threads aren't penalized by isolation from whatever good folk do. My primary concern is that Threads' federation will tend to freeze the ActivityPub server-2-server protocol in its current state -- even more so than Mastodon has already done. That would be unfortunate. We need to continue innovating. |
@ricmac Well put… 👍