@jens Big players like Meta, Google, Tencent, ByteDance, etc. would only stop posing a danger to the Fediverse when permanent interoperability is guaranteed, e.g. through a legal framework. If a law required social networks to support ActivityPub, they could embrace and extend, but not extinguish.

This conversation reminds me of the “facebook requiem” which calls to expropriate Facebook. Both would both lead to a better world, I'd wager. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aN3tCHUQsz8

@jens Looking at this thread, it is obvious that an #ActivityPub compatible Meta instance will fragment the Fediverse between those who see it as any other instance and those who want to defederate it. The split is nearly 50/50.

@jens@social.finkhaeuser.de I haven't made up my mind yet. On one hand, I would like to support freedom and anyone who's willing to play nice with open standards. On the other hand, #Facebook has a track record of not playing nice, only pretending to do so when it fits their marketing ploy to lure in people.

It's going to be a tough choice on what to do, if they even properly support #ActivityPub in the first place.