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This is gonna be really funny when Meta launches Threads. Mastodon is already in a froth over whether we absolutely without question block all Meta instances f

by jtode 3y ago

This is gonna be really funny when Meta launches Threads. Mastodon is already in a froth over whether we absolutely without question block all Meta instances from the Federation, or whether we should leave the door open for known bad actors and give them a chance at collecting all our data and ruining this too. Adoption will be a torrent in a moment, and most likely a lot of the current users will be on a splinter Federation, much like we're already splintered from Gab. I can't speak for everyone, but I think I speak for most of us when I say that we like it exactly like it is, cause right now it feels better than any other social thing I have used on the internet, going right back to irc.

rchaud 3y ago
It's going to be hard for FB to get people to download yet another app to see short-form posts. And early indications are that it won't be federated at the start.
- jtode 3y ago
  The Federation is mostly treating it as an active threat from a hostile entity.
  - bookofjoe 3y ago
    For a sec there I thought I was reading a preview of a new season of "The Expanse."
    - jtode 3y ago
      I own with no shame at all that having joined a Federation which has a Ferengi-like enemy currently making plans to invade, it's just delightful. I am so up for this fight, because this MOREEYEBALLSFASTER mentality is like a set of horse blinders on those who exhibit it. The VC viewpoint seems to be that we need more people over there in Mastodon, but the fact of the matter is that I am having the best interactions I have ever had on the internet, and a bunch of Facebook people, well, it would be like back in January of 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, when all the CMKs (Christmas Modem Kiddies) showed up and filled the BBSes with inane stupidity for a few weeks, until they found a new distraction. Then later, you know, on Usenet, we used to complain daily about the idiocy of AOL users who had been provided with an easy onramp to fill up our boards with inane stupidity, but unlike the CMKs who would fade out after a while, like a yearly fishfly life cycle, the AOL people just kept coming and coming and coming. The line must be drawn here! This far, no further!

by jtode 3y ago

rchaud 3y ago

It's going to be hard for FB to get people to download yet another app to see short-form posts. And early indications are that it won't be federated at the start.

jtode 3y ago
The Federation is mostly treating it as an active threat from a hostile entity.
- bookofjoe 3y ago
  For a sec there I thought I was reading a preview of a new season of "The Expanse."
  - jtode 3y ago
    I own with no shame at all that having joined a Federation which has a Ferengi-like enemy currently making plans to invade, it's just delightful. I am so up for this fight, because this MOREEYEBALLSFASTER mentality is like a set of horse blinders on those who exhibit it. The VC viewpoint seems to be that we need more people over there in Mastodon, but the fact of the matter is that I am having the best interactions I have ever had on the internet, and a bunch of Facebook people, well, it would be like back in January of 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, when all the CMKs (Christmas Modem Kiddies) showed up and filled the BBSes with inane stupidity for a few weeks, until they found a new distraction. Then later, you know, on Usenet, we used to complain daily about the idiocy of AOL users who had been provided with an easy onramp to fill up our boards with inane stupidity, but unlike the CMKs who would fade out after a while, like a yearly fishfly life cycle, the AOL people just kept coming and coming and coming. The line must be drawn here! This far, no further!