Meta and Mastodon – What’s really on people’s minds?
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​ There has been a lot of chatter about the decision of some instances on Mastodon to pre-emptively block Meta’s purported new ActivityPub-compatible service: Dare Obasanjo: It’s a weird own …

A very detailed article about the whole Meta (Instagram/Threads) vs. Fediverse discussions. It’s a long read, but well-worth it if you’re interested in the subject.

I would be ok with allowing federation until they (inevitably) cause problems.

  • Push Ad spam: Defederated
  • Allow hate groups and blatant disinformation to spread: Defederated
  • Try strong-arming changes to the fediverse?: Believe it or not - Defederated
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