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Will this instance be joining the fedipact? (vlemmy.net)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I've been hearing that Meta (Facebook) intends to join the fediverse. I have some very big concerns about that, as do apparently many others. There exists a group of instances called the fedipact which will not be federating with Meta, and I was wondering if this instance would be joining. So there is no ambiguity with this post: I have no desire to participate in any instance that is federated with Facebook, and will kindly pass on another Eternal September. Hope that doesn't come off as aggressive, that's just where I'm at.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

People don't want a repeat of what Google did with XMPP

Read this; it could happen to the fediverse as well

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sounds a lot like Blink, they fork WebKit, become the market leader and then start controlling the technology.

This sounds incredibly scary if Meta gobbles up all the new users. Interestingly XMPP seemed to go downhill exactly because they couldn’t afford to de-federate from Talk.

I am curious if the servers in OPs post can de-federate and survive.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I am curious if the servers in OPs post can de-federate and survive.

If the majority of the fediverse refuses to federate with Meta then this won't be a problem, because people on Meta's instance will never get used to interacting with people outside of it. And there will be no need for small instances to comply with Meta's demands in order to federate with them, because they won't be in a disadvantageous position if they don't.