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To the admins- will lemmy.world block Facebook's Threads or are you open to federating with them in the future? (self.support)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by YellowtoOrange to c/support

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https://ploum.net/2023-06-23-how-to-kill-decentralised-networks.html

Many of us do not trust Facebook and anything it is associated with or swallows up.

EDIT:

https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/05/adam-mosseri-says-metas-threads-app-wont-have-activitypub-support-at-launch/

"Instagram head Adam Mosseri said "

““Soon, you’ll be able to follow and interact with people on other fediverse platforms, such as Mastodon. They can also find people on Threads using full usernames, such as @[email protected].””

“We’re committed to building support for ActivityPub, the protocol behind Mastodon, into this app. We weren’t able to finish it for launch given a number of complications that come along with a decentralized network, but it’s coming,” he said.

“If you’re wondering why this matters, here’s a reason: you may one day end up leaving Threads, or, hopefully not, end up de-platformed. If that ever happens, you should be able to take your audience with you to another server. Being open can enable that.”

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Your choice is in which instance you sign up to, meaning you find somewhere you agree with the admins' choices. If your views are so unique that no such place exists, you start your own instance.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Well, yeah, that's how it works now.

I'm looking at an improvement to the current system. Admin views can change, and in this scenario they're a form of centralized power and responsibility. Delegating this particular power and responsibility to the user would remove the additional burden of moderation and allow the admins to focus on running the instance rather than policing the Fediverse.

Giving users the choice of where their content is federated seems like a happy medium for all parties concerned. The admins don't have to get political and the users can stay away from the Zuckening if they want to.

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

This would be a mess to support on a server and I don't blame anyone not wanting to pay to host that much wasted processing power. You can start a server for under $50. Admins have the power to do what they want on the servers they own. Federation works on a per-server basis. You can block who you don't want to see. Some even allow you to block entire instances. But federation at the user level is ridiculous on its face and would require ridiculous server power.

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

As someone who works with large data on a daily basis, no, it's not.

Gonna point you to my post here.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I don't think you read the comment close enough or all the way through. Blocking is not defederation.