List of Instances pledging to block Meta Instances
3 years ago by EnjoiNakMuay to c/privacy
Because they'll simply be here to mine data, monitor and somehow monitise it.
Here is a list of the Fediverse instances that have agreed to block any meta owned/run instances that may arise
I'm out of the loop, what are meta instances?
Meta met privately with stux (runs mstdn.social) and supposedly discussed starting a new federated platform. People are planning to defederate because this gives Meta free reign to inject ads through federation, and are angry that admins/mods are meeting privately with a for profit corporation make decisions within what is an open source community with open source software
More is not better. Also if you think Facebook, Meta or the zuck are good people, you haven't been paying attention.
Its not like you have to use their instances. What harm will it cause, if anything it'd benefit us.
It won't benefit us. Big Tech's goal ultimately is Embrace Extend Extinguish with...everything. That last E, "extinguish", can be substituted with "own" or "dominate".
Look at React. They created it. Now, look at VS Code. Made by Microsoft. VSC has telemetry built in.
These are now ubiquitous tools. They're so ubiquitous that knowing React is practically necessary if you want to do frontend. You may as well use VS Code while you're at it.
The implications of allowing them to have any influence or participation are huge.
Now tons of businesses rely on Meta's framework just to survive. They also dictate the terms - how it can be used, whether or not royalties are necessary, license compatibility, who you are allowed to compete against - the sky is the limit.
It all boils down to status quo.
lemmy.ml isn't on there either. 😬
I don't think you'll see many lemmmy instances on the list, since it's going to be viewed primarily as a microblogging issue.
But folks using Fediverse microblogging platforms can still read Lemmy posts and comments. Meta can still pull content for whatever it is they want to do, and a large number of poorly moderated users can still find Lemmy communities. So it should still be on people's minds.
Yep, it looks as if they're working on a Twitter alternative that'd use the ActivityPub protocol, which Mastodon, Lemmy, Peertube, Kbin, etc all use.
FediDB will be shutting down in July (2023) according to its creator. The list of username's that pledged can be found on fedipact.online
I believe a lot more instances will block Meta once more details come out (I know the instance I'm on is talking).
The best way would be to run your own Lemmy instance and defederate from Meta instances - even if the fediverse is infected you can theoretically cut the cancer yourself.
Of course, for that you'd have to self-host it, which takes time and maintenance
Yes. It's that company.
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@lemmy.ml
A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.
Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.
In this community everyone is welcome to post links and discuss topics related to privacy.
Some Rules
- Posting a link to a website containing tracking isn't great, if contents of the website are behind a paywall maybe copy them into the post
- Don't promote proprietary software
- Try to keep things on topic
- If you have a question, please try searching for previous discussions, maybe it has already been answered
- Reposts are fine, but should have at least a couple of weeks in between so that the post can reach a new audience
- Be nice :)
Related communities
much thanks to @gary_host_laptop for the logo design :)
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Everyone should block their leeching arses
save