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Does Lemm.ee plan to de-federate from instagram threads? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I cam here to get away from all the corporate BS, but suddenly people want to welcome Facebook/Meta to the fediverse? I cannot fathom how people see their intentions as pure or innocent, especially since they aim to profit off of the open source software everyone has worked so hard on.

I just don’t see how the fediverse survives if it decides to let these massive companies make their instances. It feels like it’ll be a repeat of the rise of social media, where all the smaller forms got wiped out by large, consolidated social media platforms.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If instances start blocking other instances, that is where the federative system starts falling apart. Don't subscribe to anything you don't want to participate in, but don't make that decision for others. My two cents.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

federation means that you cant make that decision for others, as they can set up shop in an instance thats more conservative with their defederation

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

I'd like to challenge this... I think that's the entire point of federation and a great strength of the system.

It does put the onus on us as users to choose a home instance meaningfully. The only instance that 100% aligns to your individual preferences is the one you run yourself, which is an option.

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

I totally agree. Having said that I would change instance if mine restricted what I could view or reach.