Mack comments on Meta's decentralized social plans confirmed. Is Embrace-Extend-Extinguish of the Fediverse next?

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[–] Mack@kbin.social 43 points 3 years ago (2 children)

I'm glad to see my server doesn't plan on federating with anything Meta hosts. I really don't like the 'wait and see' approach; Meta has shown its true colors time and time before, they have not earned their trust.

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[–] MoonRocketeer@beehaw.org 4 points 3 years ago

Mine seems to be defending the idea, so I'm looking to move soon just not sure where anymore or when. It's frustrating because it's hard to find any actual positions he actually has on this topic when his timeline is just endless boosts giving people props for defending this. indieweb.social if anyone is curious.

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[–] CynAq@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago

What I don't understand with the "wait and see" people is the presupposition that it means to federate day 1 and see if they fuck things up to decide if defederation is needed. Their reasoning often includes "two clicks" as if the amount of effort defederation takes was the concern people had.

"Let's wait and see how they behave first, and then decide if we can federate safely" is just as much a "wait and see" stance, and it should take two clicks as well.

Why do we have to get exposed first and react later when we can observe first and then decide if we want it or not?

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