How to Kill a Decentralised Network (such as the Fediverse) écrit par Ploum, Lionel Dricot, ingénieur, écrivain de science-fiction, développeur de logiciels libres.

With Meta starting to actually implement ActivityPub, I think it would be a good idea to remind everyone of what they are most likely going to do.

  • 👁️👄👁️@lemm.eeEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Meta does not give a shit to absorb the fedi. We are like a thousandth of their size, just a blip on their radar. I have no idea where people get this idea of self importance that Meta cares about their 10 user server.

    • Banana_man@reddthat.comEnglish
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      11 months ago

      If they didn’t why would they develop tools to federate? It’s obvious that the threads project was sped up significantly following musk’s obliteration of Twitter, so they wouldn’t go out of their way to implement such a feature if they didn’t have a very specific reason for it.

      A company’s goal is maximization of profit, so don’t assume they intend anything else. The activitypub userbase is too small to be a significant addition to their userbase but in this way they can destroy it before it escapes their control. They don’t take risks. Mastodon could seriously compete with threads and it’s gaining popularity. If one more big boom happens it might be too late to stop the fediverse from competing with meta in the most cost efficient way possible. Do not be lured in by the false sense of security, meta wants us to help maximize their profit. We aren’t doing that right now so Meta wants to stop us (or limit us, whatever they deem more profitable)

      • Crashumbc@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        11 months ago

        Meta’s involvement is to “poison pill” fediverse if it really starts to take off. Or just outright buy the bigger/best parts and leave the rest wither…

    • XYZinferno@lemmy.basedcount.comEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Might be because of Threads, and Meta seeking to use ActivityPub themselves.

      I don’t disagree with you though; I don’t think the fedi is big enough at the moment to register as more than a blip on their radar, as you said.

      • kool_newt@lemm.eeEnglish
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        11 months ago

        Microsoft was using Embrace Extend, and Destroy against Linux 25 yrs ago when it was a blip compared to MS.

        This tactic is designed to be used against potential opponents before they become a real threat.

        • Minarble@aussie.zoneEnglish
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          11 months ago

          It costs peanuts to eliminate a weed in your yard when it first sprouts.

          It also gets the jump on your neighbours who might be interested in this little weed as well.

          Also you can’t have unmonetized weeds popping up everywhere they might inject colour and variety into your barren add riddled hellscape.