Nobody is suggesting that we destroy Threads. We just don't want to let it control the fediverse.
They will start setting standards that other instances will be pressured to follow. Those standards will be mechanisms to control the fediverse and make it a data-gathering ad & sales platform.
This us exactly the threat. They'll start setting standards that other instances will be pressured to follow. Those standards will be ways to control the fediverse and make it a propietary data-gathering and sales/advertising platform just like everything else.
Good news! Fuck Zuck!
Is there a page where we can see which instances are ban-crazy and which ones actually federate and communicate?
At this point I only pirate media that I can't find through legit means. I think it's honestly hilarious that they don't just make every movie or album available to purchase and download without DRM, since that would be the best way to combat piracy.
I pay for what I can, but I'm also a big Linux user who loves FOSS software. Adobe can get bent. I use Gimp, Krita, and Audacity/Tenacity.
Microsoft can also get bent.
I'm socially liberal and economically on the left (as in I like democracy, I accept capitalism, but I want a lot more socialist policies). Downtrodden people should be given assistance, but everyone else should be free to live out their power and ambition unless it gets in other people's way. I'm against most right wing political and social positions. But I'm even more against defederation and mass blocking. I don't want a safe space. There are too many things we need to process with conversation.
"Today's pirates are too mean!"
That's a great price for a vps. What host do you use?
I'm intrigued by the idea of nomadic communities jumping from platform to platform. Maybe that will become necessary. Each instance might be less stable than the mega-sites we're used to.
I agree.
BUT some degree of infighting means we're alive and engaged with the platform. I think it's healthy infighting.
They'll start setting standards, other instances will comply, and meta will control (or destroy) the fediverse.