I think it's pretty safe to say that the majority of us are here to avoid another corporate takeover of our preferred platforms. It would seem to me to be a tad irresponsible to allow Facebook into our space with open arms, allowing them to hoover up our data. I would love to keep using Lemmy.world, but will happily change instances if need be, and I feel many share that sentiment.

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[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Well, right now Meta is pushing, not pulling. Meaning, Threads content can be displayed on Masto, but not the other way around.

IMHO, the bigger threat is having Threads content completely dominate other activity pub clients. Other clients / communities could get dependent on it. Then Meta is basically a drug dealer with leverage.

Data collection doesn’t bother me too much. I’m not going to install their client and all of the behavior trackers that come with it, and my activity pub content is already freely available to query on the internet. If they want it, they already have access to it. Everyone does.

[–] webjukebox@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Data collection doesn’t bother me too much. I’m not going to install their client and all of the behavior trackers that come with it, and my activity pub content is already freely available to query on the internet. If they want it, they already have access to it. Everyone does.

I will be able to follow and see friends' posts and sports teams' posts through Mastodon without needing a Meta account nor install their shitty apps.

All I posted via fediverse is public already, traveling into some obscure instances, so I don't care if Meta uses or shares my public posts.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Honestly I like the ActivityPub idea. If ActivityPub becomes mainstream I am fleeing mainstream social media.

[–] PropaGandalf@lemmy.world -1 points 10 months ago

Or you could just create your own locked down, nerdy circlejerk instance for people like you.

[–] PoolloverNathan@programming.dev 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

How to Kill a Decentralised Network (such as the Fediverse)

[–] MostlyHarmless@sh.itjust.works 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This article is so misleading. XMPP died for the same reason all technology dies. No one used it. Even if Google hadn't ever used it, it would still be dead. I know this because Google Talk and ALL Google chat apps are dead. WhatsApp killed them all.

[–] FuzzChef@feddit.de 0 points 10 months ago

I'd even argue xmpp isn't dead at all, it's usage just isn't obvious to the end user.