Eugen RochkoMar 10, 2023
If Meta is really working on a new ActivityPub-powered social network, I see it as a very positive signal overall--my personal feelings towards Meta notwithstanding. For one, it's validation for our entire ecosystem from the biggest player. It also tells me that they don't see themselves as strong enough to keep users locked inside their walled garden anymore. It means the tide is really turning for interoperable social media, and that's always been the goal.
Show threadChris TrottierMar 10, 2023

@Gargron My thoughts exactly. They see the future and they know it's not walled gardens.

More to the point, just because they're Meta doesn't mean they'll be successful.

Kodak was an early adopter of digital cameras, but they went bankrupt.

Why? Because they just couldn't leave film photography behind.

Show threadChris TrottierMar 10, 2023

@Gargron All of Facebook's recent successes aren't a result of innovation. Any recent success they have is because they either acquired or copied the competition.

Meta can't acquire the Fediverse. Therefore they copy.

But now they're on our terrain, and the game has changed. They don't get to set the rules anymore 🙂

Show threadMJMar 11, 2023
@atomicpoet and most people think Zuck is the "visionary"... I'd say @Gargron meets the true definition of that.
Show threadIshtarMar 12, 2023
@wpgne @atomicpoet @Gargron ikr! just check out this post of his from before he singlehandedly created the fediverse! his ingenuity is astounding
https://archive.ph/cgRjn
Show threadalex
@ishtar @Gargron @atomicpoet @wpgne this is such a bizarre resort to ad hominem. “calling out” someone because they made a positive comment on an incest ship in TWO THOUSAND AND TWELVE really is scraping the bottom of the barrel. the guy calling him a visionary seems a tad misguided but i mean really, what are you trying to prove here?
Mar 12, 2023 at 7:05pmWeb
Show threadIshtarMar 12, 2023
@amshepherd @Gargron @atomicpoet @wpgne "ad hominem" lmao what? not everything is a debate, I posted it because I thought it was funny. reddit debatebro-tier response to a throwaway joke.
Show threadalexMar 12, 2023
@ishtar @Gargron @atomicpoet @wpgne i’m not debatebro’ing anyone. i just think it’s a ridiculous thing to criticise someone on, and also rather insensitive and invasive to bring up.