Aral BalkanJun 20, 2023

It’s very interesting to see who in the fediverse is falling in line behind Silicon Valley and Big Tech and who is not.

And no, we can’t all just get along.

Big Tech is the antithesis of the cooperative and humanitarian values of federation and decentralisation. You can either be an apologist for surveillance capitalists or support the nascent ethical alternatives to their toxic business model that’s detrimental to human rights and democracy.

Pick a side. History will remember your choice.

Show threadMastodon MigrationJun 20, 2023
@aral It is easy to get drawn into divisive rhetoric. Assume these demons are intentionally sowing dissention, are you not doing their bidding by gunning down half of our side before the enemy even arrives at the gate? We win this by standing together against corporate predation, by building solid consensus based on real information, not by creating chaos with assumptions and purity tests. You are right, this is a terrible threat, but we have the power here if we are smart, prepared and united.
Show threadMiKlo:~/citizen4.eu$💙💛Jun 20, 2023
@mastodonmigration @aral And what else is Aral's call but to stand together to face the enemy. On the right side...
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@miklo @aral The entire "with us or against us" frame generates polarization. It is not clear what exactly is "for" and what is "against" yet, because we don't have real information, just assumptions. The implied consequence of not passing this ambiguous purity test is to be deemed an enemy before we even understand what the real enemy is up to. Most everyone here is against FB dominating our Fediverse. Let's educate and train them for what's to come, not alienate them.
Jun 20, 2023 at 8:26amWeb
Show threadOblomovJun 20, 2023
@mastodonmigration @miklo @aral that's the thing, it's not true that most here are against. A lot of Twitter migration users would be more than happy with it.
Show threadOblomovJun 20, 2023
@mastodonmigration @miklo @aral
(For reference: <https://sociale.network/@oblomov/110575602869308551>)
Oblomov (@[email protected])

Allegato: 1 immagine Well at least now they are starting to say the quiet part loud, and unsurprisingly it's the fact that they don't actually care about open protocols and federation, and are perfectly fine with the genocidal corporate silos:

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