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Just had someone asking why I'm so worried about Meta/Facebook's involvement in the Fediverse. Have people forgotten what they have done?

"Facebook owner Meta’s dangerous algorithms and reckless pursuit of profit substantially contributed to the atrocities perpetrated by the Myanmar military against the Rohingya people"

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/09/myanmar-facebooks-systems-promoted-violence-against-rohingya-meta-owes-reparations-new-report/

"Facebook ‘lets vigilantes in Ethiopia incite ethnic killing’"

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/feb/20/facebook-lets-vigilantes-in-ethiopia-incite-ethnic-killing

"Facebook must pay a record-breaking $5 billion fine as part of a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, by far the largest penalty ever imposed on a company for violating consumers' privacy rights."

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2019/07/24/facebook-pay-record-5-billion-fine-u-s-privacy-violations/1812499001/

Do we want the Fediverse to be like this?

Meta/Facebook has a consistent track record of doing terrible things despite knowing they harm (and possibly kill) people. They know this is going on but they don't care: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/growth-at-any-cost-top-facebook-executive-defended-data#.yuervQD6D

The Fediverse should be shunning Meta/Facebook by any means at our disposal.

Myanmar: Facebook’s systems promoted violence against Rohingya; Meta owes reparations – new report

Amnesty International
Jun 22, 2023 at 10:32amWeb
Show threadBob Mottram :debian:Jun 22, 2023
@FediThing Reading some of the blurb it appears that what is going on is that Zuck is observing Twitter melting down and thinking that he can do his own version of Twitter to pick up the users who are running, not walking, away from the Musk-made hellscape. Mastodon compatibility will be a minor aspect, but the Z-Man needs it initially to mop up disgruntled Twitter evacs. Once those have been assimilated into his new platform then he can dump Mastodon compatibility. Rather like what Slack did with xmpp or irc. Pull up the drawbridge.

I very much doubt that Zucker has even the teensy-weensyest inkling of interest in decentralization, but he needs to play that game initially to onboard users.
Show threadFediThing has moved!Jun 22, 2023

@bob

Yeah, the difference in scale is just too large for the Fedi to have any significance to him. Facebook still has billions of users compared to the Fedi's millions.

As you say, presumably he was just impressed with how the Fedi became the default alternative to Twitter and wants that for himself.

Show threadMaarten PelgrimJun 22, 2023
@FediThing good thing FB doesn't control the Fediverse then
Show threadMeow.tar.gz  Jun 22, 2023
@FediThing We definitely neither want nor need #Meta to participate in the #fediverse. If #Meta is welcomed, I will make my exit. I've taken great pains to be free from Meta since November of 2017. I will never go back for any reason. Joining #Facebook was a regrettable decision in the first place.
Show threadFediThing has moved!Jun 22, 2023

@ablackcatstail

You can leave/block servers that welcome them, and join/support servers that block them?

Show threadMeow.tar.gz  Jun 22, 2023
@FediThing That's a good point.
Show threadGATEKEEPERJun 22, 2023
@FediThing
The Fediverse is a threat to Elmo and Fuckberg. Do the math.