MOVED [email protected]Jun 23, 2023

oh, here's some JUICY rumored details about meta's plans for the fediverse

tl;dr "Meta will only federate with select larger instances from the beginning. There will be contracts which also provide for financial compensation for the instance owners."

can't entirely verify their validity but it's still worth posting just in case

#FediPact #barcelona #project92 #p92 #meta #facebook #fediverse #fediblockmeta #FediAdmin #MastoAdmin #threads

Show threadMOVED [email protected]Jun 23, 2023

y'know if this is true that makes The Pact's mission easier actually

all we have to do is convince big instance admins to not sell out lol

Show threadunlofl [Promoted Toot]Jun 23, 2023

@vantablack ugh, I'd wondered about that. Step 1: make large instances financially dependent on zuck step 2: intertwine the social graphs step 3: do anything they want because you need us and your users will be mad if you defederate!

This is gonna be a one-sided relationship, and whatever zuck offers will be gradually withdrawn to shift costs back onto instances. It will be a little like streamers, over time the deal will get worse and worse for anyone except the biggest.

Show threadunlofl [Promoted Toot]
@vantablack but maybe it's a useful line in the sand: defed servers who take the money, it's a conflict of interest in moderation. Trust user-funded servers that are transparent about funding, not whoever says it's no big deal don't worry about it but won't get specific because of an NDA.
Jun 23, 2023 at 3:13pmWeb
Show threadAlex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UKJun 23, 2023

@unlofl @vantablack

surely it will be very easy to catch instances which do this? All you would need to do is sign up as a new user on them and compare the UI / code / data traffic - to get the ads in it will be noticeably different between a "Meta" instance and a normal one...