QuokkaJun 25, 2023

Regarding the position of scicomm.xyz on #Meta and in the Fediverse, #FediPact etc.

After discussion between myself and the other mods and considering the views expressed by the people on our instance we have decided that pre-emptive blocking of Meta is warranted.

There is more detail on the background and explanation of this decision in a post on our companion site, here:
https://about.scicomm.xyz/doku.php?id=blog:2023:0625_meta_on_the_fediverse_to_block_or_not_to_block

Thanks to our people for their comments and suggestions to help us reach this decision.

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Show threadThe Linux Fraud
@quokka Is there anyway to know which instances are signing these NDA's and having these "off the record" meetings? It would just suck for the people who aren't really on top of the whole Meta thing (kinda like me) to all of a sudden be apart of an instance who is working with Meta.
Jun 26, 2023 at 5:13pmWeb
Show threadQuokkaJun 26, 2023

@thelinuxfraud I am not aware of any list like that yet. Presumably the NDA also says that they can't talk about signing an NDA.

However, about the only thing we know for sure is that mastodon.social is at the heart of the plans with Meta.

Fortunately it is easy to migrate your account from one instance to another: https://fedi.tips/transferring-your-mastodon-account-to-another-server/

If you find one that suits your interests, you could DM their admin and ask what their plans are re: Meta federation before you make the move.

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Show threadThe Linux FraudJun 26, 2023

@quokka Yeah, no. That makes complete sense seeing that they're signing NDA's.

I appreciate you letting me know that about mastodon.social. That was one of the main reasons that I asked. I signed up to this instance on a whim before I had an idea on what Mastodon really was. I appreciate you and the others that I've seen on here being super transparent in sharing all the information that you all have. A lot of people like myself may have not found out before it was too late. 🙌