Aurynn ShawJul 4, 2023

Finding I pretty strongly agree with this post

https://ianbetteridge.com/2023/06/21/meta-and-mastodon-whats-really-on-peoples-minds/

Meta and Mastodon – What’s really on people’s minds?

​ There has been a lot of chatter about the decision of some instances on Mastodon to pre-emptively block Meta’s purported new ActivityPub-compatible service: Dare Obasanjo: It’s a weird own …

Ian Betteridge
Show threadbazkie bumpercar | unfluencerJul 4, 2023

@aurynn I think this whole debate is kinda misunderstood. Instances can block or not block, based on their own policy. That is the beauty of the fediverse. So we don't need to universally choose whether or not to block Meta. People who like blocking will flock to instances that block them, and the other way around. It's all good.

I do find the article kinda misleading btw; the title is "what's really on people's minds" but then it will only quote people on one side lol

Show threadAurynn Shaw
@bazkie this is, in general, my take. Every instance gets to decide on their own terms of association, and that's a strength of the fedi as a whole.
Jul 4, 2023 at 11:10pmWeb