HyrulianJul 6, 2023

What reason could Zuckerberg and Meta possibly have for wanting to create a federated social media site?

https://lemmy.world/post/1109496

What reason could Zuckerberg and Meta possibly have for wanting to create a federated social media site? - Lemmy.world

I’m just curious what you folks think. The whole idea of the Fediverse seems to go against everything Meta has stops for with their existing platforms (Facebook and Instagram). What are they after? Are they going to try and infiltrate it so they can get people’s data and content? Are they trying to monetize it? It just doesn’t add up. I feel like most people on the Fediverse already would agree that we don’t want Meta’s platforms to access our content. Please excuse my ignorance if it doesn’t work like I think it does. I’m relatively new to the Fediverse myself.

Show threadFredselfish

I think they want to destroy it. They don’t want us to have freedom away from their data collection and ad bombardments.

Best way to do so is to get in. Some one posted an article about what they want to do.

Here the article ploum.net/2023-06-23-how-to-kill-decentralised-ne…

This is why Mete wants in.

How to Kill a Decentralised Network (such as the Fediverse)

How to Kill a Decentralised Network (such as the Fediverse) par Ploum - Lionel Dricot.

Jul 6, 2023 at 7:57pmWeb
Show threadGraphineJul 6, 2023
The bright side is that given the open nature of decentralized networks, nobody is forced to use whatever Meta shits out.
Show threadCrimeRadishJul 6, 2023
Yeah but people will. And the article explains how this can lead to the “death” of the open-protocol version.
Show threadribbooJul 6, 2023
It seems so weird though. The fediverse is small. Extremely small. They are taking on Twitter. A million users on mastodon doesn’t matter when Twitter has 250 million.
Show threaddamnthefilibusterJul 6, 2023
Holy shit thanks for the link. That’s a very good write up explaining why we should be very wary of Meta’s intents. And the wiki page link was gold. Fuckers truly want to Embrace and Extinguish.
Show threadFredselfishJul 6, 2023
You’re welcome. I thought it was a greart write up and help me understand what was going on as well.
Show threadMatengJul 6, 2023
Yes, a very good article. I have the feeling I have another peace of the puzzle now.
Show threadSpurtonJul 6, 2023
I remember that. So the question begs how does the current federated ecosystem stay away from that? Never trust any company if they say they want to work together?