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mcc Jul 5, 2023

[POLL] (Part 1 of 2— if you vote in one poll please vote in the other— if you boost one poll please boost the other)

How do you, personally, feel about an app owned by the company that calls itself "Meta" (the operators of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and now "Threads") soon federating with "Mastodon"/"The ActivityPub Fediverse"?

Opposed

36.3%

Alarmed

30.2%

Supportive

9.9%

Indifferent

23.6%

Poll ended at Jul 6, 2023 at 9:57pm.

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mcc Jul 5, 2023

[POLL] (Part 2 of 2— if you vote in one poll please vote in the other— if you boost one poll please boost the other)

How do you, personally, feel about https://tumblr.com/ soon federating with "Mastodon"/"The ActivityPub Fediverse"?

Opposed

6.8%

Alarmed

8.2%

Supportive

38.6%

Indifferent

46.5%

Poll ended at Jul 6, 2023 at 9:57pm.

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mcc Jul 5, 2023

Note, I don't think text replies to this thread are helpful. I just want to test something specific.

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mcc Jul 6, 2023

Results from this poll: With ~620 respondents,

66% are opposed or alarmed to "Threads" [Instagram] joining Mastodon/Fediverse.

85% are supportive or indifferent to Tumblr doing the same.

Here's why I made this poll:

It seems odd at first the Fediverse is all about connecting platforms but its users are so vehemently opposed to "Threads".

What this poll implies is Mastoverse users are *not* opposed to corporate presence in the Fediverse. This is a trust issue with Facebook *specifically*.

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Ultraklystron (Karl Olson)

@mcc makes perfect sense to me. Tumblr in Automattic's hands has shown a commitment to working for the remaining community there, which shows they're trying to be good actors. They show they're worth federating with. Meta has never shown atonement for any of their myriad sins without being taken to court or legally regulated to do so.