Cam HuntDec 12, 2023
I was unable to post on Instagram this morning because I have a link in my account to mas.to (my mastodon instance). No idea which one of these Meta is accusing mas.to of, but this is why you should not trust Meta or federate with anything they build. If they get to be the largest Mastodon server, then they can start dictating their regressive content moderation policies on the rest of the fediverse. I stand with my admin @trumpet and their decision to preemptively block any Meta instances.
Show threadWiredfire 

@camhunt @trumpet I think you’re overstating the influence Meta would be able to have. Which isn’t to say that they shouldn’t be treated with great caution, of course.

But even if they become the largest fedi platform by numbers they won’t have any more sway over what any given mastodon or Pixelfed etc.. instance does that they currently have over each other. Fedi will be fine, it’s a fundamental part of its core design to be.

Dec 14, 2023 at 1:24pmWeb
Show threadCam HuntDec 14, 2023
@wiredfire @trumpet Wrong. Their influence is already being felt. Any other instance with the same content moderation policies would normally be defederated on account of transphobia. Threads has many blatant transphobic accounts, which many admins are ignoring in order to federate with Threads. If admins are willing to compromise their values for Meta, what then?
Show threadWiredfire Dec 14, 2023

@camhunt @trumpet "If admins are willing to compromise their values for Meta, what then?"

Then users of those instances have the freedom to migrate to an instance that better aligns with their values, as has always been the case. In fact we have seen that happen several times in recent years with instances that have gone.. bad..!

Exit costs are minimal on mastodon with account migration.

Show threadCam HuntDec 14, 2023

@wiredfire Yes, I'm aware. I've moved accounts before. It's easy to move followers but you lose all your posts.

I find it frustrating that in the face of federating with a known transphobic server your response is "well you can always move". In my opinion you can either join in asking better of our admins or you can stay out of my mentions, please and thank you.