Aral BalkanDec 17, 2023

Those of you caught up debating the technical minutiae of federating with Threads are missing the forest for the trees.

This is about one thing: Affording social capital to/normalising/legitimising Meta/Facebook/surveillance capitalism (and thereby delegitimising those who oppose them).

Hey, if the author of Mastodon thinks Meta/Facebook/Instagram/surveillance capitalism is socially acceptable there must be something wrong with you if you don’t.

So thanks for that, Eugen.

(Yes, I’m livid.)

Show threadTinker ☀️Dec 17, 2023

@aral - So many comments continuing to "debate the technical minutiae of Threads" under a post decrying folks for "debating the technical minutiae of Threads."

Wow. 😐

Show threadschrotthaufenDec 17, 2023
@tinker @aral That’s honestly exactly what I was expecting from fedi nerds. The more vocal ones ooze the whole “tech is not political” and “all problems can be solved in code” delusions. It’s almost as if paying attention in sociology class in school would have been beneficial to society as a whole.
Show threadDavid Penfold Dec 17, 2023

@schrotthaufen @tinker @aral

Or people are just asking questions about the mechanics of Threads integration to get a better understanding of the specific risks rather than just discussing the obviously predatory nature of Meta.

Show threadschrotthaufenDec 17, 2023
@davep @tinker @aral And that’s a fallacy, imho. You don’t need to discuss the technicalities of how a known bully bullies others. You just kick them out of the venue.
Show threadDavid Penfold 

@schrotthaufen @tinker @aral

I disagree (obviously). Practical discussion of what their potential GDPR liability would be etc if individuals block the domain etc is useful https://infosec.exchange/@smallpatatas@mstdn.patatas.ca/111595931254671459

small patatas (@[email protected])

@[email protected] Would this make it illegal for threads to build a shadow profile of someone, based on things such as the still-visible-to-threads @ mentions of their username in replies? @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected]

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Dec 17, 2023 at 1:20pmWeb
Show threadWeaselDec 17, 2023

@davep

Obviously it is relevant to analyze the technical capability of a bully to actually do bullying in the context at hand.

What's going on here is a concerted attempt by one faction to pressure everyone else into conforming with their point of view and behavioral demands without question or further analysis.

The parallel with the Israel/Gaza propaganda battle is striking.

Show threadDavid Penfold Dec 17, 2023
@weaselx86 that might be slightly over-egging the pudding