#WhereIsMySurprisedFace

Facebook/Meta starts talking about the "Extend" phase of Embrace, Extend, Extinguish as predicted:

"β€œYou could imagine an extension to the protocol eventually β€” of saying like, β€˜I want to support micropayments,’ or … like, β€˜hey, feel free to show me ads, if that supports you.’ Kind of like a way for you to self-label or self-opt-in. That would be great,”

https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/25/why-meta-is-looking-to-the-fediverse-as-the-future-for-social-media/

Why Meta is looking to the fediverse as the future for social media | TechCrunch

Meta's move into the open social web, also known as the fediverse, is puzzling. Does the Facebook owner see open protocols as the future? Will it embrace

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@jwildeboer that's why the #FediPact is important and I'd stress that sooner or later it'll be necessary to defederate not just #NSAbook / #StadiBook but instances that federate with them!