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Rumor that some Fediverse devs and admins had secret discussions with Facebook (mstdn.social)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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it's an extraordinary claim, but i don't disbelieve it. has anyone else heard anything about this?

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

So what would be the end goal for Meta? Weaken reddit and twitter as platforms, but they don't believe that the fediverse is able to take off in the mass market, so people will finally post on Facebook again?

Edit: A word

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

no, i think that they do see the Fediverse as a threat. they may be trying some kind of embrace-extend-extinguish

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

True, although the "embrace" step is usually done out in the open. But yeah, if the rumers are true, you never know what they came up with.

I just feel like something nice is happening with the wider adoption of the fediverse, so could we please just let it happen and not fuck around in the background? Meta? Please? Thank you.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

There will always be bad players out there. Key is to make the infrastructure so it is resistant to total domination. You know, like what's been happening with mega-corporate run monopoly entities.