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Lemmy.world Should Defederate with Threads (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I think it's pretty safe to say that the majority of us are here to avoid another corporate takeover of our preferred platforms. It would seem to me to be a tad irresponsible to allow Facebook into our space with open arms, allowing them to hoover up our data. I would love to keep using Lemmy.world, but will happily change instances if need be, and I feel many share that sentiment.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Privacy is the less relevant point here. Keeping the fediverse alive is the central point. Just look at reddit to see how corporate greed can fuck up a social network. Or google groups killing the usenet by "federating" with it. If you want the expanded version: https://ploum.net/2023-06-23-how-to-kill-decentralised-networks.html

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m so tired of that article.

Neither the people advocating for dedederation nor that article ever explains how defederating is going to defeat EEE.

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

I take it you got tired before getting through the first paragraph even the first time reading? No one is talking about "defeat EEE" - it's about protecting yourself against attempts to use the EEE strategy. And the article explains exactly how defederating is relevant in that regard.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I read the whole thing the first time it was presented to me.

No one is talking about "defeat EEE" - it's about protecting yourself against attempts to use the EEE strategy.

Yeah and it spouts vague platitudes while avoiding specifics. Maybe it’s the sysadmin in me but that isn’t worth shit.

How does defederating “protect against attempts to use the EEE strategy”?

Maybe I could see a valid point if you could instantly have all instances defederate now and forever but you can’t.

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

Since you refuse to acknowledge that the explanation is right there in the text, I'll have to assume you have ill intent.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

That’s what I thought.

Let the people who come after, read this thread and see the lack of specifics, again.