Kev Quirk (@kev@fosstodon.org)
fosstodon.org
Attached: 1 image Yeah, that's gonna be a hard pass from me thanks, Rachel. Zero interest in having a conversation with #Meta "off the record" or otherwise. Sharing this purely to be as transparent as possible with our members.

The exchange is about Meta’s upcoming ActivityPub-enabled network Threads. Meta is calling for a meeting, his response is priceless!

  • bobby_tables@kbin.social
    4·
    1 year ago

    I’m surprised by all the negativity. Is it not a good thing Meta is going to use open standard instead of a proprietary one?

    • Anarch157a@kbin.social
      10·
      1 year ago

      It’s not about standards. It’s about how “Meta” is going to use the data they’ll collect to manipulate and advertise to you in insidious ways. They don’t want to cooperate with the Fediverse, they want to control it. Those are the issues and the source of negativity.

    • macallik@kbin.social
      9·
      1 year ago

      I think they have a history of being amoral/indifferent towards the spaces they create/impact of their (lack of) moderation, and as if that wasn’t enough, I also think that they are entering the fediverse at the worst possible time in terms of disdain for corporations

      • Rentlar@beehaw.orgEnglish
        7·
        1 year ago

        Thanks for sharing, that article is fresh out of the oven!

        Having been interested in Open Source software for a few years, I always give big companies the side-eye when they suddenly take great interest into FOSS projects.

        I am not against talk and federation, but Meta needs to make clear their motivations if they want the Fediverse’s trust at all.

        • christophski@feddit.ukEnglish
          4·
          1 year ago

          Even if they make their intentions clear, why would we believe or trust them? What’s to stop them straight up lying about their intentions? When there are investors involved, all ethics go out the window.

    • fouc@lemm.ee
      7·
      1 year ago

      Early on when Google wasn’t shit and Facebook was just coming out of the startup phase both of them had chat platforms based on XMPP (the OG federating protocol). For a few glorious moments everyone could chat with anyone through the corresponding XMPP endpoints. At some point they decided they can’t be arsed anymore and shut off federation on their servers. They captured enough market and siloed their users.

      There’s 1 million % this will happen again. It’s textbook EEE.

      Well done on Mastodon admins for not cooperating with Facebook’s strong arming tactics. Facebook’s server will evolve into another walled garden, Mastodon federating with them will only help them.

      Fuck them