Interesting new data on Lemmy instance federation with Threads, ordered by Active Users descending.
Source: https://fedipact.veganism.social. New data gathered on 2024-04-28.
Interesting new data on Lemmy instance federation with Threads, ordered by Active Users descending.
Source: https://fedipact.veganism.social. New data gathered on 2024-04-28.
The problem though is when they flip the “enshittify” switch and everyone, even you, then knows they’re the wolf in sheep’s clothing they always were, it’ll be too late, and those of us that don’t want to pay the Zuck tax or have ads shoved in our faces left right and centre is to start over.
But we’re done retreating. They took Fark, they took Digg, they’ve just taken Reddit, and now they want Lemmy. Enough is enough. The line is drawn here and they are NOT crossing it.
If Meta’s other sites were shining examples of the best then you might have a point. The only viable way to prevent Meta killing Lemmy is to nip them in the bud. And yes it seems mean because this is the stage when they’re pretending to be everyone’s best friend and giving us loads of stuff for free. But we know the playbook, we know they’re at step 1, and we know perfectly well that Zuck isn’t sniffing around here out of any kind of altruism but because he’s after more $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.
Just because it’s open in another tab, anyone who wants to see what threads does can read this aggressive view on insta, mosseri and other tech industry managers
https://www.wheresyoured.at/managing-up/
What exactly is the concern that they will do to us?
If the Threads userbase eclipses the non-Threads userbase (which it would), and their dev budget eclipses the public’s (which it would), then Threads would heavily influence the development of the entire platform. Threads-federated instances would be subject to Threads-influenced updates and “upgrades”, leading to eventual enshittification for everyone. To avoid their updates, you would need to defederate from the Threads-verse, where all the users would be.
This strategy to take over, monetize and effectively own the Fediverse is not hyperbole. It is a known strategy used by corporations to take control of FOSS software users. It’s called " Embrace, Extend, Extinguish", if you’d like to read more on it.
To prevent this scenario from happening to the current most active instances of the Fediverse, these instances need to stay defederated with Threads to begin with and therefore remain uninfluenced by the “development” that Threads will be pushing for Activity Pub and Lemmy servers. This is an existential crisis for Lemmy that should be taken serioualy by the current devs and instances.
Doesn’t this have more to do with what git pulls are accepted than the status of federation though?
The Threads threat is a big-picture threat. The specifics can change month to month, but the end goal here is a corporate take-over of a FOSS technology.
Gate-keeping at the dev level right now is a situation that can change over time as the corporation continues to insist itself upon the community. Ultimately, it is the community who will need to prevent this, not just the devs. We will need to stay vigilant against this threat forever.
They are the borg. The defense against them will take stamina, patience and resilience.
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Edit: and if that’s what you want, then may I suggest Reddit as
a chatroomAI bollocks with ads splattered all over them.