▲ 310 ▼ Second largest Lemmy instance preemptively un-friends Facebook (lemmy.ml) submitted 3 years ago by ruffsl@programming.dev to c/fediverse@lemmy.world 113 comments fedilink hide all child comments Lemmy.ml has now blocked Threads.net
[–] iturnedintoanewt@lemmy.world 38 points 3 years ago (3 children) How about Lemmy.World? permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] necrxfagivs@lemmy.world 37 points 3 years ago* (5 children) The admins stated on Mastodon that they're not going to defederate until something happens. Knowing Meta they shouldn't give them the chance. Here's the link: https://mastodon.world/@mwadmin/110654590632768079 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 10 child comments replies: [–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 37 points 3 years ago (4 children) Thats unfortunate. I'll be moving instances then. Giving Meta a chance is a lot like giving a mosquito a chance to not suck your blood. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] Squiglet@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago Its like that story of the frog helping the scorpion cross the river. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Bocky@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I wish moving to a different instance was easier, I don’t want to put in much effort and it doesn’t appear to be super easy permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I ended up just making an alt. Wasn't too bad. Just signed up again and searched for some communities. permalink fedilink source parent [–] stupidillusion@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) How do you move? I signed up through .world but don't want a chance of touching the poo (meta). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 1 point 3 years ago You just make a new account with another instance. You get about the same content as before. permalink fedilink source parent [+] bluefirex@lemmy.world -9 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (4 children) This behavior is why the fediverse alienate users and makes it hostile for new people to join. They didn't do anything, yet. Give them the chance but start with 2 strikes on their account already. They fuck up, THEN you defederate. Innocent until proven otherwise. Edit: go on, downvote me. Show me your face. Show me how you're all against growth on Lemmy and niceness to each other. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] Pyroglyph@lemmy.world 12 points 3 years ago (1 child) Innocent until proven otherwise. Corporations like Meta have shown time and time again that they cannot be trusted to play nice with anyone else. Have we already forgotten about Cambridge Analytica or the plethora of other scandals they've been at the center of? The proof has been in plain view for a while now. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] bluefirex@lemmy.world -7 points 3 years ago (1 child) They don't get more data because they're federated. They literally the exact same amount of data as they do know just by scraping mastodon or Lemmy. They're an even player in this market. Somehow you all keep forgetting that. If you don't want meta do have data from activity pub, you being here already violates that ideal. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Pyroglyph@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) Okay, but that doesn't address any of the points I brought up. You said to give Meta a chance. The rest of us are broadly gesturing at all the shit they've done in the past, and how we want as little to do with that as possible. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bluefirex@lemmy.world -4 points 3 years ago (1 child) There is nothing they can do to fuck up your experience, ESPECIALLY on Lemmy though. Threads is a completely different concept from Lemmy and activity pub is well defined. The only thing they could do is just not moderate threads and therefore putting spam in everyone's feeds. That's about it. I don't think they're leaving that unmoderated. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Pyroglyph@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems like it would be trivially easy for Meta to make an army of bot accounts to manipulate whichever posts they want into being near the top of people's feeds. That could be regular ads disguised as normal posts (a la Reddit-style guerilla marketing), or even more political astroturfing. permalink fedilink source parent [–] HikingVet@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 2 years ago Innocent until proven otherwise is a concept for criminal court. We aren't putting someone in jail, we are looking at their past business practices and deciding not to do business with them based on their obvious habits. permalink fedilink source parent [–] JudahBenHur@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) If you disagree with me, we'll then you're just against niceness, admit you are! Admit you're against niceness! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rustyriffs@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago troll permalink fedilink source parent [–] ulu_mulu@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago Innocent until proven otherwise. There are many years of proof already about facebook/meta acting very maliciously, actively breaking laws and being fined for it, is that not proof enough? How many more do you need before you can say they're not innocent at all? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Shikadi@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) Bloody hell, I literally just switched to Lemmy.world, do I really need to switch to Lemmy.ml? Come on guys permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] necrxfagivs@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) I switched to lemm.ee permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Shikadi@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago They're still federated with exploding-heads and rammy.site so they didn't make my short list permalink fedilink source parent [–] trifictional@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Oh, looks like I’m switching instances. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Trifictional@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 years ago* (1 child) And done. I love federation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Marxine@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Same here, partner. Moved yesterday. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bennysp@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago This is great. Then all the people complaining that lemmy.world is "too big" can now be appeased with others leaving lemmy.world. Glad to see the community solve each other's problems organically! :) permalink fedilink source parent [–] Looster@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago Is mastodon.world the same as lemmy.world? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Ilikepornaddict@lemmynsfw.com 1 point 3 years ago Thanks for this, going to delete my lemmy.world account now. permalink fedilink source parent [–] tox_solid@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago Be a lot cooler if they did. permalink fedilink source parent [–] antik@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child) The discussion is still on-going. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Squiglet@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago What is there to discuss? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] necrxfagivs@lemmy.world 37 points 3 years ago* (5 children) The admins stated on Mastodon that they're not going to defederate until something happens. Knowing Meta they shouldn't give them the chance. Here's the link: https://mastodon.world/@mwadmin/110654590632768079 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 10 child comments replies: [–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 37 points 3 years ago (4 children) Thats unfortunate. I'll be moving instances then. Giving Meta a chance is a lot like giving a mosquito a chance to not suck your blood. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] Squiglet@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago Its like that story of the frog helping the scorpion cross the river. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Bocky@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I wish moving to a different instance was easier, I don’t want to put in much effort and it doesn’t appear to be super easy permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I ended up just making an alt. Wasn't too bad. Just signed up again and searched for some communities. permalink fedilink source parent [–] stupidillusion@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) How do you move? I signed up through .world but don't want a chance of touching the poo (meta). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 1 point 3 years ago You just make a new account with another instance. You get about the same content as before. permalink fedilink source parent [+] bluefirex@lemmy.world -9 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (4 children) This behavior is why the fediverse alienate users and makes it hostile for new people to join. They didn't do anything, yet. Give them the chance but start with 2 strikes on their account already. They fuck up, THEN you defederate. Innocent until proven otherwise. Edit: go on, downvote me. Show me your face. Show me how you're all against growth on Lemmy and niceness to each other. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] Pyroglyph@lemmy.world 12 points 3 years ago (1 child) Innocent until proven otherwise. Corporations like Meta have shown time and time again that they cannot be trusted to play nice with anyone else. Have we already forgotten about Cambridge Analytica or the plethora of other scandals they've been at the center of? The proof has been in plain view for a while now. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] bluefirex@lemmy.world -7 points 3 years ago (1 child) They don't get more data because they're federated. They literally the exact same amount of data as they do know just by scraping mastodon or Lemmy. They're an even player in this market. Somehow you all keep forgetting that. If you don't want meta do have data from activity pub, you being here already violates that ideal. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Pyroglyph@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) Okay, but that doesn't address any of the points I brought up. You said to give Meta a chance. The rest of us are broadly gesturing at all the shit they've done in the past, and how we want as little to do with that as possible. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bluefirex@lemmy.world -4 points 3 years ago (1 child) There is nothing they can do to fuck up your experience, ESPECIALLY on Lemmy though. Threads is a completely different concept from Lemmy and activity pub is well defined. The only thing they could do is just not moderate threads and therefore putting spam in everyone's feeds. That's about it. I don't think they're leaving that unmoderated. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Pyroglyph@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems like it would be trivially easy for Meta to make an army of bot accounts to manipulate whichever posts they want into being near the top of people's feeds. That could be regular ads disguised as normal posts (a la Reddit-style guerilla marketing), or even more political astroturfing. permalink fedilink source parent [–] HikingVet@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 2 years ago Innocent until proven otherwise is a concept for criminal court. We aren't putting someone in jail, we are looking at their past business practices and deciding not to do business with them based on their obvious habits. permalink fedilink source parent [–] JudahBenHur@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) If you disagree with me, we'll then you're just against niceness, admit you are! Admit you're against niceness! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rustyriffs@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago troll permalink fedilink source parent [–] ulu_mulu@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago Innocent until proven otherwise. There are many years of proof already about facebook/meta acting very maliciously, actively breaking laws and being fined for it, is that not proof enough? How many more do you need before you can say they're not innocent at all? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Shikadi@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) Bloody hell, I literally just switched to Lemmy.world, do I really need to switch to Lemmy.ml? Come on guys permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] necrxfagivs@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) I switched to lemm.ee permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Shikadi@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago They're still federated with exploding-heads and rammy.site so they didn't make my short list permalink fedilink source parent [–] trifictional@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Oh, looks like I’m switching instances. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Trifictional@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 years ago* (1 child) And done. I love federation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Marxine@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Same here, partner. Moved yesterday. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bennysp@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago This is great. Then all the people complaining that lemmy.world is "too big" can now be appeased with others leaving lemmy.world. Glad to see the community solve each other's problems organically! :) permalink fedilink source parent [–] Looster@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago Is mastodon.world the same as lemmy.world? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Ilikepornaddict@lemmynsfw.com 1 point 3 years ago Thanks for this, going to delete my lemmy.world account now. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 37 points 3 years ago (4 children) Thats unfortunate. I'll be moving instances then. Giving Meta a chance is a lot like giving a mosquito a chance to not suck your blood. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] Squiglet@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago Its like that story of the frog helping the scorpion cross the river. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Bocky@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I wish moving to a different instance was easier, I don’t want to put in much effort and it doesn’t appear to be super easy permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I ended up just making an alt. Wasn't too bad. Just signed up again and searched for some communities. permalink fedilink source parent [–] stupidillusion@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) How do you move? I signed up through .world but don't want a chance of touching the poo (meta). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 1 point 3 years ago You just make a new account with another instance. You get about the same content as before. permalink fedilink source parent [+] bluefirex@lemmy.world -9 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (4 children) This behavior is why the fediverse alienate users and makes it hostile for new people to join. They didn't do anything, yet. Give them the chance but start with 2 strikes on their account already. They fuck up, THEN you defederate. Innocent until proven otherwise. Edit: go on, downvote me. Show me your face. Show me how you're all against growth on Lemmy and niceness to each other. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] Pyroglyph@lemmy.world 12 points 3 years ago (1 child) Innocent until proven otherwise. Corporations like Meta have shown time and time again that they cannot be trusted to play nice with anyone else. Have we already forgotten about Cambridge Analytica or the plethora of other scandals they've been at the center of? The proof has been in plain view for a while now. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] bluefirex@lemmy.world -7 points 3 years ago (1 child) They don't get more data because they're federated. They literally the exact same amount of data as they do know just by scraping mastodon or Lemmy. They're an even player in this market. Somehow you all keep forgetting that. If you don't want meta do have data from activity pub, you being here already violates that ideal. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Pyroglyph@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) Okay, but that doesn't address any of the points I brought up. You said to give Meta a chance. The rest of us are broadly gesturing at all the shit they've done in the past, and how we want as little to do with that as possible. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bluefirex@lemmy.world -4 points 3 years ago (1 child) There is nothing they can do to fuck up your experience, ESPECIALLY on Lemmy though. Threads is a completely different concept from Lemmy and activity pub is well defined. The only thing they could do is just not moderate threads and therefore putting spam in everyone's feeds. That's about it. I don't think they're leaving that unmoderated. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Pyroglyph@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems like it would be trivially easy for Meta to make an army of bot accounts to manipulate whichever posts they want into being near the top of people's feeds. That could be regular ads disguised as normal posts (a la Reddit-style guerilla marketing), or even more political astroturfing. permalink fedilink source parent [–] HikingVet@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 2 years ago Innocent until proven otherwise is a concept for criminal court. We aren't putting someone in jail, we are looking at their past business practices and deciding not to do business with them based on their obvious habits. permalink fedilink source parent [–] JudahBenHur@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) If you disagree with me, we'll then you're just against niceness, admit you are! Admit you're against niceness! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rustyriffs@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago troll permalink fedilink source parent [–] ulu_mulu@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago Innocent until proven otherwise. There are many years of proof already about facebook/meta acting very maliciously, actively breaking laws and being fined for it, is that not proof enough? How many more do you need before you can say they're not innocent at all? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Squiglet@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago Its like that story of the frog helping the scorpion cross the river. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Bocky@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I wish moving to a different instance was easier, I don’t want to put in much effort and it doesn’t appear to be super easy permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I ended up just making an alt. Wasn't too bad. Just signed up again and searched for some communities. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I ended up just making an alt. Wasn't too bad. Just signed up again and searched for some communities. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] stupidillusion@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) How do you move? I signed up through .world but don't want a chance of touching the poo (meta). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 1 point 3 years ago You just make a new account with another instance. You get about the same content as before. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 1 point 3 years ago You just make a new account with another instance. You get about the same content as before. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] bluefirex@lemmy.world -9 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (4 children) This behavior is why the fediverse alienate users and makes it hostile for new people to join. They didn't do anything, yet. Give them the chance but start with 2 strikes on their account already. They fuck up, THEN you defederate. Innocent until proven otherwise. Edit: go on, downvote me. Show me your face. Show me how you're all against growth on Lemmy and niceness to each other. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] Pyroglyph@lemmy.world 12 points 3 years ago (1 child) Innocent until proven otherwise. Corporations like Meta have shown time and time again that they cannot be trusted to play nice with anyone else. Have we already forgotten about Cambridge Analytica or the plethora of other scandals they've been at the center of? The proof has been in plain view for a while now. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] bluefirex@lemmy.world -7 points 3 years ago (1 child) They don't get more data because they're federated. They literally the exact same amount of data as they do know just by scraping mastodon or Lemmy. They're an even player in this market. Somehow you all keep forgetting that. If you don't want meta do have data from activity pub, you being here already violates that ideal. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Pyroglyph@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) Okay, but that doesn't address any of the points I brought up. You said to give Meta a chance. The rest of us are broadly gesturing at all the shit they've done in the past, and how we want as little to do with that as possible. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bluefirex@lemmy.world -4 points 3 years ago (1 child) There is nothing they can do to fuck up your experience, ESPECIALLY on Lemmy though. Threads is a completely different concept from Lemmy and activity pub is well defined. The only thing they could do is just not moderate threads and therefore putting spam in everyone's feeds. That's about it. I don't think they're leaving that unmoderated. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Pyroglyph@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems like it would be trivially easy for Meta to make an army of bot accounts to manipulate whichever posts they want into being near the top of people's feeds. That could be regular ads disguised as normal posts (a la Reddit-style guerilla marketing), or even more political astroturfing. permalink fedilink source parent [–] HikingVet@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 2 years ago Innocent until proven otherwise is a concept for criminal court. We aren't putting someone in jail, we are looking at their past business practices and deciding not to do business with them based on their obvious habits. permalink fedilink source parent [–] JudahBenHur@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) If you disagree with me, we'll then you're just against niceness, admit you are! Admit you're against niceness! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rustyriffs@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago troll permalink fedilink source parent [–] ulu_mulu@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago Innocent until proven otherwise. There are many years of proof already about facebook/meta acting very maliciously, actively breaking laws and being fined for it, is that not proof enough? How many more do you need before you can say they're not innocent at all? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Pyroglyph@lemmy.world 12 points 3 years ago (1 child) Innocent until proven otherwise. Corporations like Meta have shown time and time again that they cannot be trusted to play nice with anyone else. Have we already forgotten about Cambridge Analytica or the plethora of other scandals they've been at the center of? The proof has been in plain view for a while now. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] bluefirex@lemmy.world -7 points 3 years ago (1 child) They don't get more data because they're federated. They literally the exact same amount of data as they do know just by scraping mastodon or Lemmy. They're an even player in this market. Somehow you all keep forgetting that. If you don't want meta do have data from activity pub, you being here already violates that ideal. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Pyroglyph@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) Okay, but that doesn't address any of the points I brought up. You said to give Meta a chance. The rest of us are broadly gesturing at all the shit they've done in the past, and how we want as little to do with that as possible. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bluefirex@lemmy.world -4 points 3 years ago (1 child) There is nothing they can do to fuck up your experience, ESPECIALLY on Lemmy though. Threads is a completely different concept from Lemmy and activity pub is well defined. The only thing they could do is just not moderate threads and therefore putting spam in everyone's feeds. That's about it. I don't think they're leaving that unmoderated. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Pyroglyph@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems like it would be trivially easy for Meta to make an army of bot accounts to manipulate whichever posts they want into being near the top of people's feeds. That could be regular ads disguised as normal posts (a la Reddit-style guerilla marketing), or even more political astroturfing. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] bluefirex@lemmy.world -7 points 3 years ago (1 child) They don't get more data because they're federated. They literally the exact same amount of data as they do know just by scraping mastodon or Lemmy. They're an even player in this market. Somehow you all keep forgetting that. If you don't want meta do have data from activity pub, you being here already violates that ideal. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Pyroglyph@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) Okay, but that doesn't address any of the points I brought up. You said to give Meta a chance. The rest of us are broadly gesturing at all the shit they've done in the past, and how we want as little to do with that as possible. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bluefirex@lemmy.world -4 points 3 years ago (1 child) There is nothing they can do to fuck up your experience, ESPECIALLY on Lemmy though. Threads is a completely different concept from Lemmy and activity pub is well defined. The only thing they could do is just not moderate threads and therefore putting spam in everyone's feeds. That's about it. I don't think they're leaving that unmoderated. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Pyroglyph@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems like it would be trivially easy for Meta to make an army of bot accounts to manipulate whichever posts they want into being near the top of people's feeds. That could be regular ads disguised as normal posts (a la Reddit-style guerilla marketing), or even more political astroturfing. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Pyroglyph@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) Okay, but that doesn't address any of the points I brought up. You said to give Meta a chance. The rest of us are broadly gesturing at all the shit they've done in the past, and how we want as little to do with that as possible. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bluefirex@lemmy.world -4 points 3 years ago (1 child) There is nothing they can do to fuck up your experience, ESPECIALLY on Lemmy though. Threads is a completely different concept from Lemmy and activity pub is well defined. The only thing they could do is just not moderate threads and therefore putting spam in everyone's feeds. That's about it. I don't think they're leaving that unmoderated. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Pyroglyph@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems like it would be trivially easy for Meta to make an army of bot accounts to manipulate whichever posts they want into being near the top of people's feeds. That could be regular ads disguised as normal posts (a la Reddit-style guerilla marketing), or even more political astroturfing. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bluefirex@lemmy.world -4 points 3 years ago (1 child) There is nothing they can do to fuck up your experience, ESPECIALLY on Lemmy though. Threads is a completely different concept from Lemmy and activity pub is well defined. The only thing they could do is just not moderate threads and therefore putting spam in everyone's feeds. That's about it. I don't think they're leaving that unmoderated. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Pyroglyph@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems like it would be trivially easy for Meta to make an army of bot accounts to manipulate whichever posts they want into being near the top of people's feeds. That could be regular ads disguised as normal posts (a la Reddit-style guerilla marketing), or even more political astroturfing. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Pyroglyph@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems like it would be trivially easy for Meta to make an army of bot accounts to manipulate whichever posts they want into being near the top of people's feeds. That could be regular ads disguised as normal posts (a la Reddit-style guerilla marketing), or even more political astroturfing. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HikingVet@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 2 years ago Innocent until proven otherwise is a concept for criminal court. We aren't putting someone in jail, we are looking at their past business practices and deciding not to do business with them based on their obvious habits. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JudahBenHur@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) If you disagree with me, we'll then you're just against niceness, admit you are! Admit you're against niceness! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rustyriffs@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago troll permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ulu_mulu@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago Innocent until proven otherwise. There are many years of proof already about facebook/meta acting very maliciously, actively breaking laws and being fined for it, is that not proof enough? How many more do you need before you can say they're not innocent at all? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Shikadi@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) Bloody hell, I literally just switched to Lemmy.world, do I really need to switch to Lemmy.ml? Come on guys permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] necrxfagivs@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) I switched to lemm.ee permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Shikadi@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago They're still federated with exploding-heads and rammy.site so they didn't make my short list permalink fedilink source parent
[–] necrxfagivs@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) I switched to lemm.ee permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Shikadi@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago They're still federated with exploding-heads and rammy.site so they didn't make my short list permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Shikadi@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago They're still federated with exploding-heads and rammy.site so they didn't make my short list permalink fedilink source parent
[–] trifictional@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Oh, looks like I’m switching instances. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Trifictional@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 years ago* (1 child) And done. I love federation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Marxine@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Same here, partner. Moved yesterday. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bennysp@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago This is great. Then all the people complaining that lemmy.world is "too big" can now be appeased with others leaving lemmy.world. Glad to see the community solve each other's problems organically! :) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Trifictional@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 years ago* (1 child) And done. I love federation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Marxine@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Same here, partner. Moved yesterday. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bennysp@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago This is great. Then all the people complaining that lemmy.world is "too big" can now be appeased with others leaving lemmy.world. Glad to see the community solve each other's problems organically! :) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Marxine@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Same here, partner. Moved yesterday. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bennysp@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago This is great. Then all the people complaining that lemmy.world is "too big" can now be appeased with others leaving lemmy.world. Glad to see the community solve each other's problems organically! :) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bennysp@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago This is great. Then all the people complaining that lemmy.world is "too big" can now be appeased with others leaving lemmy.world. Glad to see the community solve each other's problems organically! :) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Looster@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago Is mastodon.world the same as lemmy.world? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ilikepornaddict@lemmynsfw.com 1 point 3 years ago Thanks for this, going to delete my lemmy.world account now. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tox_solid@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago Be a lot cooler if they did. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] antik@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child) The discussion is still on-going. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Squiglet@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago What is there to discuss? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Squiglet@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago What is there to discuss? permalink fedilink source parent