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Threads is automatically hiding comments that mention Pixelfed (mastodon.social)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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For anyone wondering if Threads and Facebook at large will be a fine neighbor in the space and compatible with other apps/services in the fediverse: they’re already automatically hiding comments that mention Pixelfed https://mastodon.social/@dansup/112126250737482807

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[–] 62 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Serious question: how do we - the end users - stop federating with Meta?

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  • [–] 135 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Move to an instance that won't.

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  • [–] -3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Burying your head in the sand doesn't change the fact that whatever LW does will affect all of Lemmy. They're too big.

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    This is a strange response for me because de-federating is an active step on behalf of its admin, usually after a vote amongst its users, at creating a virtual boundary between the two entities. How is that burying your head in the sand? And yeah, lemmy.world is big, but aside from the obvious loss of content/users, what other effect will that have on the mass of de-federated instances?

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but my understanding is that since LW will federate with them, any content they host, will end up on meta.

    For example, this discussion we're having right now is on !technology@lemmy.world. So it doesn't matter whether our own instances have defederated meta - our posts and comments here will bring them value. Directly, in the form of content. And indirectly, in the form of processable data for machine learning, shadow profiles, etc.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    but my understanding is that since LW will federate with them, any content they host, will end up on meta

    Your understanding is wrong. Instances don't forward stuff from other instances to other instances. Instances only send their own content directly to the instances they federate with.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    whatever LW does will affect all of Lemmy

    Uuuh no it won't? The fact that they federate with Threads doesn't mean that my instance does. How does it affect me?

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  • [–] -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    You posted this to a LW community, so your content and data will end up in Meta's hands as well.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago

    No, that's not how federation works. My instance sends my content directly to everything my instance federates with. No instance takes content from other instances and sends it further - that is not a thing. I sent my content to lemmy.world and it is free to be there. Lemmy.world will not forward that to Threads.

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  • [–] 77 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Migrate away from instances that embrace Meta to those that do not. Choose an instance that aligns with you.

    Or in the extreme case, if you're the first who can't find such an instance and you're technically inclined, there's your room for a new instance. It's how the fediverse works and partly why Meta is so intent on destroying it.

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

    How does one find a list of instances that aren't federated with meta?

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  • [–] 43 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Replied in another comment, but here is is again. https://fedipact.veganism.social/

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    What's the difference between blocked and fedipact?

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The tooltip for fedipact says: "Agreed to block all communications (their blocklist is private)"

    To me that says, they've agreed but it's not confirmed that they've gone through with it because the blocklist is private. Blocked on the other hand says "All communications are blocked"

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