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[–] ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com -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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[–] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 41 points 2 years ago

That sounds like a problem for instances federated with Meta. Empathy is cool but they are not our problem.

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[–] techt@lemmy.world 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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[–] admin@lemmy.my-box.dev 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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[–] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 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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[–] admin@lemmy.my-box.dev 6 points 2 years ago

Thanks!

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[–] SeekPie@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

So on a different instance that's not federated with Meta I can see LW content but not Metas?

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[–] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 1 point 2 years ago

Yes

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[–] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 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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[–] admin@lemmy.my-box.dev -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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[–] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 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.