@xvilo

#BlockMeta #SaveTheFediverse are a couple places to start getting caught up.

I think Zuckerberg is the Devil, so my hashtags might be biased...

@takishan

There's already so many 'explainers' posted today, I feel silly re-explaining it. Check the #BlockMeta or #SaveTheFediverse hashtags, or read about what happened to email or #XMPP after the Big Boys joined.

Even in a fantasy world where #Facebook isn't explicitly planning to co-opt or destroy the #Fediverse...

Mastodon barely survived the last #TwitterMigration, and it's still trying to take in the #RedditMigration.

Those were nothing compared to FB.

There are ~12M people on the Fediverse.

What do you think happens when 200M FB users join? When Zuck can impulsively defederate, or add/change/remove features and rules, at will, and oh...10M non-FB users object?

#BlockMeta #SaveTheFediverse

I said this before, but clearly, it needs a stand-alone toot.

#Facebook trying to join the #Fediverse is

...Russia asking to join NATO.

...Exxon asking to join Greenpeace.

...The Big Bad Wolf offering to help you build your wolf-proof house.

This is not rocket surgery.

The whole reason people built the Fediverse was to get away from the #FAANG way of Internetting.

Never let them join our club.

#BlockMeta #SaveTheFediverse

Ok so let's get a few things straight.

1. "Big admins" complaining about the community being pissed at them for meeting with meta under NDA is their fault and their fault only. Some admin blocking mastodon.art for being vocal about this is bullcrap. If you could not anticipate the fact that bragging on Mastodon about having a secret private meeting with Meta would spark anger, that's on you. Isn't the first rule of NDA "do not talk about NDA", by the way ?

2. Meta has no good intentions, they don't plan on "playing nice" with smaller actors. Thinking otehrwise is very naive. They plan on nipping potential competitors in the bud and make a profit. If they cared about anything else than big players and their user base and wanted to embrace the Fediverse as a concept, they would not discuss their plans only with big actors behing closed doors would they? They're trying to "join" a community that identifies as a healthy alternative to them and start with an NDA. What. Could. Go. Wrong.

3. Meta is the company that allowed meddling with elections. They're the company that slowly removed from your timeline everything you loved to replace it with things they think you would be stupid enough to click on. They're a company that followed suit with Musk's "premium verification" concept to propose a similar product. There is NO REASON to trust meta and "wait and see". We ALREADY KNOW that Meta is evil and have had proof over and over.

4. How arrogant do you have to be to think that once you allowed a company like Meta in your garden, you could reverse everything and undo any harm they're doing with "just 2 clicks" (sic) ? This is hubris.

Block Meta. "Big admins", in their arrogance, are playing a very dangerous game for all of us and they did not consult the community before doing so, which is kind of telling as well.

#BlockMeta #SaveTheFediverse