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how to block meta from mastodon (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by downpunxx@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] LedgeDrop@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

Neat trick.

_... longing look across from Lemmy. _

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Someone want to explain how to get followers on there? Feel like posting to the wind on that site?

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[–] jcrabapple@dmv.pub 3 points 2 years ago

This issue is going to divide the fediverse. You've got instances defederating from Threads, and instances defederating from instances that won't defederate from Threads. I feel like there are going to be two clearly divided and disconnected sides to the fediverse now.

[–] mmance@campdarling.com 3 points 2 years ago

@downpunxx

This is Microsoft's playbook, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish, it was use by Google to kill off XMPP - https://www.disruptivetelephony.com/2013/05/did-google-really-kill-off-all-xmppjabber-support-in-google-hangouts-it-still-seems-to-partially-work.html, now it will be used by Facebook to try to kill the Fediverse.

Why is this not more widely talked about? Please share this.

[–] brave_lemmywinks@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (4 children)

So we're all pro federation and decentralization, until we aren't... I think this is a very preemptive and paranoid measure, but thankfully it will work out just as the technology was built for, some will block, some wont, everyone will make their choice, and be happy in their corner of the internet.

[–] AnonTwo@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Except Meta by it's nature will aim towards Centralization. They're contradictive to the concept. It doesn't even take much thought to see the issue here.

Also as app_priori pointed out, Almost every instance already has a list of defederated instances.

[–] app_priori@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ever heard of Mastodon blocklists? I mean defederation has been happening for a while.

But I think that's fine. Instances should have every right to block instances that they disagree with.

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