I’ll probably block it, but if they bring a large number of users and communities, that comes with content more people want to see.
I’m ambivalent about decisions to defederate because both have merits. Cut them out completely to protect the community, or let the users choose who and what they want to block for themselves. I guess with that in mind, I’m fine with the “wait and see” approach for now.
I admit that “Guilty until proven innocent” doesn’t typically sit well with me. However, this is Facebook. We have 20 years of history to judge. At this point, only a willfully naive fool would trust them not to destroy anything they can’t take control of and profit from.
Also, is the huge influx of content really added value? I don’t use facebook and its offshoots because the content is irrelevant or ragebait. I certainly don’t miss it over here, and while users can individually block Facebook from their feed, as far as I know this doesn’t protect the user’s data from being federated to facebook unless their instance defederates them completely.
… this doesn’t protect the user’s data from being federated to facebook….
That’s my concern. I haven’t been on Facebook in years, and I don’t want to share anything with them now. I’ll likely be deleting a couple of accounts that are exposed to them.
But what kind of content? It seems like the kind of content that a facebook backed community would bring is the same kind of content that gets mocked endlessly by those on the fediverse.
Like Reddit, there are niche communities like one for my 3d printer and stuff like that. But I do dread the trash heap I see being reposted for mocking. Guess I’ll see.
My question is more “Why would anyone want to federate Facebook?”
Content.
I’ll probably block it, but if they bring a large number of users and communities, that comes with content more people want to see.
I’m ambivalent about decisions to defederate because both have merits. Cut them out completely to protect the community, or let the users choose who and what they want to block for themselves. I guess with that in mind, I’m fine with the “wait and see” approach for now.
I admit that “Guilty until proven innocent” doesn’t typically sit well with me. However, this is Facebook. We have 20 years of history to judge. At this point, only a willfully naive fool would trust them not to destroy anything they can’t take control of and profit from.
Also, is the huge influx of content really added value? I don’t use facebook and its offshoots because the content is irrelevant or ragebait. I certainly don’t miss it over here, and while users can individually block Facebook from their feed, as far as I know this doesn’t protect the user’s data from being federated to facebook unless their instance defederates them completely.
That’s my concern. I haven’t been on Facebook in years, and I don’t want to share anything with them now. I’ll likely be deleting a couple of accounts that are exposed to them.
But what kind of content? It seems like the kind of content that a facebook backed community would bring is the same kind of content that gets mocked endlessly by those on the fediverse.
Why would we celebrate more of it?
Content isn’t the problem. Seriously, read that article. I was 100% pro-federation before I read it. Now I’m 100% against it.
People that we want to follow that went to threads instead of mastodon
Like Reddit, there are niche communities like one for my 3d printer and stuff like that. But I do dread the trash heap I see being reposted for mocking. Guess I’ll see.