Yes, people are panicking because Meta is coming for us. They’re taking two opportunities with one strike:

1. fill the void that Twitter is starting to create
2. profit from the buzz around the fediverse

At the end of the day, more people in the fediverse is a win in my book. And if it becomes a problem there’s always defederation as a last resort.

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I mean, are companies really paying attention to user needs? Lol

Look, the user needs to see stuff that keeps them engaged. That keeps them coming back for more. Algos are designed to achieve exactly that. Your self chosen bubble of followings and interests may not be optimized for engagement and addiction.

No, the companies don’t pay attention to user needs, they pay attention to the bottom line.

sometimes I miss giving awards like on Reddit…

well, that’s going to change as soon as Threads will be available for federation. Then you can use Mastodon and be in direct contact with all the folks from the Meta-verse.

How is this legally binding? I still remember when people posted similar stuff all over Facebook. It means nothing.

Yes, those are good points!

To piggyback on that Linux analogy: if ActivityPub becomes as essential of a backbone to the internet as we know it as Linux servers are then the transformation has happened IMO.