FediPact: Defederating Meta, Together

FediPact,
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meta just showed off threads’ fediverse integration for the very first time

"during the fediforum conference, meta demonstrated what it might look like to toggle on fediverse sharing and post across multiple platforms"

https://www.theverge.com/24106231/threads-fediverse-demo-meta-fediforum

FediPact,
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"i know there’s a ton of skepticism about meta entering the fediverse — it’s completely understandable. i do want to kind of make a plea that i think everyone on the team has really good intentions. we really want to be a good member of the community and give people the ability to experience what the fediverse is."

🙄

FediPact,
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i just really wanted fediforum peeps to know about FediPact since it seems like that's mentioned so much less when talking of meta's threads these days

there used to be whole articles about it, now "skepticism about threads joining the fediverse" is only ever mentioned in passing

it's almost like the uncomfortable contributions of marginalized women get swept aside and ignored consistently in life lol

https://fedipact.online

aral, (edited )
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@FediPact It’s a single person instance so of no real import but, just fyi (and to no one’s surprise), Threads is suspended on mastodon.ar.al.

FediPact,
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FEDI PACT FUN FACT

if you're wondering why i didn't choose a more appropriate domain for https://fedipact.online

it's because i only had like $2 in my bank account when i was setting everything up lmao 😂

i picked what was cheap but relatively appropriate

FediPact,
@FediPact@cyberpunk.lol avatar

WHO WOULD WIN

a trans girl with $2 in her bank account just trying to keep her community safe

OR

a massively evil multi billion dollar megacorporation sticking its nose where it doesn't belong

FediPact,
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FediPact,
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REMEMBER: it might take a while after signing FediPact for your instance to actually show up on the list

they're vetted and added manually whenever i feel up to it, give me time lmao

FediPact,
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FEDIPACT: BACK WITH A VENGEANCE

FediPact,
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REMEMBER: it's NEVER too late to sign the FediPact!!!

with the nefarious behemoth known as "threads" looming over the horizon, threatening to encroach upon our homes more and more each day, ask YOUR instance admin about signing the pact and committing to defederating it today!!!!!

rachaelspooky,
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@FediPact i have a slight hunch my admin would love this

vantablack,
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FediPact,
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FediPact,
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@Seirdy thanks for pointing these out, i'll work on fixing them soon 🙂

see also: https://cyberpunk.lol/@FediPact/112129657621388735

kyonshi,
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@FediPact these people have likely not experienced the old days of geocities and MySpace. I think I still have some of their sites seared into my retina.

FediPact,
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aks,

Our instance is officially part of :) https://fedipact.online/

FediPact,
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what if i signed up for the next FediForum to talk about FediPact and why people should defederate threads lmao

i think there'll be one more this year before threads fully federates

that would be funny probably

fediforum,
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@FediPact You would be more than welcome. We want FediForum to be a place where a variety of opinions can be (respectully) aired and discussed and mutually understood. Would make a great session.

FediPact,
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@fediforum yayyyyyy hell yeah okay i'll sign up when the next one rolls around 😁

fuzzyface,

I'm very keen to keep hearing opinions on the as I think it's important. Currently I have two main opinions of my own.

  1. I do not trust . If they connect on here it will end badly for us. Our principles are just not compatible. History tells us so.

  2. I hate advertising. It's all lies. I don't want it on here.

I may add more later, but those are the important ones for now.

vantablack,
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honestly it warms my heart and makes me really happy to see large swaths of the fediverse coming together to defend our communities against the evil megacorporation known as meta

if this is the pre-threads fedi's last hurrah... it's been an honor to spend so many years cultivating this beautiful community with y'all

ErictheCerise,

@vantablack

So, back when Gab and them showed up, the Fediverse basically split in half.

None of us hear about or talk about it any more, but somewhere out there, is a whole 'nother Fediverse, all nazis and Trump-lovers talking to each other about loving nazis and Trump.

I expect the same is just gonna happen again.

Which is fine. I frankly think the 'Verse is getting too big now, anyway.

ophiocephalic,

@ErictheCerise @vantablack
Yes, the fediverse ideal will survive, and that part of the fedi which sustains it will be different from what it is now. Look at it as an opportunity to unload the megaservers and techbros!

FediPact,
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the saga continues

matt,
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What if the real #Fedipact was that the whole #Fediverse exclusively set AOL.com as their homepage and used AOL for all their web searches from now until 1st January 2024 to really confuse #AOL employees when they returned back to work. They'd think it was 2001 again.

📈 📈 📈

dsfgs,

Mastodon is become more a brand than a software. If one searches 'mastodon' one gets a bunch articles that pretty much treat M'don as a brand with scant lip service to Fediverse, and links to a couple of the biggest M'don instances that happen to be melding with Threats.

If a is your thing, set out to say and write 'fediverse' — proudly and deliberately.

We as fedizens built this place.

All the best for the new year ahead.

DylanTheThomas,

SwingsetDOTsocial has suspended federation with Threads as we have no interested in federation with threads.

for many... many reasons.

tokyo_0,

If I have to debunk the "There's no point -ing Meta because they'll just scrape what's public" argument one more time I might have to pull out my own eyes.

Beyond the technicalities, or law, there is value in challenging what is wrong even if assholes will still try to do it. There is value in people expressing concerns and working together as a group to address them. There is value in showing those who didn't speak up or act because they thought they'd be alone that they are not.

dansup,
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inari,
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Squeaky.social does not federate with companies such as Meta. We will continue to support a free and transparent network safe from the aggressive and deceptive practices that these organizations use.

OccuWorld,
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“I believe that Facebook represents one of the gravest threats to democracies around the world, and I am amazed that we have allowed our freedoms to be taken away by technology companies’ greed for growth and revenues.”

  • Maria Ressa, How to Stand Up to a Dictator, 2022

- The instances blocking Zuckerberg's Threads.net

https://fedipact.veganism.social/?v=2

An interactive list of which ActivityPub (Matodon, Lemmy, FireFish, etc) instances are federating with Threads.net

MediaActivist,
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Hi @onepict did you ever find a decent Pixelfed instance that was part of the ? I'll probably settle on one to switch to this week, as I had some options but didn't want to finalise without checking if I'd missed some info haha!

onepict,
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@MediaActivist I'm on a small individual instance. But I'm happy to boost .

Although perhaps @vantablack has some recommendations.

Zeugs,
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Says it will block
https://fedipact.online/
People fear that it will "split" the Fediverse.
But it will only do what a net does, nodes and subgroups not being connected to everyone else on the net.
That already happens by usual blocking.
I think I would look at what comes from threads but I understand everyone that will block.

admin, Italian
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Dall'apertura dell'istanza ormai sono passati diversi anni. Il motivo che ci ha spinti è stato quello di criticare con una proposta reale e tangibile il mondo dei social network commerciali.
Mastodon è stata la nostra scelta per vari motivi [0].
Tuttavia non condividiamo la deriva che il software sta prendendo [1] e la collaborazione con Facebook [2].
Come alcun* già si sono accortə abbiamo defederato Threads.
Crediamo sempre nei social network autogestiti e sappiamo l'importanza che ha offrire un'alternativa.

>>

admin,
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Abbiamo già forkato Mastodon [3] e siamo sempre pront* a nuove sperimentazioni.
Crediamo nel fediverso. Invitiamo tuttə a bloccare Threads [4].
Questa è il miglior messaggio che possiamo dare a chi vuole distruggere quello che stiamo costruendo assieme

[0] https://mastodon.bida.im/about/more
[1] https://mastodon.help/#Critique
[2] https://poliverso.org/display/0477a01e-1964-abfd-552f-aef477916660
[3] https://git.lattuga.net/bida/bastodon
[4] https://fedipact.online/ cc: @FediPact

vantablack,
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