Why Defederating from Facebook/Meta is So Important (ploum.net)
I strongly encourage instance admins to defederate from Facebook/Threads/Meta....
How to Kill a Decentralised Network (such as the Fediverse) (ploum.net)
With Meta starting to actually implement ActivityPub, I think it would be a good idea to remind everyone of what they are most likely going to do.
How to Kill a Decentralised Network (such as the Fediverse) (ploum.net)
This blog post by Ploum, who was part of the original XMPP efforts long ago, describes how Google killed one great federated service, which shows why the Fediverse must not give Meta the chance
How to Kill a Decentralised Network (such as the Fediverse) (ploum.net)
A warning and a perspective from an insider who has been through this before.
YSK about corporations' strategies to kill open source protocols (ploum.net)
Why YSK: If we want to keep the Fediverse in the hands of its users and prevent "enshittification" (search it), it's good to know how corporations kill grassroots projects like this....
Do we plan on joining the anti meta pact? (ploum.net)
We need more of Richard Stallman's ideas, not less (ploum.net)
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/1366698...
We need more of Richard Stallman's ideas, not less (ploum.net)
Richard Stallman was right since the very beginning. Every warning, every prophecy realised. And, worst of all, he had the solution since the start. The problem is not Richard Stallman or the Free Software Foundation. The problem is us. The problem is that we didn’t listen.
Splitting the Web (ploum.net)
How to Kill a Decentralised Network (such as the Fediverse) (ploum.net)
Everyone who’s into the fediverse concept should read this article.
How to Kill a Decentralised Network (such as the Fediverse) (ploum.net)
Travailler, un luxe que nous ne pouvons plus nous permettre (ploum.net)
How to Kill a Decentralised Network (such as the Fediverse) (ploum.net)
Pourquoi j’ai supprimé mon compte Twitter (et pourquoi vous pouvez probablement en faire autant sans hésiter) (ploum.net)
How to Kill a Decentralised Network (such as the Fediverse) (ploum.net)
Article: We need more of Richard Stallman, not less (ploum.net)
I want to start a discussion of MIT vs GPL and see what you all think
Why Defederating from Facebook/Meta is So Important (ploum.net)
cross-posted from: infosec.pub/post/400702...
How to Kill a Decentralised Network (such as the Fediverse) (ploum.net)
How to Kill a Decentralised Network (such as the Fediverse) (ploum.net)
Earlier today there was a post about rejecting Meta’s intrusion in the fediverse, some don’t see the danger in it or think it’s unlikely that Meta can do any damage to the fediverse....
How to Kill a Decentralised Network (such as the Fediverse) (ploum.net)
cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/719121...
Defederate from Meta/Facebook/Threads? (ploum.net)
I didn’t realise that Meta was becoming/is already compatible with the Fediverse....
De la merdification des choses (ploum.net) French
Êtes-vous d'accord avec ce constat ?
How to Kill a Decentralised Network (such as the Fediverse) (ploum.net) French
Il y a quelques jours @Bilbo_Hobbit a parlé de la volonté de la [https://lemmy.world/post/374880](volonté de Meta d’arriver sur le Fediverse). Voici un article de ploum qui parle de comment Google a presque tué XMPP.
Splitting the Web (ploum.net)
“It feels like everyone is now choosing its side. You can’t stay in the middle anymore. You are either dedicating all your CPU cycles to run JavaScript tracking you or walking away from the big monopolies. You are either being paid to build huge advertising billboards on top of yet another framework or you are handcrafting...
Splitting the Web [poniżej moje tłumaczenie] (ploum.net)
Przepaść dzieląca Internet na dwie części rośnie. Po jednej stronie znajduje się Internet komercyjny, opanowany przez monopolistów, skupiony wokół mediów. Internet mający tylko jeden cel: zmusić nas do klikania. Mierzy kliknięcia, optymalizuje kliknięcia, generuje kliknięcia. Zbiera o nas tak dużo informacji,...