8BitFriendly, 11 months ago

I also think fear-mongering won't help. There is little we can change about it. Let instances decide for themselves to defederate or not.

Yes, there is a risk Meta applies the "EEE" strategy. We shouldn't be naive about that. But why would you stay on an ad-ridden Meta ActivityPub server if you see there are friendly, ad-free Activity servers on Mastodon and the likes?

For a more positive view and an interesting read on the matter, I recommend:

• https://www.timothychambers.net/2023/06/23/project-and-the.html (Project92 and the Fediverse - A Smarter Battle Plan to Protect the Open Social Web)
• https://www.timothychambers.net/2023/06/25/project-the-fediverse.html (#Project92, the Fediverse: (First Time? Part 2))