FediPact, to FediPact
@FediPact@cyberpunk.lol avatar

why should we federate with them when...

"extreme anti-trans hate content remains widespread across instagram, facebook, and threads. characterized by fear-mongering, lies, conspiracy theories, dehumanizing tropes, and violent rhetoric, these posts — many by high-follower accounts — aim to boost engagement, generate revenue, and seed hateful narratives about trans, nonbinary, and gender non-conforming people. these accounts profit from such hate, and so does meta and its shareholders"

https://glaad.org/smsi/report-meta-fails-to-moderate-extreme-anti-trans-hate-across-facebook-instagram-and-threads/

FediPact, to FediPact
@FediPact@cyberpunk.lol avatar

REMEMBER:

  1. fedipact signatures are vetted and added manually whenever i feel up to it, give me time lmao
  2. messaging me on my main account and asking me to add you IS NOT A SIGNATURE. i will do my best to bookmark it and try to remember, but i will probably forget. PLEASE use the cryptpad form unless you are literally unable to. i try to keep fedipact stuff separated from my regular account because it stresses me out lol

dangillmor, (edited ) to random
@dangillmor@mastodon.social avatar

Well, this is a transcendent level of evil: Facebook bought a VPN company and deployed it, in part, to spy on its competitor's users.

https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/26/facebook-secret-project-snooped-snapchat-user-traffic/

It's a reminder that VPNs have their own risks, beyond technical ones if operated incompetently -- namely, that you have to trust the VPN company itself.

UPDATED to reflect which users were being spied on.

JRepin,
@JRepin@mstdn.io avatar

@dangillmor And abusive and harmful way of doing business is exactly why we should block/defederate Threads/Meta here on Mastodon/Fediverse
https://fedipact.online/
@FediPact

queue, to Pixelfed
@queue@todon.eu avatar

So Meta/Threads/some people are claiming that any mention of being muted was a bug.

And I don't doubt that software made by corporations is buggy, I've had my fair of experiences with Microsoft, Google, Apple, and other big name websites and services to understand it's often spaghetti on fire.

But it's just odd that the bug only impacted:

  • A known competitor to Facebook/Meta
  • Did not impact other posts of a similar nature
  • Only impacted a service that doesn't happen to have the funds for a legal team
  • Only was patched after public notice

And while Halon's Razor says "Never attribute malice what can be explained with incompetence", looking at the history of Embrace, Extend, Extinguish from the biggest tech companies, I think that razor has gotten rusty.

dannotdaniel, to threads
@dannotdaniel@hellions.cloud avatar

:NoMeta: We don't do at HELLIONS CLOUD :NoMeta:

If your instance isn't on here, talk to your admin today.

✊ :verified_hellion:

https://fedipact.veganism.social/?ref=privacy.thenexus.today

vantablack, to FediPact
@vantablack@cyberpunk.lol avatar

https://strangeobject.space/@esther/112140823191011812

this is the deeper meaning behind me writing on my tits and posting a selfie of it

colin, to FediPact
@colin@colincogle.name avatar

After careful consideration (and hearing a few nice friends of mine joined Threads), I’ve decided it wasn’t worth it to empower Meta, and I’ve signed the Fedipact. Sorry, friends. Join Mastodon for real. :fedi: :mastodon: :antifa:

vantablack, to FediPact
@vantablack@cyberpunk.lol avatar

you'd think me posting a selfie with written across my tits and boosting/linking it on the official account would generate some level of discourse, but not a single person on here has called me a whore about it yet surprisingly lol

onepict, to threads
@onepict@chaos.social avatar

On any online space, you should consider who you give power to. Who has the control over who you choose to associate with? Power doesn't corrupt. It reveals.

People in real life do choose to avoid dangerous or toxic places.

All that the instances who sign the fedipact are doing is signalling to some of us that somewhere is safe for folk who don't want to engage with Facebook at all.

This is a Freedom of Association issue, not a Freedom of Speech issue.

vantablack, to FediPact
@vantablack@cyberpunk.lol avatar

:FediPact:​ :gw2pact:​ :FediPact:​ :gw2pact:​ :FediPact:​ :gw2pact:​ :FediPact:

ScruffyDux, to FediPact
@ScruffyDux@fosstodon.org avatar

@actuallyautistic I think I'm going to migrate to an instance that's part of

Also, when I created this account I thought I'd be posting about software, but I mainly post about autism, so a more autistic centered instance is probably better for me.

Which instance(s) would you recommend?

FediPact, to FediPact
@FediPact@cyberpunk.lol avatar

not an instance admin? you can still block threads!!!

do note, however, that it won't be as effective as an instance-level block on a technical level (your data will still be sent to meta, etc.)

https://privacy.thenexus.today/how-to-block-threads-on-mastodon/

Penguinflight, to FediPact
@Penguinflight@mastodon.online avatar

#Fedipact #Fediverse #Mastodon.

Bearing in mind this thread

https://mastodon.online/@Penguinflight/112147481106908261

I'm on the search for a well run #Instance that is #Meta / #Threads free. I have #Mastofriends in #Europe particularly so any instances there that are safe (and that would HAVE me) would be cool. But in any case, I'm after a new safe home where I'm sure the "blocked_domains.csv" will take effect, and that can tolerate an idle fucker who posts a lot of pictures (with Alt Txt, naturally).

Penguinflight, to FediPact
@Penguinflight@mastodon.scot avatar

.

Bearing in mind this thread

https://mastodon.scot/@Penguinflight/112147486519606259

I'm on the search for a well run that is / free. I have in particularly so any instances there that are safe (and that would HAVE me) would be cool. But in any case, I'm after a new safe home where I'm sure the "blocked_domains.csv" will take effect, and that can tolerate an idle fucker who posts a lot of pictures (with Alt Txt, naturally).

FediPact, to FediPact
@FediPact@cyberpunk.lol avatar

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, to FediPact
@FediPact@cyberpunk.lol avatar

reasons you should defederate threads

  1. it's meta
  2. it's meta
  3. IT'S META

lucid00, to fediverse
@lucid00@vivaldi.net avatar

A lot of people in the are saying that Threads joining is a form of "Embrace, extend, extinguish" and IMO I don't think that's the case.

There's no need for Meta to kill this network or absorb it.

ActivityPub by design favors big servers like Meta's, it also not being nomadic (like BlueSky cough) means that users can't easily jump ship from a server they don't like.

I already see the posts discussing leaving notable servers like Mastodon.social and it's silly IMO.

By design this whole network was built on shaky ground and when discussion of any Bluesky style improvements came up most users flipped out.

We'll be here again and again until those improvements come, if they ever come.

Reality is Meta knows they're king already and they don't need the regular users on the Fediverse.

IMO they want the WordPress profiles.
They want the illusion of freedom for celebrities and corporations.

"Host your own Facebook Page" basically.

I also lets them duck any regulatory oversight.

vantablack, to FediPact
@vantablack@cyberpunk.lol avatar

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

vantablack, to FediPact
@vantablack@cyberpunk.lol avatar

always ends up becoming relevant again when i least expect it lol

ophiocephalic, to FediPact
@ophiocephalic@kolektiva.social avatar

The only reason the algorithmic biases of the Zuckerberg entity are not dominating fedi discourse at this very moment is because they began to federate with "sharing" opt-in. If/when they switch that toggle over, 160 million accounts governed by these censorship algorithms will flood in and algorithmic creep could quickly destroy the journalistic prospect of the fediverse. Why would journalists show up here if less than 1% of the network can see their posts?

https://journa.host/@w7voa/112142365993675150

vantablack, to FediPact
@vantablack@cyberpunk.lol avatar

something in me died yesterday, when threads opened up the beta for federation

this place will never be the same 😢

vantablack, to FediPact
@vantablack@cyberpunk.lol avatar

i should've tried getting fedipact mentioned on wikipedia like nine months ago lmao

i guess i just didn't realize it'd be possible for me to change that (indirectly) 😂

berniethewordsmith, to threads
@berniethewordsmith@masto.es avatar

Ah, is that time again for unsolicited opinions about and let's gooo. Spoiler alert: If you like corporate social media, you are not going to like this thread🧵

berniethewordsmith,
@berniethewordsmith@masto.es avatar

is so easy to understand that even a male cis westerner like me can get it: A coalition of servers want the shit machine as far from their gardens as possible. Because they built those gardens with suffering and lots of love.

vantablack, to KindActions
@vantablack@cyberpunk.lol avatar

please boost!!! :boostRequest:​

do you enjoy the work i've done with FediPact? the rad instance i've set up? the cool clothes i DIY together? my pirate radio station, vantaradio? my awesome videos? my amazing selfies? my posting generally? or just wanna give a trans gal a nice gift?

well i'm unemployed, job searching, was recently kicked out of the place i'd been staying for years, and am surviving solely off donations for the moment so if you wanna support me anything helps

(to support cyberpunk.lol costs directly please use the separate instance kofi on our about page)

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