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  • I’m not saying they’re doing this out of the goodness of their hearts.

    However, it’s important to keep in mind that Meta has no other microblogging platform. They’re not trying to choke out competition, because there isn’t any competition.

    I personally believe that they are trying to tap into the Fediverse and use it as a springboard to grow their own platforms. However it’s worth keeping in mind that as any federated platform grows, other federated platforms grow with it.

    Kbin’s growth is good for lemmy. The Fediverse grows with this kind of competition.

    While Im not personally a fan of meta. It’s probably in the fedieverse’s best interest to at least be willing to come to the table and consider the possibilities, instead of just immediately fighting this. Remember, we haven’t seen the implementation yet. This is all just speculations.


  • Look I don’t want to be combative here, and my sincere apologies if this response comes off that way but here goes

    IMHO this is already the way activitypub works. Platforms that choose to federate, are able to pool their posts and the like. And yes instances can make money off of content posted on other instances. That’s not a bug it’s a feature.

    On the other hand, meta sucks and I’m not sure if I’d really want to federate with them either. So like, idk lol, just spitballing