If there is even a single gram of truth to this…
Any instance that goes along with such a thing will be lost to surveillance capitalism. I don’t care how large they are or who they are, any instance that becomes Meta’s bitch should be defederated immediately by all others. Let the largest few get swallowed up whole by Silicon Valley if they’re dumb enough to do it. The rest of us will rebuild.
I really hope no one is stupid enough to take Meta up on this if it’s true. https://beach.city/@vantablack/110594120842443355
That part about the long term financial burdens on big instances being difficult... that's the point of the Fediverse! It is a good thing if no instance can get too big, being spread out keeps us safe from Meta/Facebook!
Tell me about it
Compare and contrast:
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Excellent and friendly response I got from the admin / mod on mastodon dot scot after I tagged them.
With
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The * ten toot * telling off I got from a mod on said <nameless_instance> for tagging them about someone being blatantly harassed.
I fear that some of the larger instance admins have made it all about self-promotion.
Mentioning no names again.