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Yeah, but the reason we need federation in the first place is because of the relentless onslaught of monopoly.
I think this is a good prpblem to have. The fediverse gets to test itself against the largest established social media network, and honestly I don't see a way for them to win. You can ses it in these replies - they are scared of this boycott. Even more exciting now that I think of if - this isn't a consumer boycott like we're used to. This is a boycott by the producers. The instances create the network, so their voices are much more important.
It is exciting. I've been impressed by the response to this. Reading between the astroturfing, there's a community with a sense of purpose here.
Thanks to all who are here genuinely!
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I'm old enough to know better than be excited. I haven't seen a single good community have staying power in the time of the entire internet. And it's only getting worse. Especially when a billion dollar tumor takes interest in where you're at.
What I do find interesting and alarming is how aggressive Meta is in seeking out the small inconsequential pockets of the Internet and crushing them. They're so deadset on fuxing any collective not being monitored by their government backed all seeing eye. It will be interesting to see how a federated social network holds up but I wouldn't assume they don't already have at least five game plans to crush it.