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Attached: 1 image Threads hiding @pixelfed mentions, not a good look Meta 🙄

For anyone wondering if Threads and Facebook at large will be a fine neighbor in the space and compatible with other apps/services in the fediverse: they’re already automatically hiding comments that mention Pixelfed https://mastodon.social/@dansup/112126250737482807

  • MBMEnglish
    72·
    7 months ago

    If there are any instances or comms that don’t let you mention alternatives, then yes definitely shut them down

    • originalucifer
      29·
      7 months ago

      so fediverse instances must adhere to some global moderation, or else? sounds an awful lot like a walled garden.

      you sound exactly like what you hate

      • octopus_inkEnglish
        70·
        7 months ago7 months ago

        One of the cool things about the fediverse is that you are free to run your own instance with whatever rules you do or don’t want, and tell the rest of us to fuck right off.

        Some instances will defederate from you depending on what those rules are, like those specific relatives we all avoid if we can at holidays, and ignore the rest of the year. They are also free to do so.

        IOW, folks might tell your instance (or Meta’s) to fuck right off.

        That’s what freedom looks like. It’s not supposed to be just your freedom, it’s supposed to be everyone’s freedom.

        Edit: And by the way, I’m very surprised if a company scrubbing mentions of competitors from its platform isn’t a solid anti-trust violation.

        • originalucifer
          16·
          7 months ago

          exactly! each instance can do its own thing. so its very strange to see people shitting on meta for doing exactly that.

          federate/defederate i dont care, but this hate-boner everyone gets from the idea of meta on the 'verse is childish.

          • octopus_inkEnglish
            90·
            7 months ago7 months ago

            each instance can do its own thing. so its very strange to see people shitting on meta for doing exactly that.

            You mean scrubbing mentions of a competitor from their platform? That’s not OK, and it’s an indicator of their future behavior that is very consistent with their past behavior.

            this hate-boner everyone gets from the idea of meta on the 'verse is childish.

            You are entitled to your opinion. (And so are the folks you think are being childish.)