Part 7 of Strategies for the free fediverses.  As the first post in the series discusses, the "free fediverses" are regions of the fediverse that reject Meta and surveillance capitalism, and these strategies position the free fediverses as an alternative to Threads and "Meta's fediverses". Join the discussion in the

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/7477620

Transitive defederation – defederating from instances that federate with Threads as well as defederating from Threads – isn’t likely to be an all-or-nothing thing in the free fediverses. Tradeoffs are different for different people and instances. This is one of the strengths of the fediverse, so however much transitive defederation there winds up being, I see it as overall as a positive thing – although also messy and complicated.

The recommendation here is for instances to consider #TransitiveDefederation: discuss, and decide what to do. I’ve also got some thoughts on how to have the discussion – and the strategic aspects.

(Part 7 of Strategies for the free fediverses )

  • balancedchaos@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    9 months ago

    As long as Meta can’t infect the rest of the fediverse, or track or monetize it…fine. I just never, ever want Meta shit on my timeline.

    • helenslunch@feddit.nlEnglish
      20·
      9 months ago

      or track or monetize it

      Meta doesn’t need federation to track or monetize anything.

      I just never, ever want Meta shit on my timeline.

      You can personally block them. You don’t have to tell your admin to defederate the entire instance or defederate from other instances who choose not to.

    • Chozo@kbin.social
      5·
      9 months ago

      What sort of “Meta shit” would you possibly expect to appear on your timeline?

    • FaceDeer@kbin.social
      4·
      9 months ago

      So don’t subscribe to Meta-hosted communities?

      Lots of Fediverse instances let you block whole instances, too, so you could personally block them. Problem solved.

      • thecrotch@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        4·
        9 months ago

        I’ve learned that there’s a huge number of people on lemmy who prefer government regulation to self control. I had an argument with a guy the other day who wants $12 lattes banned instead of simply not buying them. Apparently making something available is the same as putting a gun to your head and forcing you to buy it.

          • thecrotch@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            4·
            9 months ago

            No, that is an example of an appropriate problem to solve with regulation. “If something I exists I must buy it and that is the vendor’s fault” is not.