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although this is unlikely to substantially and directly impact us and is a more immediate concern for Mastodon and similar fediverse software, we've signed the Anti-Meta Fedi Pact as a matter of principle. that pact pledges the following:

i am an instance admin/mod on the fediverse. by signing this pact, i hereby agree to block any instances owned by meta should they pop up on the fediverse. project92 is a real and serious threat to the health and longevity of fedi and must be fought back against at every possible opportunity

the maintainer of the site is currently a little busy and seems to manually add signatures so we may not appear on there for several days but here's a quick receipt that we did indeed sign it.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

More instances should consider this pact.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Really pleased to hear this. I will be staying on Beehaw for the foreseeable future, I'm on the same page as the admins.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I truly do t understand why so many people in the fediverse are so willing to "give meta a chance". Why?! Why would would get closer to the limbs ripping machine just because they painted it a different color?

Every single Zuckerberg social media venture had "raze everyone else to the ground" as a step, but you think this one won't?? This time the leopard won't eat our faces?!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I guess I'm the odd one out when I say I fully support this decision. I do not trust Meta, I Do not trust their intentions, and they have given me no reason to trust them.

Thanks Beehaw.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I 100% agree with this decision. At first I wanted to give Meta a chance, just to get a big player in the Fediverse, but after reading this article it totally changed my views.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

As a user of the fediverse, I appreciate you for doing this.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Good. To quote WarGames:

The only winning move is not to play

Meta is at best looking to profit from the Fediverse, and more likely looking to extinguish it. I think blocking them at the borders is the only solution.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Good choice, who wants to deal with a hundred thousand instagram users sitting in between every fediverse user.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the transparency. I personally think this is the right move. Meta shouldn't be trusted, based on their previous performance. If they do something to change that then we'll see, but I'm not expecting them to change their stripes.

Been catching up on all the NDA drama on Mastodon, it's really caused a rift between some users and instance admins. Felt a bit like an 'aww it's all grown up' moment to see Mastodon having a scandal.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

This is fantastic news and applaud this decision. I used to work in digital marketing and having seen how Facebook, (and Twitter, Google, etc.) makes their sausage and how they operate, I advise everyone get off Meta/FB, or really any centralized social media platform for that matter.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I appreciate the work you all do. Im a heavier lurker than particpater and i see little fingers of you all taking care of beehaw for us all the time and it makes me smile 😁 good work everyone!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Good call from the instance admins. Meta's been a known actor for over 10 years at this point, which is more than enough time to observe their behavior (including up to a few weeks ago when they got fined for violating the GDPR). They're not going to be participating in good faith and we don't need to give them a chance to shit up the Fediverse.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've seen a lot of sentiment shifting positively for Facebook (I refuse to call it meta) over the past few months and I find it kind of unnerving. Mostly outside of tech/journalism circles. Maybe it's just that standing next to Twitter, Facebook has looked a lot prettier lately or something but I don't understand how anyone can forget all the malicious evils Facebook has been and brought onto us. Could the name change have really bamboozled people into giving them a clean slate?

I'm all in on holding the line against them taking over the fediverse, glad to see the energy and I hope we keep it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Look at what they are doing with Mark Zuckerberg. Their big PR campaign to show him as a mans man. Posting that he did the Murph challenge, talking about ju jit su, and accepting Elon's ridiculous challenge for a cage match.

There is this fairly obvious PR campaign to make him seem less like a emotionless robot.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Refusing to federate with Meta servers is practically a no-brainer anyways.

Nobody really wants brain-dead facebook users on the fediverse anyways.^1^

1 > This, of course, doesn't include anyone owning a facebook account out of necessity who also has the technical knowledge to register and conduct themselves appropriately on the Fediverse in general.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

You guys rock!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Only good can come from shutting out corporate interests. Good on you ❤️

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I hereby agree to block any instances owned by meta should they pop up on the fediverse.

I suggest to rephrase with this better: "I hereby agree to block any instances owned by, governed by, supported by mostly, funded by only or affiliated with Meta, its subsidiaries, major involving partners and influenced involving affiliates should they pop up on the Fediverse."

LEGAL DISCLAIMER: I do not provide my suggestion "as a legal advice" but as a thought to share that may be considered or configured by legal experts. I will not be held liable for any error that any revision upon or any derivative from my suggestion may cause.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

This pact isn't legally binding, but more of a moral "I stand against Meta" thing

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

@xptiger @alyaza I don't know what it is about Legal disclaimers.. they seem kinda scary. Just reading "LEGAL DISCLAIMER" is enough for me to gulp and loosen the tie.

They sound very.. Legal.. and.. and Disclaimery.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I really don't think this pact has any legal value to begin with.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Good move. Fuck Zuck.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The link to the pact nearly blinded me. Animated falling hearts and bright pink background. For a minute there I thought I travelled back in time to the 90's. Also I hasten to add that everyone blocking Meta seems like quite an unfederated thing to do. That said I hate Meta, block 'em.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That combined with the lack of capitalization is off-putting for some reason. It grates on me and I can't put my finger on why.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Fuck meta and fuck Facebook. No one wants this place to become like that dogshit site. Fully support defederating from any meta owned instances

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