Threads: We've Seen This Before
Threads: We've Seen This Before
We really shouldn't take this Meta thing lightly.
They could offer the slickest interface and keep people locked to their friends. That interface can use protocols that make it difficult/impossible for non-Threads instances to play ball (ooh this cool new feature is only available through the Threads app; Oh, mybasement.world.ml.xyz can't read that content). There are many ways to Embrace, Extend, and Extinguish, we've seen Meta do it before (e.g. XMPP), and I'm sure we haven't even thought of some ways Threads could EEE.
I think defederation from Meta's instances is probably our only option to protect what we have.
From their FAQ
Meaning you'll see what meta wants you to see. Sounds like same shit, different platform.
Wasn't XMPP EEE'd by Google? Not to say that Meta is any better of course
There was no "Extinguish". XMPP still continues on.
By the way, Facebook also did the same. The original Facebook Messenger was based on XMPP as well.
@CrazyDuck @confluence ahoy!
No, I don't think so? As far as I can tell all extensions were public, in particular Jingle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XMPP, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jingle_(protocol)
Disclosure: I worked on gTalk towards the end of its lifetime and was the person responsible for (sadly) turning down federation.
Facebook Messenger is based on XMPP.
WhatsApp too
I don't think it is anymore.
essentially, yes. Google Talk was based on XMPP.
I think there should be an alliance of instances that defederate from any instance that federates with Meta.
It already exists: https://fedipact.online/
The Defederated Federation 🤭
think of it like when united federation of planets didn't include romulans ;)
That just gives meta more reasons to make extensions to activitypub, or a fork, without consulting others first as nobody's even working with them...
If they're federating then at least they have some interest in keeping things compatible
I'll admit I checked it out just to see. Then I realized I actually don't know anybody who still uses Instagram and I didn't know what to talk about anyway, so I deleted it and blocked them from my instance.
Are they federated to lemmy alreasdy?
No, it's not federated with anyone at the moment but it's planned for the future.