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When Meta launched their new Twitter competitor Threads on July 5, they said that it would be compatible with the ActivityPub protocol, Mastodon, and all the other decentralized social networks in the fediverse "soon".

But on July 14, @alexeheath of the Verge reported that Meta's saying ActivityPub integration's "a long way out". Hey wait a second. Make up your mind already!

From the perspective of the "free fediverse" that's not welcoming Meta, the new positioning that ActivityPub integration is "a long way out" is encouraging. OK, it's not as good as "when hell freezes over," but it's a heckuva lot better than "soon." In fact, I'd go so far as to say "a long way out" is a clear victory for the free fediverse's cause.

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[-] CautiousBrowser@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Euuuuh... Is it me or is some parts of the article setting up/opposing LGBTQ+ against non-lgbtq?

"One of the interesting dynamics of the discussion so far is so much of the resistance to Meta has come from queer and trans people, and that most of the loudest supporters of Meta in the fediverse are cis guys." This sentence may be technicaly right, but it's ~~sooooo stupid~~ mostly interpretation. Edit: wrong and uncalled for

Starting from there, the article seems to be as much about "us va them" than threads and meta...

[-] jdp23@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago

Why is it stupid? The article isn't setting up the tension, it's describing the tension that exists.

[-] CautiousBrowser@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Unless I'm mistaken, if you remove the LGBTQ community everybody that left... Is cis persons. As in general "techy" world, most of the person using fediverse (and it's currently changing rapidly, which is good) is male.

I may very well be mistaken, but the way this sentence is constructed make it feels like one information is being phrased in a way that fitting a certain point of view.

Anyway, I'm probably over analysing, as usual.

[-] jdp23@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 year ago

Yes, I certainly constructed the sentence to highlight the different reactions. Later in the article I say "And by prioritizing their desire to be embraced by Meta over queer and trans people's safety, Meta's cis advocates undercut their claims to be allies in ways that may be hard to recover from" -- which is true no matter what Meta does or doesn't wind up doing with Threads. Of course it's not the only thing going on, but I think it's important enough that it's worth highlighting.

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