cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/1185025
Meta can introduce their signature rage farming to the Fediverse. They don’t need to control Mastodon. All they have to do is introduce it in their app. Show every Threads user algorithmically filtered content from the Fediverse precisely tailored for maximum rage. When the rage inducing content came from Mastodon, the enraged Thread users will flood that Mastodon threads with the familiar rage-filled Facebook comment section vomit. This in turn will enrage Mastodon users, driving them to engage, at least in the short to mid term. All the while Meta sells ads in-between posts. And that’s how they rage farm the Fediverse without EEE-ing the technology. Meta can effectively EEE the userbase. The last E is something Meta may not intend but would likely happen. It consists of a subset of the Fediverse users leaving the network or segregating themselves in a small vomit-free bubble.
Would an instance be able to unfederate Facebook/ meta.
Yes. Many are doing so preemptively.
You can’t do that preemptively when you don’t know what their instance names are going to be.
Everyone’s account has threads.net highlighted in the profile, so it’s not a huge stretch.
Spreading this around when I can. Here’s how you can personally block threads.net:
https://mastodon.social/@crowgirl@hachyderm.io/110663465300686570
Why wouldn’t they be able to?
I am just starting to get used to this federated stuff, adding to my concepts as I go.
Yes, and many are doing it