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I'm undecided.
On the one hand, Facebook/Meta are not interested in the health of the fediverse. This is clearly an "embrace, extend, extinguish" move. On the other... they're sure to have a large number of users, which in turn means a large amount of content that we'll want to view/participate in. Each of those users will in turn be an opportunity for us to encourage to migrate to the fediverse.
I can understand the appeal of growing numbers but I don't think the risks outweigh the rewards. Unlimited growth is unsustainable anyway. We can exist without Meta. Meta is a poison pill that will eventually monopolize the fediverse if it has its way. This will not be the first time they killed off a decentralized platform.
I'm not interested in growing user numbers. But I am interested in having access to the content those users generate.
I am leaning towards defederating Meta... but for now am taking a more "wait and see" approach.
I'm really glad to hear this. honestly I think there's a lot to gain and we have the privilege of choosing to defederate if it's the right move, just cutting us off because we don't like meta is a bit short-sighted. cutting us off if it's doing harm is another thing, but it'll hopefully be obvious.