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OMG why do tech bros try to force blockchain into everything

I don't think anyone is questioning your cynicism of Meta's intentions or motivations, but the nature of the Fediverse is specifically designed to make it very difficult (if not impossible) for any one party to control the entire thing. It's a question of how not if.

The worst thing I could see is something like the development of React where FB has an overwhelming advantage in sheer resources and ends up having a major influence on the direction of software trends. But that would still just be a popularity thing and would not actively stop anyone from doing their own thing. Maybe there is something in the license for ActivityPub that would let them pull a Google-vs-Oracle reverse engineering, but again that won't stop other instances or developers from ignoring them if they wanted.

I don't understand why people think the end goal should be one network of Fediverse instances connected to each other. We already don't have that and never will.

Meta adding "more users than the entirety of the Fediverse" is irrelevant. They already have more users and content from Facebook, Instagram or whatever else Meta owns is not showing up on my Lemmy or Kbin front page. How would I notice any difference if the tech behind Meta's services is different?

https://userstyles.world/style/10288/kbin-it

Lemmy is not one thing, it's a way for different sites (called instances) to share content with each other.

What instances (i.e. domains) are you trying to create an account on? There have been some big bot waves in the last few days, but even without that every instance handles signup differently. Some are totally open, while others require manual review of some kind.

AI has nothing to do with it other than a convenient, topical scapegoat.

I wouldn't have even hesitated to buy Premium if it was the only way to use third party apps. That seems reasonable. I paid more for a completely pointless Snoo bobblehead like a decade ago, at least Premium in that context would provide some actual benefit!

LLMs are already relying on web scraping and always have. They are getting data from the entire Internet, do people really think OpenAI is doing individual integrations with every single website throughout the Internet?! Are Google and Bing doing that, too?

It's complete FUD.

I would greatly appreciate any kind of feature to handle read posts, even if it's entirely manual (for now).

That said, I don't have any strong opinions on how this should be implemented. I just wanted to say that the very fact we can have this kind of conversation out in the open is so exciting. Maybe in the very early days of Reddit or Twitter that kind of user feedback was appreciated, but the last decade of monolithic tech giants has been so depressing.

The last week or two has honestly been my most refreshing and invigorating time on the web that I can remember since I got my first Gmail account back when it first went open beta.

What law did the migrants break?

Does the Coast Guard do a thorough investigation of anyone that is in need of their services and establish everyone is innocent of any potential crime before rescuing people

Yes, it absolutely is the point. I don't think billionaires should exist, full stop. They have already dehumanized everyone but themselves, so IMO turnaround is completely fair in this situation. Starting with a very extreme demand like "eat the rich" gives us lots of room to negotiate their surrender.

In general, I agree with you. But some cases are too important and cannot be reasoned with. As an otherwise avowed pacifist, I'd put "punch a Nazi in the face" on this list of acceptable moral hypocrisy, too.

The concern in concept is totally valid, yes, but presenting it as if something that is being actively pursued for nefarious purposes is just misleading.