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although this is unlikely to substantially and directly impact us and is a more immediate concern for Mastodon and similar fediverse software, we've signed the Anti-Meta Fedi Pact as a matter of principle. that pact pledges the following:

i am an instance admin/mod on the fediverse. by signing this pact, i hereby agree to block any instances owned by meta should they pop up on the fediverse. project92 is a real and serious threat to the health and longevity of fedi and must be fought back against at every possible opportunity

the maintainer of the site is currently a little busy and seems to manually add signatures so we may not appear on there for several days but here's a quick receipt that we did indeed sign it.

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[–] BobQuasit@kbin.social 18 points 1 year ago

You can't become a billionaire without being incredibly evil. They are literally working to kill off all life on the planet.

As for giving them the benefit of the doubt? Seriously? Anyone who suggests that has got to be getting a nice paycheck from the plutocrats.

[–] cavemeat 17 points 1 year ago

I'm glad, meta has no place in the fediverse.

[–] Domiku 17 points 1 year ago

Thanks! I totally support this move

[–] suddenlythequietrose 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've seen a lot of sentiment shifting positively for Facebook (I refuse to call it meta) over the past few months and I find it kind of unnerving. Mostly outside of tech/journalism circles. Maybe it's just that standing next to Twitter, Facebook has looked a lot prettier lately or something but I don't understand how anyone can forget all the malicious evils Facebook has been and brought onto us. Could the name change have really bamboozled people into giving them a clean slate?

I'm all in on holding the line against them taking over the fediverse, glad to see the energy and I hope we keep it.

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[–] chloyster 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[–] TimTheEnchanter 15 points 1 year ago
[–] rpedde 14 points 1 year ago

Amazing. Thank you!

[–] sculd 13 points 1 year ago

Thank you!!!! Say NO to META's disregard of privacy!!!

[–] GiantBasil 12 points 1 year ago

I truly do t understand why so many people in the fediverse are so willing to "give meta a chance". Why?! Why would would get closer to the limbs ripping machine just because they painted it a different color?

Every single Zuckerberg social media venture had "raze everyone else to the ground" as a step, but you think this one won't?? This time the leopard won't eat our faces?!

[–] nfld0001 11 points 1 year ago

I don’t know if I have a settled opinion for or against defederating from Meta instances, but I know enough to say I absolutely respect the decision to.

I may appreciate more exposure to federating social media, but I also appreciate that Meta has a problematic track record. Besides, my shifting away from Reddit has me realizing that juggling accounts is not as difficult as I thought. If I end up having a reason to get on a Meta instance, it wouldn’t be an issue to make a compatible handle that can communicate there.

[–] nihilx7E3 11 points 1 year ago

great. fuck meta.

[–] Festivity8529 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The link to the pact nearly blinded me. Animated falling hearts and bright pink background. For a minute there I thought I travelled back in time to the 90's. Also I hasten to add that everyone blocking Meta seems like quite an unfederated thing to do. That said I hate Meta, block 'em.

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[–] TheTrueLinuxDev 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I salute you!

[–] Melody@lemmy.one 8 points 1 year ago

Refusing to federate with Meta servers is practically a no-brainer anyways.

Nobody really wants brain-dead facebook users on the fediverse anyways.^1^

1 > This, of course, doesn't include anyone owning a facebook account out of necessity who also has the technical knowledge to register and conduct themselves appropriately on the Fediverse in general.

[–] z3n0x@feddit.de 8 points 1 year ago
[–] HappyMeatbag 8 points 1 year ago

Glad to hear it. Over the years, Meta has shown that they don’t deserve the benefit of the doubt. They’d have to prove themselves, which I suspect they are able (but 100% not willing) to do.

[–] Kwikxilver 7 points 1 year ago

Really pleased to hear this. I will be staying on Beehaw for the foreseeable future, I'm on the same page as the admins.

[–] Rentlar 7 points 1 year ago

This is great, I don't think federating with Meta will benefit the admins' mission with this instance much at all.

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