I think there is a tendency, at least in the early phase of discovering you’re queer, to believe there’s something remarkable about that. I certainly thought so for a while, especially because where I’m from being openly queer was not as prevalent 15 years ago as it is now. I’m happy to have friends who don’t treat me differently for being queer, who love and support me for who I am.
Not exactly. What Facebook is expected to attempt here is an embrace, extend and extinguish strategy.
I’m honestly questioning if TheYang is reading our comments or if they are just spewing the same talking points regardless of the arguments presented to them. It’s baffling to see people so willing to embrace a corporation that has done nothing but exploit its users and their privacy.
Nobody’s saying that, in terms of user bases, the Fediverse is comparable to Facebook or Instagram. And it seems to me that you are misrepresenting why people here, myself included, don’t want our instances to federated with Facebook. It’s not that we don’t want bigger communities. Most of us have been on Facebook or Reddit and have given up on those bigger communities and adopted the Fediverse because it aligns with our values and privacy principles. Facebook does not. Its Fediverse platform will not suddenly be the opposite of what the company has been doing for more than a decade.
The Fediverse and Facebook’s business model are incompatible, and that’s the main issue here. And in terms of users, I’m sure there are a lot of kbin and Lemmy users who would have an issue with their instances federating with Facebook.
How is it a win for me if I specifically signed up for a fediverse account to get away from data-hoarding, money-driven corporations like Facebook? I don’t want Facebook to have access to my account information, posts and comments. I think you’re missing the point about who this company is and the extent to which it is willing to go to get people’s data.
Have you tried Anytype? It’s a combination of Notion and Obsidian, and it’s end-to-end encrypted, and everything is stored on your device. Still in alpha, but it has a lot of features already. Because it’s in alpha, they only give access to people who attend an online presentation of the app. But it’s worth it. And as soon as it exits alpha, the plan is to open source it.