• Rikudou_SageA
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    1 year ago

    I agree with that.

    I disagree with this part:

    They should put a hard-coded Meta blocker into activityhub

    Though I can see that my comment might seem very misleading (in my defense, I just woke up when I wrote it).

    • Łumało [he/him]
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      61 year ago

      Understandable, but I myself think a Meta block ought be a changeable but default option on most fediverse software.

      • Rikudou_SageA
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        51 year ago

        Changeable definitely, would have to think about whether default block is the smart thing to do. It’s hard, I really dislike Meta, but on the other hand if you go censoring instances by default, where does it stop?

        IMO this should be the job of articles that tell you how to setup Lemmy, mentioning something like “Note that by default you also allow Meta the access to your instance which might mean privacy breach, here’s how you disable it.”

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          1 year ago

          Many admins are lazy, and they expect their software to run well on sensible defaults, most won’t care and just go with whatever the devs consider to be fine. By choosing wether Meta is blocked or not by default the fediverse will have to take a stance.

          Do we allow extremely powerful corporations that want to monopolize their influence but we get a user surge in the short term.

          Or do we block them by default and anyone making an instance should make the concious choice to join the corpo-verse themselves so we can continue to foster a healthier alternative to whatever they are cooking.

          I’d rather have the latter.