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oh, here's some JUICY rumored details about meta's plans for the fediverse

tl;dr "Meta will only federate with select larger instances from the beginning. There will be contracts which also provide for financial compensation for the instance owners."

can't entirely verify their validity but it's still worth posting just in case

#FediPact #barcelona #project92 #p92 #meta #facebook #fediverse #fediblockmeta #FediAdmin #MastoAdmin #threads
Louis @louis@emacs.ch You make some strong arguments here. It's great to see you laying out your reasoning in detail and with passion. theart: That's the spirit. What | have learned, however, is that Meta will only federate with select larger instances from the beginning. There will be contracts which also provide for financial compensation for the instance owners. Meta positions itself as a “savior’, because especially the big instances have a very strong financial pressure. Users take it for granted that someone else is paying for everything. In these contracts, Meta also specifies the rules regarding the moderation. Instances will have the option of allowing ads from Meta or not (with the benefit of additional compensation). Smaller instances will have the possibility to register for a federation with Meta in a second step, but there will be no financial compensation and Meta decides if they will grant access based on their reputation.
Regarding Meta, I'm in the industry for 25 years and have a few friends who worked at Meta from the early years until recently. One s stil there. Regarding UFol, | was part of the disussion at the time, we held a vote at Emacs.ch P R S But don' take this at face value, obvisouly these admins have to sign harsh NDAS. But it sounded very credible and | could not imagine it going any ther way. Examples of big instances (from Japan | believe?) show that the long-term burdens are simply unbearable and operators just wait for the right moment to e 1donot critizise Meta for their attempt to use the favor of the hour to their ‘advantage. As a public corporation its theijob to make proft. As I said, its not them who will decide the fate of the Fediverse. ‘Overworked/stressed out admins, high costs for infrastructure, ongoing disputes ‘and moderation challenges are what threaten the Fediverse. It was not meant to ‘9row o fast before we find common solutions for these issues. What do you think?
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@sign the ANTI-META PACT today! If there's even 20% truth in it, they deserve nothing more than a big kick in the ass.
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Charles U. Farley
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Hmm. Remember when I said maybe we could have more patience with instances that decide to federate? If they're receiving financial compensation, I take that back.
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@Charles U. Farley @sign the ANTI-META PACT today! Remember about #NDA and such a #shit 💩 . Probably you will never know if they've got financial compensation or not.
#shit #nda @Charles U. Farley @MOVED vantablack@cyberpunk.lol
MisterArix
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@dredmorbius “The first hit is free”

I can see a scenario where Meta Money becomes necessary to maintain large instances. Then Meta reduces the payout or simply stops paying the instances. The instances go bankrupt and sell themselves to Meta, giving them what they really wanted in the first place.

The real world analogy is the IMF and China saddling poorer nations with debt and then extracting a heavy cost through austerity and confiscation of resources.
@Doc Edward Morbius ⭕​
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@MisterArix @Doc Edward Morbius ⭕​ @sign the ANTI-META PACT today! All the meta needs from the admins of these large instances is some form of guarantee that they will co-operate (aka 'deliver' a guaranteed critical mass from the fediverse side) but.... only until a critical mass is also created on the meta side , i.e. they become the largest instance and since then they will be playing exclusively from a position of strength.
@Doc Edward Morbius ⭕​ @MOVED vantablack@cyberpunk.lol @MisterArix
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