Helix@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years agoMeta's decentralized social plans confirmed. Is Embrace-Extend-Extinguish of the Fediverse next?reb00ted.orgexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10
arrow-up14arrow-down1external-linkMeta's decentralized social plans confirmed. Is Embrace-Extend-Extinguish of the Fediverse next?reb00ted.orgHelix@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square30fedilink
minus-squareSojourn 🐢@mastodon.coffeelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years ago@emi @Helix those standards don’t really change though. We have the power over ActivityPub. Plus, if they do create cool features, why would we not also add them?
minus-squareHelix@beehaw.orgOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years ago We have the power over ActivityPub Who is ‘we’? And who doesn’t say that there’s something on top of activitypub? Plus, if they do create cool features, why would we not also add them? Because we don’t have multiple thousands of paid developers.
minus-squareSojourn 🐢@mastodon.coffeelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years ago@Helix we have a legion of trans coders in pink striped programmer socks. They can do anything!
minus-squareScott@lem.free.aslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoOne of the “powers” of OSS is that the license usually required changes to be fed back upstream. If Meta were not to do that the authors of Lemmy could ask someone like EFF to take legal proceeding against them.
minus-squaresznio@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years ago Because we don’t have multiple thousands of paid developers. Having worked at a company with thousands of developers, that’s a significant advantage for us.
minus-squarechrisn@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoIf there are some big players (like in email), i think the biggest risk is that the big players would end up only talking to each other. Similar to email, where a random host is likely to be spamming, that might happen here too. (Although I’m not that familiar with the protocols here)
@emi @Helix those standards don’t really change though. We have the power over ActivityPub. Plus, if they do create cool features, why would we not also add them?
Who is ‘we’? And who doesn’t say that there’s something on top of activitypub?
Because we don’t have multiple thousands of paid developers.
@Helix we have a legion of trans coders in pink striped programmer socks. They can do anything!
One of the “powers” of OSS is that the license usually required changes to be fed back upstream.
If Meta were not to do that the authors of Lemmy could ask someone like EFF to take legal proceeding against them.
Having worked at a company with thousands of developers, that’s a significant advantage for us.
If there are some big players (like in email), i think the biggest risk is that the big players would end up only talking to each other.
Similar to email, where a random host is likely to be spamming, that might happen here too. (Although I’m not that familiar with the protocols here)
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