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I can’t believe *any* country would consider adopting Starlink at this point, especially a democracy, when the CEO has shown an eagerness to interfere with Starlink’s service if it becomes politically interested in a global conflict, or if it thinks there could be lulz and dank memes. https://www.reuters.com/technology/japans-military-considers-adopting-musks-starlink-satellite-service-media-2023-06-25/

Just in case anyone's wondering: The growth curve of the fediverse (or possible lack thereof in future) will have no bearing on my decision to leave and continue leaving proprietary corporate silos. I am in this for the long haul. 😃 Will it be difficult some days? Yes. **Even now**, there are legitimate business reasons for me to participate on Twitter and Instagram. Will I? No. The theoretical money/fame just isn't worth it. Stay strong people. Stay strong. #Fediverse Forever! ✊

I'm furious about the money & international effort spent on both the causes of the desperate migration of refugees, and the money & effort spent to block and punish rescuers & refugees alike, and to force rescuers to leave thousands of people to die. A couple billionaires drown on an $$$ and ill-advised tourist trip and it's tragedy. Thousands of refugees die and it's punishment for their crime of what? Color of their skin? Location of their birth? The amount of capital they don't own? 2/3

TL;DR: If we let Facebook play in our pool, they'll eventually shit in it and monetize our outrage. Others have already expressed these concerns, but here goes my 2 cents... Facebook doesn't get the benefit of the doubt. They've already squandered any goodwill they've been given. Facebook's whole business model is: - selling our personal info and "engagement" to marketers, - who will use that asymmetrical power to manipulate us, - with the end goal of making us consume more. To do that, they'll: - invade our spaces to gather more data on us. - change their policies when it suits them. - use their legal & financial leverage to get their way. - spin it all as a beneficent embrace of open standards, community, and competition in the market. The likely result will be: - a shift in all our timelines towards Facebook curated content. - an explosion in growth, which will errode these safe spaces–particularly LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC–that we've worked to establish. - extra costs and strain for server owners. - a foot in the door for corporations to turn the Fediverse into the same cesspool of misinformation and monetization that they've turned the rest of the internet into. --- Edit: @mcp thank you :blobhaj_cathug: for all your work for LGBTQIA.space. I know this place means a lot to a lot of people, myself included. I don't want this post to come across as adversarial to you or anyone else who cares about this community. (But Meta can still go fuck themselves) Edit 2: thank you all for the boosts! I feel like this is an important issue with the potential to affect all of us here, and I appreciate the extended reach. 💜 Edit 3: Tag your favorite instance admin! (mine's already tagged above 😘) Final edit: This was the last time *I'll* boost this post, as I don't want to be any more obnoxious than usual. Final final edit (maybe): This post was quoted in an article, you should read the article. https://privacy.thenexus.today/should-the-fediverse-welcome-surveillance-capitalism/ --- #Meta #Facebook #Project92 #Federation #Fediverse #FediBlock #DefederateMeta #FuckCapitalism #Boost #PleaseBoost

I am begging people to understand that "capturing all Twitter users" is not the win condition for the fediverse

This week really could have been an email.

I’m not cheering on nazis, but if they want to fuck up their own shit am I just supposed to sit on my hands here?

Thoughts and prayers tonight for all the tankies and their fellow travellers, including Glenn Greenwald, Matt Taibbi, Medea Benjamin, Katrina vanden Heuvel, Max Blumenthal, Grey Zone, Code Pink, Tulsi Gabbard, RFK Jr, David Sacks and more Watching their autocratic wet dreams and love of butchers fall apart thanks to the unwavering resolve of the freedom loving people of Ukraine is beautiful Almost sad I gave up on Twitter. Can't hear their tears, silence and pathetic bleeps Slava #ukraine

you know, the thing is, the internet actually worked fine for like twenty years BEFORE everyone was congregating in one place we don't actually NEED to replace it with another huge place