Meta’s entry and the #fedipact highlight conflicting perspectives. One possible result is that the fediverse will fragment along the lines Evan Prodromou has identified as “Big Fedi” and “Small Fedi.” Big Fedi, Prodromou argues, welcomes commercial services, sees individuals as the key social unit, and values growth....
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Threads rolls out ads to all users worldwide
Meta on Wednesday announced it’s expanding ads on Threads to all users globally. The expansion, which starts next week, will be gradual, the company says, noting it may take months for the full rollout to complete.
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/21/threads-rolls-out-ads-to-all-users-worldwide/
who, who could have predicted? ok, pretty much everybody predicted this at the time ... but other than that, who, who could have predicted?
It's interesting to reread my "Embrace, Extend, and Exploit" article from late 2023. Meta has certainly been exploiting their fedi adventure for all it's worth but they've backed off on their embrace and haven't gone the "decentralized surveillance capitalism" route i thought they might. The strong resistance from #FediPact and the Free Fediverse is certainly a factor, although not the only one. But, just like fascists everywhere, they're not going away, so we need to stay vigilant.
Threads rolls out ads to all users worldwide
Meta on Wednesday announced it’s expanding ads on Threads to all users globally. The expansion, which starts next week, will be gradual, the company says, noting it may take months for the full rollout to complete.
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/21/threads-rolls-out-ads-to-all-users-worldwide/
Esther Payne :bisexual_flag:
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I have no interest in staying connected with "friends" on plattforms for and by nazis.
#FediPact #BlockBlueSky #BlockThreads #BlockICE #BlockTrump #BlockMaga
I have no interest in staying connected with "friends" on plattforms for and by nazis.
#FediPact #BlockBlueSky #BlockThreads #BlockICE #BlockTrump #BlockMaga
I think about it a lot, especially with new instances starting, how discourse around things like meta and #fedipact maybe haven't even hit them, or weather they even care that they have been federated with meta (threads) off the rip.
Also side-eyeing instances that get made through an AI like Operator.... I feel like I really don't trust any of that shit, but I do want to engage with the good will of people starting here y'know?
Shit's complicated. It's weird wanting to be part of a better world but also wanting to guide others into it for themselves.
I just know for sure that isolation isn't ever the answer.
Chip Butty
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First, it is false to argue that the #fedipact members are against openness. As I have argued across this bok, the covenantal fediverse is open to people who want to become members. They just have to do a few things: see themselves not as signing up for social media, but joining a community and abiding by its ethical standards....
On the Threads numbers, your theory that they're counting people on Instagram and get shown a Threads post is certainly plausible.
Details aside though the most likely explanation seems to me that Meta is lying (as they have about numnbers in the past -- remember the "pivot to video" lolsob).
Esther Payne :bisexual_flag:
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Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads
"Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, documents seen by Reuters show. And the social media giant internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day. Among its responses to suspected rogue marketers: charging them a premium for ads – and issuing reports on ’Scammiest Scammers.’"
Excellent reporting by @Jhorwitzz for Reuters!
Carlo Gubitosa :nonviolenza:
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Abbiamo già forkato Mastodon [3] e siamo sempre pront* a nuove sperimentazioni.
Crediamo nel fediverso. Invitiamo tuttə a bloccare Threads [4].
Questa è il miglior messaggio che possiamo dare a chi vuole distruggere quello che stiamo costruendo assieme
[0] https://mastodon.bida.im/about/more
[1] https://mastodon.help/#Critique
[2] https://poliverso.org/display/0477a01e-1964-abfd-552f-aef477916660
[3] https://git.lattuga.net/bida/bastodon
[4] https://fedipact.online/ cc: @FediPact
der.hans
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Final round of SeaGL talks in 30 min:
* GNU/Linux Loves All from Timmy James Barnett
* Let's create our own tech jobs together following open source principles from Jocelyn Graf
* No More Mystery Brownies: SBOMs, security errata, and the recipe for safer software from Brady Dibble
https://pretalx.seagl.org/2025/talk/
Join freely and anonymously - https://seagl.org/attend
#SeaGL #SeaGL2025 #FLOSSconf #FLOSSevent #Seattle #FediPact #Fediverse #FLOSSmusic #FLOSSbusiness #FLOSSjobs #InfoSec #SBOM
der.hans
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These, the penultimate SeaGL talks this year, start in 45 minutes
SeaGL talks in 2 hours ( after TeaGL ):
* How I used open-source tools to prove my marriage to the US Government (No Streaming) from Dawn Cooper
* FediPact: Why? from Vanta Rainbow Black
The final round of talks is after these talks
https://pretalx.seagl.org/2025/talk
Join the conference freely and anonymously - https://seagl.org/attend
#SeaGL #SeaGL2025 #FLOSSconf #FLOSSevent #Seattle #today #TeaGL #FediPact #Fediverse
Final round of SeaGL talks in 30 min:
* GNU/Linux Loves All from Timmy James Barnett
* Let's create our own tech jobs together following open source principles from Jocelyn Graf
* No More Mystery Brownies: SBOMs, security errata, and the recipe for safer software from Brady Dibble
https://pretalx.seagl.org/2025/talk/
Join freely and anonymously - https://seagl.org/attend
#SeaGL #SeaGL2025 #FLOSSconf #FLOSSevent #Seattle #FediPact #Fediverse #FLOSSmusic #FLOSSbusiness #FLOSSjobs #InfoSec #SBOM