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Why we need to move on from kbin.social - RedditMigration - kbin.social (kbin.social)
submitted 2 years ago by Temperche@feddit.de to c/main@feddit.de
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[-] Kissaki@feddit.de 10 points 2 years ago

their central argument:

[…] but the gist was that Instagram had reached out to one of the larger Fediverse servers and asked the person who runs to have a meeting 'off the record'. That person turned them down and told other members of the Fediverse what happened. The general consensus is that this was going to be a monetary offer to allow Instagram to further colonize the Fediverse by purchasing one of the larger servers.

And therein lies the problem: if the majority of users gravitate to a few large servers, then that leaves those larger servers vulnerable to exploitation.

[-] gelberhut@feddit.de 10 points 2 years ago

A hard link to an instance is an issue. Instead of depending of a "centralized power", you depend on a "local power". This is, probably, irrelevant in the begging, but later it could cause a drama similar to reddit - like you build a community with 100K people and then instance owner comes to you and say that you must do "X" or leave.

The ideal way to address this would be a possibility to move an account AND a community from one instance to another.

[-] LittlePrimate@feddit.de 7 points 2 years ago

Here's the Mail from Meta in question: Kec Quirk via Fosstodon.

[-] Ranessin@feddit.de 6 points 2 years ago

Why should Instagram buy some instance? The software is FOSS, they have a shitton of servers, they can host an instance that is a thousand times more powerful than all of the Feddiverse combined just with their idle stuff. Defederate it if it sucks, but the goal should not be a bunch of ivory tower hermit fortresses with the bridges drawn up.

[-] anlumo@feddit.de 8 points 2 years ago

The value is always the user base, never the hardware or software. Social media companies know that very well.

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