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How to Kill a Decentralised Network (such as the Fediverse) (ploum.net)
submitted 2 years ago by jherazob@beehaw.org to c/fediverse@lemmy.ml
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This blog post by Ploum, who was part of the original XMPP efforts long ago, describes how Google killed one great federated service, which shows why the Fediverse must not give Meta the chance

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[โ€“] wet_lettuce@beehaw.org 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is a really good call out. I've been thinking about this article since I read it earlier today, and I never thought about the distinction between user groups and how people used xmpp vs how people use a activitypub Lemmy/kbin.

I think you are spot on.

Which actually makes me think that mastodon might have a little to worry about since its less anonymous and who you follow actually matters. And there is more interaction between (not anonymous) people.

My friends are like your friends in that we all use reddit, but never even share our usernames with each other.

[โ€“] WidowsFavoriteSon@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I'm sorry I accidentally down voted your post

I'm on a new app and don't know how to fix it.

My apologies