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1. Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 17-Dec-2023 18:37:07 JST Aral Balkan

   Those of you caught up debating the technical minutiae of federating with Threads are missing the forest for the trees.

   This is about one thing: Affording social capital to/normalising/legitimising Meta/Facebook/surveillance capitalism (and thereby delegitimising those who oppose them).

   Hey, if the author of Mastodon thinks Meta/Facebook/Instagram/surveillance capitalism is socially acceptable there must be something wrong with you if you don’t.

   So thanks for that, Eugen.

   (Yes, I’m livid.)

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 17-Dec-2023 18:41:52 JST Aral Balkan

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     • smallcircles (Humanity Now 🕊)

     @smallcircles Can’t see your post.

   • smallcircles (Humanity Now 🕊) (smallcircles@social.coop)'s status on Sunday, 17-Dec-2023 18:41:54 JST smallcircles (Humanity Now 🕊)

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     @aral

     My thought on the matter: https://social.coop/@smallcircles/111595072968548006

   • David Penfold :verified: (davep@infosec.exchange)'s status on Sunday, 17-Dec-2023 18:43:35 JST David Penfold :verified:

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     @aral Can't they just scrape content anyway?

     I've not delved into the weeds, so take this as a genuine question from someone not really up on stuff.

     Apparently it's one way at the moment. Does this mean stuff only gets out from Threads but not from here to there? If so, it would seem that reciprocity would be appropriate, i.e. doing the same thing (if instance admins could agree).

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 17-Dec-2023 18:43:35 JST Aral Balkan

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     • David Penfold :verified:

     @davep Again, it’s not about the technical details of what they can or cannot do. Can a burglar break into your house. Yes, probably. Is it something very different if you throw a party and invite the burglar in as the guest of honour? Yes, very much so.

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 17-Dec-2023 18:47:34 JST Aral Balkan

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     • smallcircles (Humanity Now 🕊)

     @smallcircles Yep, this.

   • smallcircles (Humanity Now 🕊) (smallcircles@social.coop)'s status on Sunday, 17-Dec-2023 18:47:35 JST smallcircles (Humanity Now 🕊)

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     @aral that is weird, it is followers-only. I'll DM you.

   • Tinker ☀️ (tinker@infosec.exchange)'s status on Sunday, 17-Dec-2023 21:56:37 JST Tinker ☀️

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     @aral - So many comments continuing to "debate the technical minutiae of Threads" under a post decrying folks for "debating the technical minutiae of Threads."

     Wow. 😐

   • emic (emic@c.im)'s status on Monday, 18-Dec-2023 03:46:15 JST emic

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     @aral Thank him for the tools he gave you to be able to freely express your 🐂💩

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Monday, 18-Dec-2023 03:46:15 JST Aral Balkan

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     • emic

     @emic Go taste your boot leather elsewhere.