Comment on Lemmy.world Should Defederate with Threads

• themusicman@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I thought users could block instances now?

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  • Draconic_NEO@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Users can now block instances. Similar to community blocks, it means that any posts from communities which are hosted on that instance are hidden. However the block doesn’t affect users from the blocked instance, their posts and comments can still be seen normally in other communities.

    So yes but not exactly. It’s not as effective as you would think that an instance block would be if it doesn’t block the users. That’s not even addressing the fact that Lemmy’s blocking isn’t even really blocking it’s more along the lines of muting, it’s just named blocking.

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• helenslunch@feddit.nl ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  AP does not allow for the pushing of ads.

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  • gohixo9650@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    that’s irrelevant. Nothing prevents the influencers to promote their products as they do in all the popular platforms. You’re thinking only in terms of ads as coming from an ad server but this is not necessarily the case.

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    • helenslunch@feddit.nl ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      that’s irrelevant

      You’re complaining about ads that are being pushed on you by an algorithm from ad companies. I’m telling you there are no ad companies. Seems relevant.

      Nothing prevents the influencers to promote their products as they do in all the popular platforms.

      Nothing prevents them from doing that right now.

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      • gohixo9650@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        You’re complaining about ads that are being pushed on you by an algorithm from ad companies. I’m telling you there are no ad companies. Seems relevant.

        I never typed the word “ad”. I specifically said post of top brands. How can this be achieved in ActivityPub? Easy. When you are using lets say Threads, their proprietary system treats differently ads and normal posts. However, anything their system is pushing on the federated network (ActivityPub) is disguised as a normal post. A post that is having millions of engagement will be visible in “All”.

        Nothing prevents them from doing that right now.

        You act like you’re new to internet. What prevents them is that their audience is not here and companies are not paying them for that. However companies will pay them to promote their products in Threads. With the current numbers, Threads has the potential to dominate the “All” page.

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