Comment on Lemmy.world Should Defederate with Threads
raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 9 months agoPrivacy is the less relevant point here. Keeping the fediverse alive is the central point. Just look at reddit to see how corporate greed can fuck up a social network. Or google groups killing the usenet by “federating” with it. If you want the expanded version: ploum.net/2023-06-23-how-to-kill-decentralised-ne…
capital@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I’m so tired of that article.
Neither the people advocating for dedederation nor that article ever explains how defederating is going to defeat EEE.
raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I take it you got tired before getting through the first paragraph even the first time reading? No one is talking about “defeat EEE” - it’s about protecting yourself against attempts to use the EEE strategy. And the article explains exactly how defederating is relevant in that regard.
capital@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I read the whole thing the first time it was presented to me.
Yeah and it spouts vague platitudes while avoiding specifics. Maybe it’s the sysadmin in me but that isn’t worth shit.
How does defederating “protect against attempts to use the EEE strategy”?
Maybe I could see a valid point if you could instantly have all instances defederate now and forever but you can’t.
raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Since you refuse to acknowledge that the explanation is right there in the text, I’ll have to assume you have ill intent.