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conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Because Facebook hasn’t done anything yet.

Blocking Facebook as a user is not good enough. Any server that connects to them legitimizes them and is not acceptable behavior.

It absolute is not a conspiracy, and most people unwilling to participate in any server that interacts with Facebook in any way are doing so exactly because they understand the technology and Facebook’s history. Literally everything Facebook has ever touched turned to dogshit. “I won’t participate in a platform that doesn’t completely block Facebook” is not the naive, uninformed position. (That’s using Facebook and their other platforms.) It’s the people who recognize how pure fucking evil Facebook is.

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woelkchen@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Because Facebook hasn’t done anything yet.

And they cannot circumvent to ActivityPub protocol to display ads to users who don’t want so see them. Claiming otherwise is conspiracy theories.

Blocking Facebook as a user is not good enough

Yes, it is.

Any server that connects to them legitimizes them and is not acceptable behavior.

That’s not for you to decide.

It absolute is not a conspiracy

It absolutely is.

and most people unwilling to participate in any server that interacts with Facebook in any way

First: That’s untrue.

Second: Such an opinion is based on conspiracy theories and therefore not valid.

are doing so exactly because they understand the technology

No, they and you don’t.

“I won’t participate in a platform that doesn’t completely block Facebook” is not the naive, uninformed position.

Yes, it is and you don’t even realize that you are participatin in a platform that doesn’t completely block ~~Facebook~~ Threads right now. That’s proof enough that you don’t understand the technology.

It’s the people who recognize how pure fucking evil Facebook is.

Then allowing ad-free access to accounts hosted there should be your agenda. That’s how they don’t get money, not by pushing people to sign up for their platform, just because they want to follow their favorite movie franchise or sports team.

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- Jimbo@yiffit.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  
  yes, it is
  
  It absolutely is
  
  No, they and you don’t
  
  What great arguments you have. Really gonna convince people with that.
  
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  - woelkchen@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    
    What great arguments you have.
    
    Yes, I have, you just chose not to quote any of them. Threads cannot push ads to Mastodon users who don’t want to see them. Mastoton users can subscribe to brand accounts who then may make promotional posts but again: Threads cannot push any of those to users as ads. That’s simply not how ActivityPub works. I explained this countless times already. Certain people just aren’t interested in facts and choose to quote selectively as if those arguments were never made. That’s dishonest.
    
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