And yet again, the greatest threat to the Fediverse isn't Meta - but the people doing their work for them and actively making room for them by "giving them a chance", "we should have a calm conversation about this", etc.

You're actively complicit in this. Instead of listening to the many marginalized folks sounding the alarm, fearing for the continued existence and safety of their communities... you choose to give the "benefit of the doubt" to a corporation with a decade+ track record of exploitation, consent violations, and literal genocide(!).

You care more about "growth", about some superficial appearance of neutrality and rationality, about recognition by a 'prestigious' tech corp, than you do about the safety of vulnerable folks in your community.

You chose to trust a demonstrably dishonest corporation instead of your fellow community members.

And while you might think that this is 'just being rational' or 'not a big deal', it's extremely clear to everybody else what choice you've made, and that people cannot depend on you for their safety.

This has consequences, and if you wonder why people stop trusting you or being patient with you, this is why.

And all of this applies much more broadly than just the current Facebook/fedi situation, because this happens *all the time* in politics, with (especially privileged) people defending oppressive and violent institutions, often just to avoid their own discomfort.

You are complicit. You chose to be a part of the problem. You're not neutral - you picked a side, like it or not.