oh, here's some JUICY rumored details about meta's plans for the fediverse
tl;dr "Meta will only federate with select larger instances from the beginning. There will be contracts which also provide for financial compensation for the instance owners."
can't entirely verify their validity but it's still worth posting just in case
#FediPact #barcelona #project92 #p92 #meta #facebook #fediverse #fediblockmeta #FediAdmin #MastoAdmin #threads
@vantablack (Also, reading further at the source, their framing of the UFoI makes me strongly doubt they have the level of insight they claim to)
@vantablack Actually, let me elaborate on that a bit more: the UFoI *presented* itself as a "stronger together" union, but in reality it was an anti-defederation pact that was prompted by qoto folks trying to weasel their way out of FediBlocks through social pressure.
A number of admins fell for the facade, didn't investigate the backstory, and signed on believing it was a "stronger together" union; only to drop support once informed by other admins what the fineprint actually said.
The framing of this admin is *entirely* consistent with that facade; claiming that it would make the fediverse stronger against Meta, but it objectively would have done no such thing, the way it was defined.
I don't know whether they just fell for the grift, or whether they understand exactly what they're saying, but either way it makes me distrust their judgment of what has been said; they seem to value claims and promises over substance.