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How to Kill a Decentralised Network (such as the Fediverse) (ploum.net)
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This blog post by Ploum, who was part of the original XMPP efforts long ago, describes how Google killed one great federated service, which shows why the Fediverse must not give Meta the chance

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[–] JoeKrogan@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Facebook messenger did the same . You used to be able to talk to fb users via google chat all from pidgin or another xmpp client. They are a hostile actor on the web who have already proven themselves untrustworthy. Let's not forget the Snowden docs or Cambridge Analytica

[–] MisterD@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

Meanwhile, meta is about to join the fediverse and do it all again.

[–] alaphic@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I'm sorry, but what do the Snowden docs have to do with anything? I'm out of the loop apparently there