@BeAware @atomicpoet @fediversenews Yes I understand that public data is public. Federation is much more than that, it supercharges the value of data which flows from the fediverse to meta, allowing meta to exploit it in ways I find abhorrent, and in ways which are beyond the means of everyone else. Meta's tactics should be illegal but they are allowed. They have too much power as it is, I came here to avoid giving them more power, and now they are coming for me anyway.
BeAware@social.beaware.live 1 month ago
@AvonVilla @atomicpoet @fediversenews you literally were SO close to my point, but missed it....
ANYONE can do federation and "steal" your data. Nobody has to make an account that shows who they really are. I can make an account with all kinds of lies and fake info, then follow anyone I want and use their posts however I want and they wouldn't have a clue....
AvonVilla@aus.social 1 month ago
@BeAware @atomicpoet @fediversenews On the specific comment "anyone can do federation", remember too, that anyone can do defederation. MY point is that it should be done in the case of meta.
I'm happy that the instance I'm on has gone down that path.
BeAware@social.beaware.live 1 month ago
@AvonVilla @atomicpoet @fediversenews again missing my point...
Defederation is a response action. Something that one has to know about specific activity that would make them want to defederate. If you don't know, you can't defederate...your PUBLIC data is public. Blocking meta won't change that and they aren't the only bad actors in the world with access to your public data via Federation. We federate by default, meaning your data is exposed by default, to Meta, or anyone else that isn't defederated...
It's fine though, you keep dodging the point and it doesn't matter anyway because you got what you want and so do I. Have a good day.