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Since #Facebook/‍#Meta is apparently going to start testing #Fediverse/‍#Mastodon integration for their #P92/‍#Barcelona‍/‍#Threads “platform” soon, let's do another round of reminders of what this entails and why their instance and IPs should be blocked *now* with extreme prejudice.

wokA credible threat to (and from) commercial social network silos/1The Fediverse, especially through Mastodon, has been acknowledged by the major players as a threat —to be eliminated.
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After more than 2 weeks of work, the official #lemmy instance of utopify.org is online: lemmy.utopify.org/

It took way to much time, but I wanted to be sure it is the right thing and that everything works even better than before in the old utopify.org guild chat on #habitica And after a lots of struggles, it looks like it is usable, now.

The new lemmy instance covers topics like #selfdevelopment and #sustainability and everything what is connected to it. I will create a lot of communities the next weeks and almost every #challenge I provided on Habitica will be accessible publicly there, too. (And I will announce them on Mastodon).

It should be a safe space to focus on important topics and define fulfilling goals, create a habit to work on them and to reach them in an efficient way, even if the "All Feed" is activated, which can be distracting very fast, because it shows federated posts. I recommend to stay in the "Local Feed".

I've put so much energy, time and money in a self-hosted Lemmy instance, because what happened on Habitica was the last time that a company will be able to destroy the utopify community.

We had a healthy routine to set goals, have a sustainable mindset, motivate and inspire others and all was gone within a short time. This time the plan is, that it will stay for much much longer and that all experience will be saved and can be shared by everyone :)

The Lemmy instance is free of GAFAM spyware (Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft) or any trackers/ads and it runs on a private server and WE DON'T FEDERATE WITH #META (#threads, #project92, #p92)

If you want to support utopify.org, you can do this over liberapay: liberapay.com/utopify.org

Every cent is appreciated and helps to keep everything running :)

lemmy.utopify.orglemmy.utopify.org - Utopia begins with 'U'

I didn’t see anyone report on this, but a 13 slides deck about #meta #threadApp ’s future plans has leaked.

And guess what you can find at the slide 11.... Mastodon compatibility confirmed again.

Source:
https://www.businessinsider.com/leaked-instagram-threads-document-shows-upcoming-features-2023-7 (Pay walled)

(this post contains 13 webp pictures, open the post on calckey.social if you can’t view all pictures on your instance)

#project92 #p92 #barcelona #instagram #blockmeta #threads

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@lonus

Yes, according to The Guardian, #regulations in the EU were the main issue: "Sources at #Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, said regulations were behind the postponement of an EU launch, amid a series of clashes between the social media group and the bloc." #Threads #P92 #Project92

@jerry

theguardian.com/media/2023/jul

The GuardianMeta delays EU launch of Twitter rival Threads amid uncertainty over personal data useBy Dan Milmo

Threads isn’t for news and politics, says exec

Instagram’s new Threads app is “not going to do anything to encourage” politics and “hard news,” Instagram boss Adam Mosseri said.

The additional scrutiny, negativity, and integrity risks that come with politics and hard news aren’t worth the “incremental engagement or revenue,” Mosseri wrote.

theverge.com/2023/7/7/23787334

The Verge · Threads isn’t for news and politics, says Instagram’s bossBy Jay Peters
#Threads#Meta#P92

I'm confused, hoping someone can explain:

One of the "defederate with Threads" arguments being advanced is that "Threads is about harvesting user's data"

Which, ok, sure - Threads is about harvesting *Threads users* data, that part I get.

What part of this setup, though, allows Threads to harvest *other* people's data (ie, the fediverse in general), in a way that can be genuinely blocked by defederating with them?

Of all things about #Threads, what puzzles me the most is why they codenamed it #P92 or project #Barcelona.

I can only think of the Barcelona Olympic competition of 1992. But why would #Meta use that? Do they code name all their projects with Olympic cities?

It can't be random. Anyone knows or has a good guess?

Viele machen sich Sorgen wegen des angekündigten Einstiegs des -Konzerns ins Fediverse. Es geht um die App . Was wir darüber wissen, steht hier: digitalcourage.de/blog/2023/fe

Bei @digitalcourage haben wir noch nicht entschieden, ob wir Metas Fediverse-Instanz(en) aus unseren Instanzen aussperren werden. Noch funktioniert bei threads.net das Föderieren nicht. Das kann sich aber jederzeit ändern.

Wer vorbeugend ausschließen will, dass die eigenen Tröts zu Meta/Threads gelangen, kann sich mit folgender Anleitung abschotten:

1. Die CSV-Datei von gitlab.digitalcourage.de/fediv herunterladen.

2. In den persönlichen Mastodon-Einstellungen auf „Importieren und Exportieren“ gehen, dann auf „Importieren“, also hierhin: digitalcourage.social/settings

3. In der Auswahlbox „Domain-Sperrliste“ auswählen

4. Die zuvor heruntergeladene CSV-Datei dort hochladen

5. Wenn das geklappt hat, müssten Einträge mit „threads“ auf digitalcourage.social/domain_b zu sehen sein

Vielen Dank an @ordnung für die Vorlage!

digitalcourage.deFacebook will Social Media weiter kolonialisieren |Facebook will Twitter mit einer neuen App Konkurrenz machen. Gleichzeitig versucht Facebook, auch das Fediverse zu vereinnahmen, so die Befürchtung.
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I've got a funny little story for you. So, a while back, someone was all like, "Hey, #Mastodon and #ActivityPub are totally done for because Bluesky is this massive gorilla with loads of cash!" And you know what? I've been saying for ages that if Bluesky is a gorilla, then #P92 (or #Threads, as the kids now call it) is a ginormous whale! And guess what? Tonight, my friend, I've been proven right!

Hold on to your hats because Threads has gone from zero to millions of users in less than a day!

I'm honestly a bit taken aback by some of the proponents of #Threads

Not by them carrying water for #Meta mind you, that's their prerogative, more so by the way they go about it

I've seen the most strained analogies and the most contorted arguments being uttered by people that I know are too smart and too honest to utter things that are so incongruous with their own standards of intellectual honesty

So what the hell is going on?

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Y'all, Meta isn't launching their Twitter alike in the EU because it would be _literally illegal there_ due to all the privacy and data collection issues they plan on having: independent.ie/business/techno

...and some of you want to federate with them?!?!

Independent.ieNo Instagram Threads app in the EU: Irish DPC says Meta's new Twitter rival won't be launched hereBy Adrian Weckler

The #cosocial board of directors has voted not to block Meta's new project Threads (also known as #p92 ).

While I think that not blocking Threads is unambiguously a bad thing, I am happy with the process by which this decision was come to. CoSocial put out a request for comments from it's audience (under the #CoSocialMeta ) tag, and the decision truly does match the (quite overwhelming) consensus of sentiment under that tag.

cosocial.info/cosocial-board-d

Cosocial.ca Canadian Mastodon CooperativeCoSocial Board Decision on Threads - Cosocial.ca Canadian Mastodon CooperativeTwo weeks ago, the CoSocial.ca board asked the membership to comment on the question of whether our Mastodon instance should pre-emptively defederate from the

Meta looks to target Twitter with a rival app called Threads

Meta is poised to unveil a new app that appears to mimic Twitter — a direct challenge to the social media platform owned by Elon Musk.

A listing for the app, called Threads, appeared on Apple’s App Store, indicating it would debut as early as Thursday.

apnews.com/article/meta-twitte

AP NewsMeta looks to target Twitter with a rival app called ThreadsBy KELVIN CHAN