Word. It makes some false assumptions imo. Facebook as a community has a known toxicity / mis/disinformation problem. Keep that mess over there points to Over There
What need is there to Federate with Meta? They're a corporation where growth matters. Lemmy and Mastodon are private, networked instances where funding can and often does come from donations. Provided instance operators can subsist off those donations, the need to grow for the sake of growth/profit is a non-issue.
I don't care about data harvesting. This stuff's public.
What I don't want is my community that I joined to be impacted by a larger community filled with bigots, fascists, the hateful. That's going to be my cue to exit. So I hope that the community I'm a part of values me and others like me more than tolerating the above for the sake of growth or whathaveyou.
My mind has already closed to Reddit. At first it was surprising how quickly I abandoned it, but it’s not really. The Internet is a fast moving place, with sudden trends and viral content being the norm rather than the exception. I like Lemmy so far and it serves the same purpose, perhaps with its own problems but with pros that outweigh the cons. No one person or company owns it. That’s progress.
Word. It makes some false assumptions imo. Facebook as a community has a known toxicity / mis/disinformation problem. Keep that mess over there points to Over There