AnneTheWriter<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://merveilles.town/@theruran" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>theruran</span></a></span> </p><p>3/ Here's a link to very interesting (and very long) thread on the subject.</p><p>I've only been in the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> for several months now, but I think that once folks get here and see the overall positive feed, they will also see the distinct advantages of not being under a corporate <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a>... of not being bombarded with ads and manipulated by algorithms... and the confidence of not having their data harvested or scraped, they will reject any unethical feed from <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Threads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Threads</span></a> and block the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ThreadsApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThreadsApp</span></a> and the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Metaverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Metaverse</span></a> for themselves. </p><p>I do understand the comfort of small instances, but I also understand the power of big ones. I think that fracturing the Fediverse will only empower Zuckerberg, not hurt him, and will leave <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> and the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> weaker and worse off for doing so.</p><p>The <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/InformationAge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InformationAge</span></a> is built on <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/connectivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>connectivity</span></a>, not isolationism.</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Universodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Universodon</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MastodonSocial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastodonSocial</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/EEE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EEE</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MastodonOnline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastodonOnline</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/EmbraceExtendExtinguish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EmbraceExtendExtinguish</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36580314" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3</span><span class="invisible">6580314</span></a></p>