Re: Meta censoring Pixelfed links?

I think that federation Spirit Is that anyone Is responsible to manage her own server however She like. Several nodes blocked meta severs. Conversely I think that meta must be free to moderate however She think Is appropriate. 

Il 20 gennaio 2025 01:11:55 CET, "ben@bengo.co" <ben@bengo.co> ha scritto:
>I strongly disagree with Evan. This is appropriate for this list.
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>Sean’s message is not disruptive.
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>Evan’s, demanding silence, is disruptive.
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>Evan, this is the second time you’ve unnecessarily and inappropriately policed Sean.
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>Stop.
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>(sent while mobile)
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>> On Jan 19, 2025, at 3:24 PM, Evan Prodromou <evan@prodromou.name> wrote:
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>> This kind of message is inappropriate for this list.
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>> <https://www.w3.org/community/about/process/#general-policies>
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>> "Communications must not be disruptive. Participants must refrain from defaming, harassing or otherwise offending other participants or their organizations."
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>> In standards organizations, we usually leave outside issues at the door.
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>> Nobody here should have to be on the hook for everything their organizations do, especially if it's not directly related to ActivityPub implementation.
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>> Let's keep this group for collaborating on Social Web standards, and save the commentary on other practices for other venues.
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>> Evan
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>>> On January 19, 2025 5:01:43 PM EST, Sean O'Brien <sean.obrien@yale.edu> wrote:
>>> Hi folks,
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>>> I would like to request that the Meta representatives on this list please respond to these concerns re: Pixelfed and potential anti-competitive behavior by Meta:
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>>> https://archive.is/XwgRu
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>>> https://www.404media.co/meta-is-blocking-links-to-decentralized-instagram-competitor-pixelfed/
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>>> Is Meta engaging in anti-competitive behavior in regard to Pixelfed?  Can the Meta employees on this list please escalate within your organization and get a response?
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>>> Meta's enthusiasm for interop and federation in regard to Threads is approximately one year old now. What goodwill has been gained in that time across the fediverse could disappear in a day.
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>>> In my opinion, Pixelfed is vitally important for the fediverse at this moment and purposeful removal or blocking of Pixelfed links could be construed as monopolistic.  Minds more legally-grounded than mine might find such actions illegal, and there is precedent for this going back at least to Microsoft's error messages in regard to DR-DOS.
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>>> Pixelfed is a popular, established, and growing fediverse project and a potential competitor for Instagram. The developers are now also working on Loops, a TikTok-like fediverse project that has been gaining steam due to the TikTok ban in the US. Censorship of Pixelfed at a time when the same devs are building a fediverse alternative for TikTok refugees is not a good look.
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>>> If this topic was covered here already, I apologize in advance for missing it.  Clarification, please.
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Sean
>>>