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First, Mozilla is just “joining” to something already existing. The aren’t inventing anything new and won’t revolutionize anything.
For starters, users will join the Mozilla.social instance with their Mozilla accounts.
It doesn’t look like a great idea privacy-wise, but who cares… I have already blocked the instance on my personal account, because fuck Mozilla.
For example, Mozilla is currently experimenting with a Discover feed that aims to surface engaging content. Over time, it plans to gather more signals from around the fediverse to determine what sort of content people are interacting with.
I’m not sure everybody would be happy that Mozilla is harvesting their social interaction. That’s what evil Google/FB usually do, right?
O’Hara says Mozilla is now in active discussions with publishers to understand their needs, including both their social needs and business needs, and how those goals may have changed over the past year. As part of these discussions, Mozilla aims to convince publishers that Mastodon isn’t just another place they have to support, but one that could deliver on their objectives. As it learns from the publishers and other content creators what they want and need, it then intends to use that understanding to build features and drive efforts that can help them reach their audiences.
Smells like corpo-bullshit, which in my opinion shouldn’t belong to the fediverse. But, again, who cares…
The mozilla foundation has expanded its scope and mandate many times. They’re taking an active political role in many different arenas, that’s not going to line up with everybody. People who support them in one domain might feel a little betrayed that their politics are not being reflected in a different domain.
This is one of the problems of scope creep in political organizations.
First, Mozilla is just “joining” to something already existing. The aren’t inventing anything new and won’t revolutionize anything.
It doesn’t look like a great idea privacy-wise, but who cares… I have already blocked the instance on my personal account, because fuck Mozilla.
I’m not sure everybody would be happy that Mozilla is harvesting their social interaction. That’s what evil Google/FB usually do, right?
Smells like corpo-bullshit, which in my opinion shouldn’t belong to the fediverse. But, again, who cares…
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You do understand that any instance who federated with yours has access to your social interactions?
More reasons not wanting big Corps funded by Google to be on the fediverse.
They already are. You think, of all those tiny instances out there, that none of them are data farming?
As opposed to literally any other unknown entities? Which, let’s be honest, could also be google and you’d never know.
Not wanting “big Corps” includes Google, Facebook and the likes, besides Mozilla. No need to be “opposed to” anything here.
I really appreciate the resentment for Mozilla of all things. It makes no sense whatsoever of course, but at least it’s colourful.
The mozilla foundation has expanded its scope and mandate many times. They’re taking an active political role in many different arenas, that’s not going to line up with everybody. People who support them in one domain might feel a little betrayed that their politics are not being reflected in a different domain.
This is one of the problems of scope creep in political organizations.
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