What reason could Zuckerberg and Meta possibly have for wanting to create a federated social media site?

Hyrulian@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world – 205 points –

I'm just curious what you folks think. The whole idea of the Fediverse seems to go against everything Meta has stops for with their existing platforms (Facebook and Instagram).

What are they after? Are they going to try and infiltrate it so they can get people's data and content? Are they trying to monetize it? It just doesn't add up. I feel like most people on the Fediverse already would agree that we don't want Meta's platforms to access our content.

Please excuse my ignorance if it doesn't work like I think it does. I'm relatively new to the Fediverse myself.

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Holy shit thanks for the link. That’s a very good write up explaining why we should be very wary of Meta’s intents. And the wiki page link was gold. Fuckers truly want to Embrace and Extinguish.

You're welcome. I thought it was a greart write up and help me understand what was going on as well.

Yes, a very good article. I have the feeling I have another peace of the puzzle now.