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[–] bizza@lemmy.zip 3 points 7 hours ago

I mean, they're going to have to. There's no other choice at this point

[–] iopq@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

The website gives 403 when accessed from China

[–] ubergeek@lemmy.today 1 points 7 hours ago

Weird, I get a splash page of "This site has been blocked by the Department of Defense, in the name of national security"...

[–] fckreddit@lemmy.ml 4 points 13 hours ago

Sometimes, the point is not to challenge, but to provide better alternatives. At least I think so.

[–] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 53 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Yes they can. Next question.

[–] mesamunefire@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

heh yeah they already are!

[–] pseudo@jlai.lu 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Which Linux distribution do you use?

[–] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 17 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Not a Linux user. Just a Fedi user.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 9 points 1 day ago

quick... get the mint OS mainline... we need to save him!

[–] pseudo@jlai.lu 3 points 1 day ago

The best kind. Your kind will save us from the worst time of echo chamber.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 6 points 1 day ago

That person lemmys hard

[–] Rikj000@discuss.tchncs.de 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yes Fediverse software can challenge the tech giants,
but we can and must expect them to fight against it as soon as it gets on their radar!

They'll likely will attempt to do so by:

  • Censorship: Keeping it out of the feeds/search results of their users.
  • Propaganda: Putting it in a bad spotlight (e.g. marking it as security risks on their own platforms).
  • Direct Attacks: E.g. DDoS attacks and/or bot user networks spreading bad content on the Fediverse platforms.

We should already try to harness ourselves against the direct attacks.
And help with spreading Fediverse software through WOM (Word-Of-Mouth) marketing,
since the tech giants certainly will not help it spread themselves.

The Fediverse is one of the few sparks of hope I have remaining lately,
let us ignite these sparks together into something bright!

[–] Benjaben@lemmy.world 13 points 21 hours ago

These are great, but let's also add and be vigilant in watching for Embrace, Extend, Extinguish type attacks! Let's always advocate against integrating with any of their services / instances.

[–] QuazarOmega@lemy.lol 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If the optimistdaily says no Imma be real sad

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 6 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

Just imagine what pessimist daily would have to say

[–] lambalicious@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 18 hours ago

"No. Get more info on that for $35/mo!"

[–] nesc@lemmy.cafe -1 points 1 day ago