This could be a way to make the fediverse look bad. Mainstream media can promote the narrative that the fediverse consists primarily of racists, nationalists and hateful people in general. They will promote this in a similar way to how they fought against file sharing.

[–] AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.ml 11 points 3 years ago (1 children)

I'm worried about this too. Western media loves picking the most emotionally triggering narrative and running with it, doesn't matter if it's misleading or outright false.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 years ago (1 children)

Realistically, if MSM wants to start smearing the fediverse they can always find an excuse. I don't think Trump using open source to make stuff really changes anything. I imagine that their platform isn't actually going to federate with anyone either, it's just a way to leverage existing work.

[–] AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 children)

Hopefully every major instance blacklists both them and anyone they federate with. Having it entirely non-federating would be better though.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 years ago

That's basically what happened with Gab, and don't see why people would do anything different here.

[–] mp3@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 years ago

Gab also made the news when it switched to Mastodon, but the fediverse as a whole still seems to be in good shape.

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 years ago

Yeah, all my mum ever hears about Telegram is criminals using it. I use it for talking to my colleagues. Unsurprisingly, you can use these platforms for talking to whomever you choose to, but that doesn't stop her from worrying that I'm deeply involved with the crime scene.

[–] the_tech_beast@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 years ago

Yes, this is likely to happen. I am worried about it as well.