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This magazine is dedicated to discussions on the federated social networking ecosystem, which includes decentralized and open-source social media platforms. Whether you are a user, developer, or simply interested in the concept of decentralized social media, this is the place for you. Here you can share your knowledge, ask questions, and engage in discussions on topics such as the benefits and challenges of decentralized social media, new and existing federated platforms, and more. From the latest developments and trends to ethical considerations and the future of federated social media, this category covers a wide range of topics related to the Fediverse.

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This spammer created multiple accounts on various Lemmy instances to post self advertisements. How do we combat this? (media.kbin.social)

submitted 2 years ago by Cloudless@kbin.social to c/fediverse@kbin.social

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[–] PabloDiscobar@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

The value of an instance is a function of the number of his registered users.

Facebook bought Instagram for the price of ~$30 per user.

[–] 0xtero@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Facebook bought Instagram for the price of ~$30 per user.

Yeah, sure for ad revenue.
Fediverse hasn't been monetized though, so there's no expected ad revenue. Patreons and other donations are not revenue.

You are basically just buying a bunch of hosting costs

[–] PabloDiscobar@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The emails revealed that Zuckerberg wanted to buy Instagram as it was becoming a threat to Facebook.

"Facebook, by its own admission saw Instagram as a threat that could potentially siphon business away from Facebook," Nadler said during the hearing on Wednesday.

"So rather than compete with it, Facebook bought it. This is exactly the type of anti-competitive acquisition the antitrust laws were designed to prevent," Nadler added.

Facebook bought Instagram for $1 billion in 2012, a shocking sum at that time for a company with 13 employees,

Facebook bought the adoption, they bought the users.

[–] 0xtero@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

So none of that applies to fedi then. Can’t buy up users because we’re federated and can’t buy up competition, because we’re a just fart in Sahara in comparison, both in numbers of people and in revenue dollars

And since there’s no privacy here he can datamine the shit out of content already

[–] pjhenry1216@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Do you understand what siphoning business means? What business do you think Facebook is in? It wasn't users. It was ads.