#Meta
Funny that #Meta are talking about producing a Twitter rival - not that it would encourage me to jump anyway. I gave up Facebook a long time ago and really have no desire to start losing my data to another company in the same group.
Dezentraler Kurznachrichtendienst: Metas Twitter-Alternative nimmt Gestalt an (Update 1) https://www.computerbase.de/2023-03/konkurrent-fuer-twitter-meta-plant-dezentralen-kurznachrichtendienst/#update-2023-06-09T17:53 #meta #twitter
#Meta and #Microsoft I think are gonna be the two biggest purchasers of Vision Pro's and they will Xerox Alto the heck out of it.
Corporate Social Media is run by Silicon Valley Libertarian freaks and now all the websites have a massive problem with paedophilia........co-incidence?
#Meta Quest 2 Beats the #Apple Vision Pro in One Surprising Way https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewwilliams/2023/06/09/meta-quest-2-beats-the-apple-vision-pro-in-one-surprising-way/?sh=3f952e4741c3 @Forbes
And another one enters the fray.
But “sanely run”? Under Zuck? Good grief.
At this point we celebrate anyone who can replace #Twitter. I’m interested in #Project92, even with all the bad things being from #Meta. It sure looks likes the #Instagram comment threads.
I feel like #Bluesky has lost a bit of its momentum/hype. A lot of people are still in a wait and see mode before posting.
It might become an interesting challenge for #Mastodon and others to deal with Project 92’s #ActivityPub integration.
https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/8/23754304/instagram-meta-twitter-competitor-threads-activitypub
Choose:
1) #Apple are selling vapourware saying the #VisionPro is their next big thing after the iPhone with only a CGI presentation, #Facetime doesn't exist, you didn't see what you saw, it's not a real product, Mark Zuckerberg only tells the truth and nothing but the truth.
Or
2) #Meta were caught off-guard, #Zuckerberg is flat out lying, saying things that will only fool his most faithful minions. Also, he thinks we're stupid.
Which is the simplest and most likely explanation?
Mark Zuckerberg: AI will be built into all of Meta’s products https://www.artificialintelligence-news.com/2023/06/09/mark-zuckerberg-ai-built-into-all-meta-products/ #meta #ai #ml #news #tech #technology
Does Apple’s Vision Pro Leaves Meta in the Dust?
“Mark #Zuckerberg will have to overindex on openness, and hang in tightly, if he wants his big #Metaverse bet to pay off.”
#Apple #Meta #VisionPro #Android
https://www.bigtechnology.com/p/where-apples-vision-pro-leaves-meta
#Apple's #VisionPro enters the AR/VR market, but #Meta CEO #MarkZuckerberg questions its ability to bring anything new to the table
https://gadgetbond.com/mark-zuckerberg-meta-apple-vision-pro-headset/
I don’t think #Meta understands the reasons people are seeking out alternatives to legacy platforms like #Twitter. It’s not just that these platforms are run by libertarian ideologues, Zuckerberg doesn’t see that as dangerous or himself as the villain, but the dawning realisation by people that they’re being manipulated, held hostage by narcissists and psychopaths. The fediverse turns that rampant individualism on its head.
If you trust Zuckerberg more than Musk. 🤔 #instagram
#Meta's Twitter Alternative Will Probably Be Called 'Threads' https://www.pcmag.com/news/metas-twitter-alternative-will-probably-be-called-threads @PCMag
Here's the original story from the @verge https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/8/23754304/instagram-meta-twitter-competitor-threads-activitypub
#Meta kommt bei #Twitter-Konkurrenzangebot voran https://orf.at/stories/3319716/ #IT
Whether #Meta will carry out its threat to launch a #Twitter clone or not, there are better names than 'Threads' - y'know, the BBC nuclear war drama we all claim to have been horribly traumatised by.
Unless there is, of course, an option to 'Nuke' a 'Thread', or just give birth to #EdSheeran at the end.
I doubt #Apple sees Quest as a threat. Apple and #Meta exist on different planes.
Mark Zuckerberg is not worried about Apple’s competing #VR headset https://qz.com/zuckerberg-apple-vision-pro-meta-ai-metaverse-strategy-1850522128
#Meta's Antwort auf #Twitter via #Instagram mit #ActivityPub-Support läuft unter "Project 92" und könnte unter dem Namen "Threads" auf den Markt kommen, sagt The Verge, die bei einem internen Preview dabei waren.
"The new standalone app will be based on Instagram and integrate with ActivityPub, the decentralized social media protocol. That will theoretically allow users of the new app to take their accounts and followers with them to other apps that support ActivityPub"
https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/8/23754304/instagram-meta-twitter-competitor-threads-activitypub
#Mastodon: Full of "my people", but not my social or professional circles.
#Bluesky: You can use your own domain as your handle, but Jack Dorsey can sell it to the next megalomaniac.
#Instagram's upcoming #Twitter clone: It'll probably use #ActivityPub, but it's still a #Meta product.
I will have to choose one eventually. Instagram's clone has the advantage in my case because I've already got my social and professional contacts on there.
For now, I'm just trying to have fun. I'm on vacation!
People rooting for #AppleVisionPro to break #meta is a bit like cutting off your nose to spite your face sort of deal.
Meta might put an end to Jack's #bluesky (good riddence) and Twitter with their own competitor to Twitter powered by ActivityPub.
As much I don't like Meta, it might be a good thing as ActivityPub that powers Mastodon, Calckey, Misskey, Pixelfed, Akkoma, etc will finally go mainstream.
https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/8/23754304/instagram-meta-twitter-competitor-threads-activitypub
I still recommend users to join Mastodon, Misskey, Calckey, etc for their microblogging needs as Meta's solution will probably be limited in terms of features.
Wir haben von Creatorn und Persönlichkeiten des öffentlichen Lebens gehört, dass sie eine Plattform wollen, die vernünftig geführt wird, bei der sie glauben, dass sie ihr vertrauen können und auf die sie sich für den Vertrieb verlassen könneIst jetzt nichts womit ich #Meta in Verbindung bringen würde, aber Ok.
@heiseonline spannend für mich ist die Frage wie das #Fediverse damit umgehen wird…
#Meta
@heiseonline #Meta im #Fediverse? How about no?
‘Already explored’ — Apple Vision Pro fails to impress Mark Zuckerberg - Zuckerberg highlighted divergent philosophies, with Meta emphasiz... - https://cointelegraph.com/news/already-explored-apple-vision-pro-unable-to-impress-mark-zuckerberg #technology #metaverse #apple #meta #web3
Apple’s Face Computer, Crypto Chaos and How Teens Really Feel About Social Media - This isn’t the first time Apple has introduced a bulky piece of hardware that nobody is s... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/09/podcasts/hard-fork-apple-vision-pro.html #teenagersandadolescence #scienceandtechnology #genslergarys #coindeskinc #appleinc #binance #meta
Meta Brings Generative AI To Messenger First In The Form Of Stickers #ai #ai&robotics #apps #artificialintelligence #generativeai #messagingapp #messenger #meta #stickers - https://www.lowyat.net/2023/301896/meta-generative-ai-messenger-stickers/
#MarkZuckerberg reveals his plan to steer #Meta back on track after a challenging year of layoffs and #virtualreality struggles
https://gadgetbond.com/mark-zuckerberg-meta-revival-plan/
@opensoul
💯🙌 Cheapest copy ever by #WhatsApp (#META)
U can't even call these as channels compared to #telegram 🤣
This is what u actually call something as channels : https://telegram.org/tour/channels
Comparing FaceBook's Quest with Apple's Vision Pro is like comparing an electric bike to a car. Similar price difference. #VisionPro #Quest #Meta #Apple
Google Showcase será lançado nos Estados Unidos nos próximos meses
I'm not an #Apple fan person. I've never owned any of their products, and when I used them, I did not like the UX (yeah, I know, I'm the weird one).
The #VisionPro has me excited, because it continues where #Google gave up and #Meta failed.
Not now, and not from Apple, but - in about 5 years, I'll finally be able to buy the wearable headset I've always wanted as a commodity.
Y'all go out and overpay for this one to make it happen for me, please?
Sehe ich das falsch? Wenn #facebook / #meta seinen activitypub Dienst mit #mastodon bzw. dem #fediverse verbindet, landet alles von uns auch auf metas Servern und kann frei von denen benutzt werden, für was auch immer sie mit gesammelten Daten anstellen?! Die Nutzer des Meta-Dienstes quasi wie ein trojanisches Pferd?
Es ist nicht überraschend, dass Mark #Zuckerberg Apples #VisionPro nicht überschwänglich lobt, der #Meta-Chef hat aber einige durchaus interessante Argumente und Kritikpunkte. https://winfuture.de/news,136713.html?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=ManualStatus&utm_campaign=SocialMedia
L'aplicació de #Meta no es dirà #Barcelona sinó #Threads. Millor.
En las captures es veu interacció amb un compte de mastodon.social, confirmant que serà compatible amb el #fedivers.
https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/8/23754304/instagram-meta-twitter-competitor-threads-activitypub
Dues actualitzacions d'impacte de #Meta (Facebook) per als pròxims mesos:
1- #WhatsApp farà canvis molt importants, permetent noms d'usuari i la creació de 'canals'. Sí, tot molt a l'estil de #Telegram, però en una app que absolutament tots ja tenim. https://ja.cat/n6Nut (Blog de WA)
2- #Project92, el competidor de #Twitter d'#Instagram, va agafant forma i es confirma la seva compatibilitat amb #ActivityPub. Segur, una bona sacsejada al #Fedivers. https://ja.cat/6lA7J (via #TheVerge)
#Projekt92 #Meta #Fediverse #activity-pub Screenshots veröffentlicht. Sie wollen das Zeitfenster nutzen, um sich als Twitter Alternative zu präsentieren.
He said “coding began” for the app in January and that Meta will be making the app available “as soon as we can.”
This is what Instagram’s upcoming Twitter competitor looks like
#MarkZuckerberg compares #Meta's Quest 3 and #Apple's #VisionPro. Here' what he said
https://www.hindustantimes.com/technology/mark-zuckerberg-meta-quest-3-apple-vision-pro-mixed-reality-wwdc-2023-101686287020249.html #press
"‘A watershed’: Meta ordered to offer mental health care to moderators in Kenya
Trauma experienced by staff at Nairobi Facebook hub recognised in legal ruling that may have global implications"
#Meta #Facebook #TrustAndSafety #Moderation #Wellness #Wellbeing #MentalHealth #Health #FrontLine #Trauma #PTSD #Kenya #WorkersRights #Employment #Law
Chris Cox showed #Meta's employees its “response to #Twitter”, an #Instagram-based text app that integrates with #ActivityPub; docs: the app could be called #Threads
— This is what Instagram’s upcoming Twitter competitor looks like
https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/8/23754304/instagram-meta-twitter-competitor-threads-activitypub
#Meta CEO #MarkZuckerberg told employees that while Apple's mixed reality gear may be nice, it is not his vision of the future
https://trib.al/8xeooIs #press
eicker.news #technews »This is what #Instagram’s upcoming #Twitter competitor looks like: #Meta is talking to celebrities like Oprah and the Dalai Lama about being early users.« https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/8/23754304/instagram-meta-twitter-competitor-threads-activitypub
@profcarroll When you sign up for #Bluesky, #Twitter or #Meta you agree to give them a license to content you post. It is a very broad perpetual license giving them lots of rights to your content, including the right to sublicense. When you sign up for Mastodon, most instances do not take a license, the content rights you give them are defined in the privacy policy, and they do not include reposting your content to corporate sites that assume licenses to the content.
#Meta #Twitter alternative coming soon? No thanks.
Not sure if my clients will want to create an account there. Word of mouth seems to work for them more than getting involved with toxic #socialmedia companies.
This is a specific question asked constantly at #meta via 800MHz-1kHz #V2S 🗣️🔈🔉🔊💀👂
💁♂️🔪 #HowDoesThisMakeYouFeel🔪
Plate : https://i.pinimg.com/originals/be/97/f1/be97f126b2c474a433c11ca809d5f9e2.jpg
Meta detalha novo app rival do Twitter; veja imagens
#Twitter #Threads #Project #Meta #MarkZuckerberg #Instagram #InternetERedesSociais
#Meta のInstagramアカウントで使えるActivityPub互換SNS #p92 がMetaの全社会議で公表されたそう。
ホントに出すんだ。ActivityPubだとオープンだから囲い込みや閉鎖的の批判を避ける意味でもMetaにはメリットがあって、さらに前に予想した「ActivityPub採用は機械学習用のデータを取るのでは?」を加えると、参入のメリットはあるよなぁ #Project92
Instagram’s upcoming Twitter competitor shown in leaked screenshots - The Verge: https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/8/23754304/instagram-meta-twitter-competitor-threads-activitypub
"Meta is talking to celebrities like Oprah and the Dalai Lama about being early users. ‘We’ve been hearing from creators and public figures who are interested in having a platform that is sanely run,’ a top exec told employees."
This is how you do marketing, #Fediverse take notice. We need to get our act together, otherwise Meta will be the default marketing department for the Fediverse, and that would be ... suboptimal.
https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/8/23754304/instagram-meta-twitter-competitor-threads-activitypub
h/t @jdp23
iWonder when the #DOJ is going to investigate his #InstaCSAM Goggles 🥽, since they are cheaper and lower resolution and bad at.. text viewing. 🥴🤨
Per his previous #CISO A.Stamos - "... a few months... " 👀👀
Watch 🥽 Citations 🥽:
Oddly when this is breaking #META's stock price.... went... 💁♂️📈🆙⬆️🙄
Citations:
https://www.tipranks.com/news/metas-nasdaqmeta-task-force-to-probe-child-abuse-concerns-on-instagram
X = #InstaCSAM
Apparently, the upcoming #Twitter clone by #Meta will be called Threads
It will be compatible with #ActivityPub, and thus #Mastodon
Maybe this upcoming app will bring the culture shock Mastodon desperately needs
https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/8/23754304/instagram-meta-twitter-competitor-threads-activitypub
Ecco come si presenta l'imminente concorrente di Mastodon e Twitter creato da Instagram!
https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/8/23754304/instagram-meta-twitter-competitor-threads-activitypub
La nuova app indipendente sarà basata su Instagram e si integrerà con ActivityPub..
Meta si unirà molto presto al fediverso, non si tratta più di uno scenario teorico.
Uno dei principali dirigenti di Meta ha mostrato ai dipendenti un'anteprima del prossimo concorrente di Mastodon e Twitter durante una riunione a livello aziendale
Based on: https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/8/23754304/instagram-meta-twitter-competitor-threads-activitypub
Be extremely skeptical of #Barcelona #ActivityPub integration until you've seen it in action. E.g. "That will theoretically allow users of the new app to take their accounts and followers with them to other apps that support ActivityPub, including Mastodon." Even apart from the fact that account migration on #Mastodon is already hard, the odds that #Meta will help users take monetizable data off-platform is effectively nil.
Article regarding #Meta #Barcelona
https://apple.news/Abb2vKwqqSLKV3KDx5SYNKA
@9to5Mac Correct. The one he wants is the one where he can sell what you look at. I can’t think of anyone I want to have that information less than #Zuckerberg/ #Facebook/ #Meta
Apple: “Vision Pro was designed to help protect your privacy and keep you in control of your data”
Mark Zuckerberg: “their announcement really showcases the difference in the values and the vision that our companies bring to this”
#Meta #VisionPro #WWDC23 https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/8/23754239/mark-zuckerberg-meta-apple-vision-pro-headset
Trudeau Says #Meta and #Google Are ‘Bullying’ #Canada
https://gizmodo.com/facebook-instagram-news-justin-trudeau-google-1850518252
Cow vigilantes are flooding social media with videos of violent crimes—and becoming celebrities online
A violent movement is festering online.
#haryana #rajasthan #CowVigilantism #CowLynchings #lynching #HinduMobs #youtube #facebook #meta #hindutva #HateSpeech #HateCrime #muslims #india
https://www.dailydot.com/debug/monu-manesar-cow-vigilantes-social-media-india-hindu-nationalist
LOLOLOL Apparently #meta is hiring software engineers. Guess they needed those people they just laid off.
Self-regulation is a farce. Time and again, tech companies have proven they have no clue what responsibility is and don't even care. #cybersecurity #AI #privacy
Researchers discovered #Meta's systems helped "connect and promote a vast network of accounts" devoted to underage-sex content.
Meta vows to take action after report found #Instagram’s algorithm promoted pedophilia content https://www.engadget.com/meta-vows-to-take-action-after-report-found-instagrams-algorithm-promoted-pedophilia-content-133343896.html @engadget
The original story: https://www.wsj.com/articles/instagram-vast-pedophile-network-4ab7189 @WSJ
#Twitter link from the “leaker” who has publicly shared the most about #meta #barcelona https://twitter.com/alex193a/status/1640506330749235208?s=46&t=pxXChzbAcBA1pT_9B-nVHQ
🥽
Apple Vision Pro
After looking at all the Vision Pro marketing I have realised that Meta Quest 3 is what I would really like to buy now 😂
Zuckerberg spent $13.7 billion on Meta's virtual reality division until 2022, and another $ 4 billion in 2023 so far. Wall Street didn't like that, so Zuckerberg went and axed heads, mainly in customer service, trust, and safety. Wall Street aplauded, and the stock rebounded. And Meta's clients are without customer service, trust, and safety.
#meta #facebook
_It's About Weaponized Trauma and Found Family_ A tiny bit of #meta for @marthawells 's Witch King @bookstodon
@fantasy https://catchingshadows672971735.wordpress.com/2023/06/06/its-about-weaponized-trauma-and-found-family/ #fantasy My #bookreview is here: https://catchingshadows672971735.wordpress.com/2023/05/12/book-review-witch-king-by-martha-wells/
Can anyone on here get me in touch with Meta's P92 Instagram/ActivityPub team or the PR folks who can speak to it?
All the posts about it don't name the PR person who confirmed any of it so I can't chase down who to reach out to see how we can know more about what may happen and how to have representation if they do go live.
Rewriting a post on virtual reality I wrote back in April, then a response to an article that claimed "American teens aren't excited about virtual reality", now a response to the newly announced Apple Vision Pro, which will cost $3500 (🙄).
I've wanted to try virtual reality since I was a kid in the 80s and 90s, when you'd often have to physically go to a place (see https://www.pcmag.com/news/the-wacky-world-of-vr-in-the-80s-and-90s for examples of this) to try it. Now I'm 43, and I'd never pay a company (especially Apple) $3500 for something that you can get from Sony for like $600. And I don't even feel like the game selection is too expansive for the PSVR yet. There's a couple of cool-looking games I've seen for it, but that's mostly it. Then there's Oculus (which is owned by Facebook) and their Meta Quest 2. I'm not keen on giving Facebook/Meta money either. My kid got his hands on a Meta Quest 2, I tried it (he just had Beat Saber), and I did like it. A LOT. I still feel like the game selection still isn't fully there for the Meta Quest 2 either, though. There's maybe 4 or 5 games I've seen that I'd want to try.
I just can't imagine spending over $3k (I can't even see spending ONE thousand) for ANY kind of gaming system, even a virtual reality-based one. I don't care HOW MUCH disposable money I had, I just can't see it ever happening.
I don't think many people are going to buy these things. Especially with the economy the way it is. Rising prices of everything, food, rent-- people are really struggling.
This just really feels like a tone-deaf thing for Apple to release right now for this price. Who the hell is the target demographic??
Maybe it was just planned to be a new toy for the ultra-rich.
#VirtualReality #Apple #VisionPro #AppleVisionPro #VR #games #gaming #Oculus #OculusMetaQuest2 #MetaQuest2 #Sony #PSVR #SonyPSVR #BeatSaber #Facebook #Meta
Is it time to remove #twitter #opengraph #meta tags from our websites?
Is this just digital waste that only serves the purpose of improving UX for society's most atrocious humans?
The most hated brands in America:
1. Trump
2. FTX
3. Fox
4. Twitter
5. Meta (FB, IG, WhatsApp)
6. Spirit Airlines
7. TikTok
#Brands #Twitter #Meta #TikTok #Apps #Companies #Media #Lists #DataPrivacy #Cybersecurity
These are the 7 most hated brands in America—Elon #Musk's Twitter is No. 4
“#Twitter, #Meta and #TikTok are three of the world’s biggest social media giants.
They’re also three of the brands with the worst reputations in the U.S., according to the recently released 2023 Axios Harris Poll 100 reputation rankings.”
Facebook/ #Meta suspends the Real Facebook Oversight Board Instagram account after critical post #RFOB https://rfob.medium.com/meta-tries-to-silence-a-critic-us-suspends-rfob-instagram-account-after-critical-post-on-metas-42fa58fd157a
Infographic – VR, AR Yet to Reach Critical Mass
While applications of VR and AR technologies can seem compelling, the numbers of people actually using these systems remain relatively small.
https://sciencebusiness.technewslit.com/?p=44857
#News #Technology #Business #VirtualReality #AugmentedReality #MarketResearch #Software #Headsets #Users #Meta #Apple #Infographic
Another of these. Facebook is not our friend. #Meta is not our mate. #SurveillanceCapitalism not a tool for social change.
#UK #mentalHealth charities handed sensitive #data to #Facebook for targeted ads
Wired: Apple’s Rumored VR Headset Has Sent Its Rivals Scrambling https://www.wired.com/story/apple-vr-headset-sent-rivals-scrambling/ #Tech #wired #TechNews #IT #Technology via @morganeogerbc #virtualreality #Gear/Trends #apple #Gear #WWDC #Meta
Yes, there's slowdown in #Mastodon sign-ups. My conjecture for why it's happening:
1. #Bluesky became the hotness and sucked the oxygen out of the room
2. People are awaiting #Barcelona to see what #Meta has to offer
3. There hasn't been a big Mastodon release in a long, long time -- which dulls curiosity about the product
4. Growth of #ActivityPub has moved more towards *key apps (#Misskey, #Calckey, etc.)
RE: https://fosstodon.org/users/AkaSci/statuses/110474354119248731
@GottaLaff
(1 /3)
...s/: No need for explanations why #Twitter’s new head of trust and safety, Ella #Irwin resigned this week. (1)
We all know she had to resign for personal liability reasons./s
#Twitter could now be next in line in the #EU, even before the anticipated showdown with #TikTok(2), after #Meta was fined a record 1,300 million USD last month.(3)
/s: #DublinCalling: /s
"You can run but you can’t hide, "
tweeted the the #EU’s internal market commissioner,...
Good morning #fediverse! This is GBH News bringing you the world from #Boston.
Boston lawyer Kimberly West has been appointed as the chief prosecutor on war crimes in Kosovo at the #Hague.
#Meta says it's prepared to block #news content in Canada permanently from Facebook and Instagram if a bill passes requiring the company to kick some $$ to news companies.
A woman in California found a #Mastodon tooth 🐘 🦷 walking on the beach on Memorial Day!
Just to be clear. I’m not saying let’s just wholeheartedly trust #Meta what I am saying is that it’s actual people that will be using those accounts and they will be the ones to feel any negative impacts. We have to be mindful. #mastodon in particular has gain a negative reputation due to a loud minority in regards to gatekeeping and other issues. We shouldn’t reinforce any of those. Let’s have a healthy level of skepticism #Fediverse #Barcelona
It's not worth bemoaning that #ActivityPub is, in fact, an open protocol.
And this is because it's not worth bemoaning that #SMTP is an open protocol. Or Hypertextual Transfer Protocol (#HTTP) is an open protocol.
Or for that matter that anyone can use these protocols as they see fit.
Do I like every use of these protocols? Not at all. We can't always have good things because shady assholes insist on exploiting the open web for their own greed.
The trade off is that we get to have an open web.
Now occasionally, I get people popping by who tell me, "Screw you! I don't care about an open web! I just want to keep my community intact!"
But the only reason your community exists is because we have open protocols.
If you don't think so, find me all those thriving communities still using AppleTalk or IPX/SPX. Wait. There aren't any.
And that's because the only entities that have bothered with a *closed, proprietary* protocol happen to be for-profit corporations that have largely discontinued them due to -- again, wait for it -- the prevalence of open protocols.
Which brings us to a further problem.
You can't use an open protocol while simultaneously pushing for it to be closed. The #W3C already validated ActivityPub. The proverbial cat is out of the bag.
So yes, corporations will adopt ActivityPub. That's already happening. #Meta, #Automattic, #Medium, #Flipboard -- many more to come -- are developing for it.
But openness also means you can build upon it. You can create your own thriving communities. And some of these communities can be private if you so choose.
Just as it's possible for you to build your own newsletter or publish your own webpage, it's possible for you built your own #Fediverse server.
You see, openness cuts both ways.