Interesting bit to watch. Gab head techies considering saying screw-it to Fediverse content.

That could improve the climate in the rest of the Fediverse, avoid nastiness by association like some instances suffer (not by supporting Gab, but simply by defending open network connection unless there's a reason for limiting or denying it)

a post by @isolategab

@freemo @arteteco @realcaseyrollins

@design_RG

the only reason they are in the fediverse at all was to hijack the fediverse apps int he app store to circumvent censorship.

Now they got smart enough to realize they could keep the API the same so those apps still work for them and just ditch the federation part.

I dont think they ever really cared about decentralization in the first place.

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@freemo @design_RG @arteteco @realcaseyrollins

But then every app maker of any following blocked them at the app level, so.... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@isolategab
Some of the app makers have since removed those blocks
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