@Hyolobrika @tedu Unfortunately, FB followed the link and saw it redirects to the join Mastodon link, so they've blocked it, too...
@lightweight @Hyolobrika @tedu We're being simultaneously slandered and gaslighted right now as well.
A number of stories are demonizing decentralized sites while simultaneously saying that big tech has too much power and there should be an alternative.
Absurd.
@p Do we* depend on AWS or any other big company? What do we depend on?
* CounterFedi runs on CofeSpace
@Hyolobrika @p@freespeechextremist.com @tedu @lightweight you rely on a provider called SoftLayer, which has four of its own nameservers that redirect back to each other, which makes for a strong, independent SOA.
@masstransitkrow @Hyolobrika @tedu do you have any references to those stories? I'd be interested to see them...
@clacke @tedu @masstransitkrow this is the first post in the original thread: https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/@lightweight/106887883418185988
@clacke @lightweight @tedu yeah, but I also brought up the topic of upstream providers
@lightweight @Hyolobrika @tedu
ZDNet gaslit us in this article from last month:
@lightweight @Hyolobrika @tedu I'd like to remind users that all the "fast-growing" alternatives are at the mercy of AWS. Do a dig of your favorite alt-media site and you'd be surprised.
For an example, while this instance has its own nameservers, they reverse to ClouDNS.