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.
Hopefully every major instance blacklists both them and anyone they federate with. Having it entirely non-federating definitely would be better though.
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.
Hopefully every major instance blacklists both them and anyone they federate with. Having it entirely non-federating definitely would be better though.
That’s basically what happened with Gab, and don’t see why people would do anything different here.