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Meta just announced that they are trying to integrate Threads with ActivityPub (Mastodon, Lemmy, etc.). We need to defederate them if we want to avoid them pushing their crap into fediverse.

If you're a server admin, please defederate Meta's domain "threads.net"

If you don't run your own server, please ask your server admin to defederate "threads.net".

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[-] rottingleaf@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 year ago

They may be overwhelmed by visitors from Threads and then Meta pulls out and they'll all leave.

People who would register on normal instances or threads would only use Threads because of being lazy and then be lazy after Meta pulls out.

[-] HKayn@dormi.zone 3 points 1 year ago

People who would register on normal instances or threads would only use Threads because of being lazy and then be lazy after Meta pulls out.

Isn't this already the case? I find it unlikely for someone to find Lemmy without having developed a dislike for platforms owned by big corpos.

[-] rottingleaf@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 year ago

... And then they can use it through Threads, and over time forget something and move to Threads, and then oops. Such things happen. Humans are not principle-driven nor should they be.

[-] HKayn@dormi.zone 2 points 1 year ago

I think you misunderstood me. I'm saying that whenever someone finds out about Lemmy, it's because they've already sworn off Facebook, Reddit and other big platforms.

Do you think such a person will go back to a Facebook-owned platform just because it happens to federate?

[-] rottingleaf@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 year ago

You do get tired of being sworn off. You come back to try them if it's easy.

[-] psud@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

You don't seem to be like me.

[-] Corgana@startrek.website 2 points 1 year ago

If they become overwhelming, admins can defed same as anywhere else. But whats the argument for doing so preemptively?

[-] el_eh_chase@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago

I'm fairly new to the fediverse, but I see it this way. If Threads integrates with the Fediverse then users will become accustomed to the content from Threads, which could cause more friction in the future if there's a movement to defederate from Threads. I think it would just be easier to avoid all that in the first place. I also feel like if anyone really wants to see Threads content they could make an account there, and then everyone gets what they want. Then there's all the downsides others are theorizing could happen, but they can't be comfirmed until Threads actually joins the Fediverse.

[-] ttmrichter@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

You say this as if people haven't been eloquently arguing for defederating from Threads preemptively since motherfucking APRIL.

[-] Corgana@startrek.website 2 points 1 year ago

No haha I know I just have yet to hear why it would help

[-] ttmrichter@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago

Your inability to read (or possibly think, not sure which) is a you problem, not a me problem.

this post was submitted on 16 Dec 2023
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