Absolutely no surprise there. When you keep the barrier to entry low and throw in an algorithm to increase “engagement” via outrage, the soup turns to poison quickly.

This is why every time someone says the Fediverse is “too confusing,” I just smile and nod. That attitude of petulant, lazy, self-imposed gatekeeping is what’s keeping the Fediverse a much nicer place to be.

Great, and they’re going to try to federate? Hope it doesn’t go well for them.

Maybe we'll finally be cool enough to get banned - Klanned Karenhood

Oh, you could have been that cool already. Just do as Ijeoma Oluo did.

1. Provoke the racists. They will come flooding into your inbox with death threats.

2. Report the messages to Meta so they can say, "doesn't violate our community standards."

3. Screenshot the messages and Meta's enabling response, and post them publicly on your Facebook page to show how seriously Meta takes right-wing death threats and hate speech.

Done. Banned "for posting hate speech." You could have been cool all along, Klanned Karenhood. You just have to go after the right people.

Honestly apps like Threads and Twitter should just be a containment site for these types of people. Let them be...

We're this close to conservatives referring to trans people like ((this)).

Holy shit, they launched Threads pre-enshittified. Massive time saver if you ask me.

Ah I see it has already became a toxic shit hole. Need the toxic people for that sweet rage engagement.

I've never had to block one person in my entire time on the Fediverse.

I've had to block a dozen in the first hour on Threads.

I am shocked by this turn of events. Shocked I say.

Momsforliberty. It does not matter where they go. Pure toxic.

Looks like its just the Zucc's edition of Musk's Twitter.

Threads is already banned in Europe and won't withstand the scrutiny of Federation. Too many bigots. I'm certain Zuck doesn't care either way. The thing is set up as an advertising medium for the GOP. Same old Cambridge Analytica scheme repeating.

Why is everybody on these platforms "4 something" now? Politics isn't football, you don't pick your team and have to let everyone know about it.

Clusterfuck is happening!

In my country all the influencers are announcing the same things using the same template. I wonder if it's a subsidized or monetized shill.

Aside from political views, another social network will not help anything and is only another useless app to install.

Time and time again, it has been proven that "absolute free speech" online just attracts the absolute worst kind of people.

I did expected them to fail immediately, but this is way funnier than I expected. They either need to start banning immediately and start throwing money at celebs to use Threads, otherwise no one mainstream will ever advertise there.

Well.....as long as those types are happy with that shit, it means they won't come to the fed.

Zuck is going to make it real friendly so it’s gonna be nice and safe for advertisers

Maybe someone can fill me in on this because I don't know anything about it. "LibsofTiktok" is clearly just a right wing actor making liberal viewpoints look stupid, yeah? No one who actually identifies as "liberal" would ever willingly call themself a "lib."

so goddamn exhausting

To delete your account, you will have to delete your Instagram account as well.