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Are we going to block Meta's Threads.net? I get it if people want to keep things open. However, Meta is a proven bad actor. They claim they didn't put in ActivityPub because it was too complicated to get it done at launch, and they can't get EU approval of their service because of the rampant and invasive data they gather. IMHO, they are going to attempt to muscle the fediverse out of the equation.

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[–] mvirts 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What leverage will threads have over independent instances?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

i have mentioned this is some other comments, but if threads ends up hosting/owning many of the popular communities within the fediverse (which they certainly will try to do), the independent instances can't do much if threads ever decides to leave the fediverse.

[–] mvirts 1 points 1 year ago

I agree there, but I think the most important response is to encourage users to make accounts through independent instances. Defederation with threads forces users who want threads content to make accounts directly with meta