Defederating from Threads in a preemptive fashion is nothing more than reactionary nonsense based on bad history. It literally makes no sense. Who the fuck cares what Meta does? All of the "consequences" I've read so far come across like bad fanfic at best. The analogies to Microsoft are false equivalencies.
I'll make it simple: I'll leave if lemmy.world defederates things preemptively. People need to understand that this idea has been around forever and has worked forever. Looking a gift horse like Threads choosing to join up (if it actually does federate - I highly doubt it) in the mouth is absolutely insane.
Why are the doomers not talking about how best to steal users from Threads instead of just assuming this entire thing collapses the second a company with capital joins? How can this be considered a sustainable (again, looong-ago proven) system if a single company can pop in and ruin it?
This federation stuff is nothing new. Nobody calls emailing a network, they call it a tool. That is what ActivityPub is. This culture of glorification surrounding "federation" is silly.
There is no "should be" when it comes to tools. Only what people use them for.
The bits about "ad-free" were clearly because who the hell would've thought Facebook of all companies would pop into the ActivityPub scene? I'm sure they would adjust that statement now.
If you're able to link them here (still learning) I will add them to the sidebar. "bugs" on lemmy.world will just be a mostly fluffy place for pretty pictures and quick IDs so it would be epic to be able to point people towards more scientific or specialized communities!
Should be fixed. The instructions specifically say include "either" that format or the one I used. Why did the one I chose (at random) not work, out of curiosity?
This is the larval form of the Dobsonfly. It's known as a "hellgrammite," and insect fans will recognize a familiar body plan meant for voracious predation (see ladybug larvae). They live underwater, a tactic that may come as a surprise, but is actually fairly common. Think about mosquitos!
In all seriousness, I want you to explain how Facebook destroys federation.
Because with all due respect, this is like saying Hotmail could kill email. It is incoherent. Most of the commentary surrounding this conflates growth with existence.