Wayfarer Foothills -- Where it all began
Home of my first ever GW2 character, a Norn Necromancer
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joined 2 years ago
I'm not even sure that Threads will actually open up to the Fediverse since it would allow people to interact with users/content on Threads without needing an Instagram/Meta account and without using one of Zuckerberg's intrusive apps. People could actually ditch their Instagram/Meta accounts and switch to a Mastodon acount while still be able to interact with their existing/previous network.
There is actually a certain risk for Threads/Meta to loose users to Mastodon/The Fediverse. That's why my initial guess is/was that Threads will either only federate in one direction, i. e. only allow their users to access federated content but not the other way, or that Zuckerberg believes that his apps are so much "better" (despite their privacy issues) that people prefer them over a FOSS alternative.
Now I see that Meta's plan is much more clever. The mere threat of Threads connecting to the Fediverse is enough to begin the (E)xtinguishing, i. e. people (or are these Meta Bots?) are "threatening" to leave instances who do not proactively defederate from threads.net instead of trusting their admins to actually have a close eye on the situation.
I do not trust Meta/Zuckerberg, because of its/his actions in the past. The very opposite is true for the admins of the fedivesre instances I have accounts on. So far they have acted very reasonable and worked their asses off to keep things running. That's enough for me to trust them on actually keeping a close eye on the situation.
Thanks @[email protected] and all the other reasonable admins like @[email protected]! You are doing a great job!
Exactlly! I was pretty surprised how noob-friendly those lower tiers are and that people are actually willing to explain things.
@[email protected] Which is the most overpowered profession or rather build in GuildWars2. Explain why.
This is what Eugen Rochko the creator of Mastodon just wrote on his blog:
What to know about Threads
[...]
Our stance
We have been advocating for interoperability between platforms for years. The biggest hurdle to users switching platforms when those platforms become exploitative is the lock-in of the social graph, the fact that switching platforms means abandoning everyone you know and who knows you. The fact that large platforms are adopting ActivityPub is not only validation of the movement towards decentralized social media, but a path forward for people locked into these platforms to switch to better providers. Which in turn, puts pressure on such platforms to provide better, less exploitative services. This is a clear victory for our cause, hopefully one of many to come.
According to information from reddit ...
... the number of (active) users on r/guildwars2 is managable on a lemmy instance by now.
This would not have been possible a few days ago, but look how smooth lemmy.world runs today.
You may be right there. On the other hand splitting the Twitter user base between two commercial platforms is probably still better than everyone being on Twitter.
I'm beginning to wonder, if Threads is actually going to connect to the Fediverse or rather which kind of evil restrictions Meta is planning to apply. I mean, if people who are using Mastodon could follow and interact with their friends and celebrities on Threads, there would be no reason at all to have an Instagram account and/or to use any of Zuckerberg's intrusive apps.
My guess is that Meta/Threads will only allow their users to access and interact with Federated content but not the other way which will most likely lead to most Mastodon instances deferating from Meta at once.
Looking forward to having a lot of popcorn 🍿 ...
BE ➡ 0.18.1-rc.10 | UI ➡ 0.18.1-rc.11
The user has been banned but those communities have not been deleted yet (for whatever reason).
UI ➡ 0.18.1-rc.10
You won't even need a full ascended set unless you are going for T4 fractals. And that only because of this (imho stupid) agony resistance mechanic, otheriwse you would be just fine with only/mostly running exotic gear.