Meta's Threads is the attempted gentrification of the Fediverse - eviltoast
☆ joene ☆ (@joenepraat@todon.nl)
todon.nl
#Meta's #Threads wanting to federate with the #fediverse (if that will ever happen 🤞🏻) is a form of #gentrification. A large corporate shopping mall settles in a nice neighborhood with small local run shops and community centers. The new shopping mall says 'if we settle here, more people will come, and you all will benefit'. A few years later all small shops are bankrupt and the community is destroyed. What remains is a barren corporate landscape.

A large corporate shopping mall settles in a nice neighborhood with small local run shops and community centers. The new shopping mall says ‘if we settle here, more people will come, and you all will benefit’. A few years later all small shops are bankrupt and the community is destroyed. What remains is a barren corporate landscape.

  • hoodlem@hoodlem.meEnglish
    51·
    1 year ago

    I’m very interested to see where this goes.

    I don’t think Threads poses a threat to Mastodon. It’s (mostly) a different user base. However, I do think Threads can knock out Twitter.

    I’ve got my popcorn out.

    • StaticElectricity@lemmy.worldEnglish
      01·
      1 year ago

      Me too. I’m betting on Threads being the last nail in the coffin for Twitter. My second bet and extremely unpopular opinion is that Threads will be a good thing for Mastodon.

      I do not have an Instagram account and will not be joining Threads either, but i am cautiously optimistic.