[Discussion] Pre-emptive Threads defederation - eviltoast

Should sh.itjust.works preemptively defederate from Threads?

Threads is the not-so-new reddit-like twitter-like public forum platform by Meta, the same commercial company behind internet behemoths like Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp. They’re working on ActivityPub integration so that they can bridge (federate?) with the fediverse. As far as I know, the focus is on Mastodon instances, but in the future that could include Lemmy instances too.

Some have raised the question, worried about the future of the fediverse or even claiming that it goes against its definition.

What do you think should be done?

EDIT: correction

EDIT.2: The Vote is on! Go make your voice heard. You have until Friday the 29th.

Fediverse instances’ status on federation with Threads

  • KazuyaDarklight@lemmy.worldEnglish
    71·
    11 months ago

    Federate, let them get a taste of sweet Lemmy content, then cut them off. Will make the Threads experience feel broken for native Threads users.

    • starman2112@sh.itjust.works
      21·
      11 months ago

      Will make the Threads experience feel broken for native Threads users.

      Genuinely, why would you want that? It seems pointlessly hostile. Shouldn’t we welcome more users?

      • KazuyaDarklight@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        11 months ago

        For the lulz, obviously. I legitimately forgot Threads exists until this post came up so I’d be hard pressed to honestly claim any meaningful level of investment in the topic.