I used to think that there would be 1, main 'Fediverse' with all of the 'big instances' connected to each other. The recent Threads debacle has shown me otherwise.

The point of the Fediverse is that there is no one single entity, or group of entities, dominating it all.

Right now it feels like whatever the big instances do, we kind of have to go along with to be a part of anything. As the Fediverse grows, there will be more options to suit different types of users.

I think it's fine if big instances federate with Threads and it's fine if they don't. People can just join instances that align with what they want. It's not like defederating means being cut out of the Fediverse, that's not possible.

Great design. I'm eager to see how it plays out.

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[–] GONADS125@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (37 children)

Edit: Since so many people are misinformed: No, blocking Threads on an individual basis is not a solution. This only blocks posts from Threads showing up in your feed. It does not block Threads users' comments from spreading hate and extremism throughout federated instances, and lemmy users will still be subject to potential harassment from Threads users. (See the harassment of the LGBTQ+ community on Threads for examples...)

Here's a comment of mine that states my argument against federating with Threads.

Also, I was not trying to debate the issue here. I was looking for recommendations for alternative instances... I'd appreciate anyone actually responding to my comment.

Original comment: Anybody have recommendations on a decent instance that won't be federating with Threads? Maybe one that allows community creation but isn't full of tankies?

I'm jumping ship from .world if they go through with federating with Threads. Such a shame to see the effort put into building this great instance come undone.

This place decided to disregard what the majority of their users want and turn the neighborhood to shit way faster than reddit. I thought we'd at least have a couple years before instance admins started selling out to such a shitty company that's going to make the fediverse a less safe place for their users.

Meta will also do anything they can to EEE and I'm not convinced the fediverse is as invulnerable to such exploitation as some users seem to be.

[–] ShadowRam@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't get, even if you are part of .world and they are federated with threads.

Can't you just personally block all threads?

You personally can defederate without it affecting anyone else.

[–] GONADS125@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, that's a half-measure at best... It only blocks Threads posts from showing up in your feed. It does not block Threads users comments from showing up on federated instances, even if the individual user personally blocks them.

I am legitimately fearful for LGBTQ+ users, as their community members have already been harrased on Threads by the far-right.

[–] netburnr@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Keep living in your made up fear.

[–] GONADS125@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Keep living in denial of what has already been happening on Threads haha.

[–] Bo7a@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean... I'm not the OP but I don't think people against meta/threads fear their idiot userbase. We just don't want to deal with them. At all. Anywhere.

Or we'd have joined threads.

[–] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

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