CrypticCoffee

If you leave it too long, folks will just register for another instance, and all momentum will be gone.

I wouldn't take too long getting the rescue boat out when folk are in the ocean....

Embrace it. It's a great game. Gaming doesn't have to be about bloodshot eyeballs.

Threads users didn't sign up, it used their Instagram account. Even if they used it once, they click across, and boom, account there and they cannot delete that Threads account after. An initial day registration does not mean a MAU. It's like saying MySpace is huge now because everyone had an account...

Edit: Usage plumetted massively- https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/aug/14/threads-app-slump-daily-active-users-twitter-competition

I mean, they can easily flood the ratings and sure All is just Threads content, then you're not getting involved in Lemmy/Mastodon content, you're just talking and engaging on content sustaining Threads and your comments are probably helping engagement next to adverts displayed to users.

It isn't a good proposition, at all.

Meta doesn't do anything that doesn't benefit their bottom line, especially for their ad business.

Is it? After the initial account register, it looked like it was running out of steam. I'd be surprised it lasted long without something new.

I mean, the last point is weird. They'd never say that, and do not care about the illusion of being open.

Point 1 is true.

Point 2, what makes you think federation will make millions of users want to move away, or even know folk are on another service. They'll probably censor the word lemmy and every lemmy address to avoid folk advertising away. The fediverse will just be filled with nonsense data and they'll pull the stuff that helps their platforms and keeps people hooked on the teet. Without that data, they may not be at critical mass to sustain Threads and it might eventually die. With that and Twitter going to pot, avoiding federation actually helps Mastodon as it provides a distinguishable separate entity that has reached critical mass and has significant good will with the user base that motivates them to keep sharing content.

I mean it's pretty obvious I have used my account consistently for months.

You do realise you can support the concept of discussing with people that you disagree with. Echo chambers aren't healthy, or normal, unless you're very young and the internet has always been that way for you.

Ah, interesting. Wasn't aware of that. Thanks for sharing.

lemm.ee isn't left wing, they just don't believe in knee jerk defederation. Check the post on defederation by the lemm.ee instance runner (https://lemm.ee/post/4543536). Very mature, very balanced and very principled. Compare that to the lemmy.world one, and it's a no contest.

I'm a socialist, and while I think tankies have a dumb conclusions (that Stalin and CCP are good things), I have not seen anything I would consider toxic. Seems that people cannot handle large images. Maybe in a world where caps lock is shouting, that's toxic. Not for me though.

Can you explain what a targeted harassment campaign is, and give examples. I've heard many people claim this, but I've never seen anyone provide evidence.