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.

    • GONADS125@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      That’s such a misinformative false ‘solution’ people keep peddling…

      No, blocking Threads on the individual user level does not stop comments made by Threads users from showing up on federated instances, even for users who block Threads.

      That means users who block Threads will still see hate/extremism and are still subject to potential harassment by toxic Threads users.

      • Link@rentadrunk.orgEnglish
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        1 year ago

        I think there are many reasons to block threads but is toxic users one of them?

        There are lots of toxic users on Lemmy too. Should we be blocking lemmy.world or lemmy.ml because they have a few toxic users too?

    • Skull giver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nlEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      User side blocking will hide the communities but not the comments from others.

      On the other hand, interacting with Lemmy from a Twitter style timeline sucks, so I doubt we’ll see any Threads people on here.

      If it’s about data mining, there’s absolutely nothing preventing Threads from doing that already, as the entire protocol is completely open. All they need is one server that subscribes to every community, and every comment and upvote comes flowing in. One account on one beefy sever is all they need.