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ELI5: Why are Lemmy users freaking out over threads?
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this post was submitted on 07 Jul 2023
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Threads will be part of the fediverse. This means that thread users can interact with Lemmy, Mastodon, and Kbin users.
There will be a huge number of thread users, it will probably quickly become the largest part of the fediverse.
Some people think that threads users will migrate to other fediverse applications and help the fediverse. Other people think that fediverse users will migrate to threads since it will have more features and the fediverse will die if threads defederates from everything.
Is there anything preventing instances from defederating from threads?
No, in fact many already have
So far, there are not that many, or at least I had expected more somehow… see here: https://fedipact.veganism.social/
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I understand the sentiment, but it seems like a bad take to assume that because a corporate entity produces an app that can interface with the Fediverse then it will kill the Fediverse.
If Threads has some features that draw people's attention then it should serve as a guide to help the TPA developers set course for future features.
What they’d possibly do is things like stickers, custom emoji, etc that’s locked behind a license and only viewable on Threads. Thats the type of “Embrace, Extend, Extinguish” that’s feared.
If one leaves lemmy for Facebook’s custom stickers then I don’t think anything of a value was lost there.
I hope everyone willing signs up to Threads so we have all the shit in one bucket which we can then toss away and keep doing our own thing.
This is very possible, and it is important to remain cognizant of this possible goal. However, I think it is ultimately our responsibility as members of the fediverse to ensure that we are making the non-Meta communities interesting and engaging.
Ultimately, if an instance does become toxic to the principles of another instance, then de federation always exists as a nuclear option. 🤷♂️
Counter point, if Threads has features others don't then they should contribute them to the open source projects and be good stewards rather than (in this hypothetical) force people to use their instance to have them.
Agreed. The absolute best case would be having Meta publishing open source contributions to existing projects or making their software FOSS. However, very few corps have ever been willing to make that type of commitment.
I don't think we should be praising Meta for making Threads, but I also don't believe there is a need to actively detest it's existence. If nothing else, I hope that its compatibility with ActivityPub allows mainstream users to find some niche communities that interest them, which they may never have found otherwise.
If one leaves lemmy for Facebook's custom stickers then I don't think anything of a value was lost.
I hope everyone willing signs up to Threads so we have all the shit in one bucket which we can then toss away and keep doing our own thing.