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The Fediverse is working just as intended. (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by chitak166@lemmy.world to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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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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[-] ShadowRam@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago

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 11 months ago

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 11 months ago

Keep living in your made up fear.

[-] GONADS125@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

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

[-] Bo7a@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 months ago

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.