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  • Only if people voluntarily give up their privacy and switch to a threads account/app, right? I mean ultimately the argument is that Meta will develop features so cool that we’ll all give up our privacy for them?

    Idk, it just seems like if that’s the fear, I think it will happen regardless and even defederating won’t really stop that. I feel like people will just make new accounts wherever the cool place to be is.

    I’m all for defederating just because you don’t want to see or associate with that content though, that totally make sense.


  • kobra@lemmy.worldtoFediverse@lemmy.world*sigh*
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    1 year ago

    The entire fediverse is built upon the idea of an open protocol that anyone is welcome in yet it seems like everyone is shocked that a corporation is finally jumping in.

    This was inevitable and more will be coming. The beauty of the fediverse is that you can still find an instance that gets all the mainstream content of the Meta stuff while not subjecting you to the algorithm and data gathering that Meta apps have. In addition, if you DON’T want to participate and see that stuff, the fediverse provides ways to de-federate your neck of the woods and live in bliss without seeing and interacting with any Meta content.


  • kobra@lemmy.worldtoFediverse@lemmy.world*sigh*
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    I think it’s a downside that I’ve heard they’re not federating immediately, but rather doing that in a few months.

    Instagram Threads WILL entice a bunch of people to leave Twitter (and eventually get to the fediverse), but if Insta Threads aren’t federated on day 1, we can’t offer up alternatives to users that doesn’t harvest data.

    Instead, they’ll only get that choice in a few months, though still better than never I guess 🤷‍♂️