The fediverse is discussing if we should defederate from Meta's new Threads app. Here's why I probably won't (for now).

The fediverse is discussing if we should defederate from Meta’s new Threads app. Here’s why I probably won’t (for now).

(Federation between plume and my lemmy instance doesn’t work correctly at the moment, otherwise I would have made this a proper crosspost)

  • @[email protected]OPEnglish
    -10•1 year ago

    Have a look at the upvote to downvote ratio on the top level post. Currently 22 up / 9 down. I can fully respect people not agreeing with me, it is a controversial opinion after all. Fine, ignore it or respectfully post an on-topic reply and move on. But actively marking it as “this is bad” or leaving replies that just repeat arguments that I’ve explicitly addressed… I don’t get it. Especially when my last two paragraphs are literally:

    I hope this gives you a bit of a different perspective on the whole discussion. I’ll still respect anyone who sees things differently and will actively follow the discussion. I’m just annoyed by all the identical knee jerk reactions that have been floating around.

    If I see new arguments or the discussion quality on Threads is bad enough that I have to block half their users I might still defederate for them but for now I’ll keep calm and wait for the situation to develop.

    • @[email protected]English
      8•1 year ago

      If a person thinks your idea is a bad one, downvoting and walking away is just about the least aggressive they can be, though. Especially if they see other people have already left comments that reflect their opinion so they couldn’t add anything.

      • @[email protected]OPEnglish
        -6•1 year ago

        I guess there are different opinions about what downvotes are for. Personally I think they shouldn’t reflect if something matches my opinion but if it’s worth reading. For me, a downvote says “this is badly written”, “this is rude” or in general “this shouldn’t be on people’s front page”. I will gladly upvote a post/comment that contradicts my personal belief if the author put effort into it.

        • @[email protected]English
          3•1 year ago

          That’s fine. Fwiw I don’t even have a button for it on my instance. You shouldn’t assume everyone is going to share your usage though, in fact I think most people don’t.

        • @JubilantJaguarEnglish
          1•1 year ago

          Completely share your view and practice. Seems are in a minority. I mean, let’s take your comment right here. it’s your point of view, there’s nothing wrong or insulting about it, it’s well articulated, it’s thought-provoking. And a bunch of people downvote it. So that less people will see it. Apparently that makes them feel better. It’s a pretty pretty sad reflection on humanity, I find.