I saw in the posts recently how Metas thread grew rapidly in a span of just a day. I understand that since threads posts a privacy nightmare (no surprises there) I’m leaning towards de-federating with them.

But I am also cautiously excited about the massive amount of content if we federated instead.

So for purposes of discussion, may I know the pros and cons of federating with threads?

  • BornVolcanoEnglish
    28•1 year ago

    The content is facebook-oriented content. Idk if it would even really be the kind of audience that most of the fediverse would be able to sustain.

    As it is, reddit was a concern for many people. Facebook? Not a chance.

    Besides, large scale defederation discourages Meta from trying to weasel their way into everything like that. Don’t encourage them. They want you excited, but overlooking the massive issues.

      • BornVolcanoEnglish
        3•1 year ago

        They like having no competition, by being friendly at first, then crushing us when we let them access our userbase. Defederate, with no second thoughts. If the Meta users want to experience the fediverse, nothing is stopping them from making a Lemmy account on any instance.