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@feditips There is not point in doing so https://rknight.me/meta-doesnt-need-activitypub-to-slurp-up-your-data/

@feditips Meta has more than 3 billion users. If them joining the fediverse lets me follow some of my friends/family that are there without joining the service myself I see that as a great thing.

@feditips I feel like now this is starting to get traction. Thank you for throwing your weight behind this!

@feditips Done!

@feditips why the hell block instead of silence instance so people can talk to eachother but we have to acceot each follow request?

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Somewhat unpopular opinion, but DO NOT DEFEDERATE WITH THREADS!!

This is the OUR CHANCE for the mainstream normie that doesnt understand the fedi to get a glimpse of what it's like. If we shut out the mainstream user, what will they think of the fediverse??
If we defederate with threads, we defederate (in the normie's mind) from being a useable, understandable platform. We NEED the mainstream to adopt the fedi, and if we don't let them? where will we be then?

#Threads

@feditips who’s we, kimosabe?

@feditips Gatekeeping are we? They haven't even really federated yet, and you are already calling for a boycott. If an individual wishes to block them, then they can.

@feditips As somebody else already wrote on one of your last toots: Leave politics out of an account about tips for the Fediverse!
Feel free to be as politic as you want on your private account, but being biased (even with something you personally see as "valid reason") will only lead to people being put off and stop following your tips.
I am looking forward to finally being able to chat with friends who will ever join Mastodon, without me having to join Threads myself.

@feditips Isn’t this what we want? For all major social media to federate with each other using an open standard? A big company takes the first big step towards this, and now we suddenly don’t want federation with them anymore?

@feditips I worry about the scale it will take to federate content from threads. It could make running an instance that federated with millions of users infeasible, instances that can handle it get more expensive to run and funds dry up for smaller instances as users leave for instances that can handle it.

@feditips I have zero love for Facebook (the company), but excluding them (the users), I don't think that's the best course of action. It might work out mutual beneficial.

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Defederating them isn't solving the problem. You'll just be cutting off their userbase who are regular people like my friends/family who have no idea what the fediverse is but still would like to hear the message overall.
Instead, federate and block certain accounts if they become pesky.

See this for my full reasoning:
https://www.timothychambers.net/2023/06/23/project-and-the.html

@feditips #FuckZuck #FuckFacebook #FuckMeta

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@wild1145

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This and #Bolsanaro is why I don't use #Whatsapp.
https://theconversation.com/whatsapp-skewed-brazilian-election-showing-social-medias-danger-to-democracy-106476

@feditips I thoroughly recommend this thread on Meta from @kissane and its linked articles (which I’m still working my way through) https://mas.to/@kissane/111576560999174331

@feditips I’m extremely disappointed that an account which should be about sharing tips about the Fediverse shares a very subjective POV and call to action. Then it becomes less about helping people in a neutral and friendly way, to being hostile towards certain developments.

@feditips defederating threads likely doesn't hurt meta. Federating threads likely doesn't grant them access to data they can't already get.

It only hurts users who aren't as technically savvy as us (so aren't aware of non-meta alternatives), and the folks who want to talk with those people.

I want people to abandon threads, but I can't expect normies to understand the problem and migrate to standard mastodon servers. I think normies are an important part of a healthy social network.