addieLead dev for Threads makes me cautiously optimistic.
Dark Sage Torunka 
@EposVox Alright. So scratch off "embrace, extend, and extinguish" and replace with "Eternal September", then? :P
@kmeisthax I don’t know what either of those mean so probably not
@EposVox "Embrace, extend, and extinguish" is what everyone was thinking Threads would do to the Fediverse. That is, they'd make a better version of Mastodon, everyone would migrate to it, and then they'd close and lock the doors (again). Facebook did this to blogs in the past.
"Eternal September" is what happened when AOL federated with USENET back in the 80s. The platform was utterly flooded with new users who had no clue about USENET social norms, which were subsequently lost.
@kmeisthax people clinging to social norms on a platform when new users arrive never works. The number of “this is how we do things here!!!!!” Line-in-the-sand-drawing I’ve seen with every new wave cracks me up. People are going to behave the way they want. Platform doesn’t dictate that.