@Benfell we can prize inclusion by opening the doors to people who want to set up accounts on fedi. Federating with Threads is not the only way to be inclusive. Not federating with Threads does not mean being against inclusion. Very often it's the opposite ­— building a safe, inclusive space for those who found Meta spaces toxic and discriminatory.

I also don't have a binary answer here. But there doesn't need to be one. Some instances will federate, some won't. That's fine.

@switch @dansup

@rysiek @[email protected] @switch @dansup I'm new to the Fediverse and I want nothing to do with Meta at all. Is there a list of instances that will be federating with them and those that are not? I'd hate to start over but I will if I have to.
@EricHill78 @rysiek @Benfell @switch @dansup Totally in the same boat as you. Just joined here and learned of this. I’m not sure how exactly Threads and Instagram will be using the Fediverse, but if it just means they can interact with our posts and vice versa, I’m not too afraid. Hopefully it means more people will see the light and jump ship to Mastodon.
@Ferrichrome @rysiek @[email protected] @switch @dansup t
That's a good way to think of it. I guess we are at a just wait and see. Hopefully everything will be all good.

@EricHill78 @Ferrichrome and remember you can always move your accounts to an instance that is not going to federate with Meta. Check out FediPact for an incomplete list of those:
https://fedipact.online/

Account migration:
https://docs.joinmastodon.org/user/moving/

I migrated twice over the years and it's not particularly painful. The only downside is that you don't get to migrate your posts. But you do keep your social graph.

@Benfell @switch @dansup

🖤 ANTI-META FEDI PACT 🖤

@rysiek @Ferrichrome @[email protected] @switch @dansup

I really appreciate the info. I don't feel so worried about it anymore. I really hope this is a big failure just like the metaverse. I hope that doesn't make me sound like a bad person. lol

@EricHill78 @rysiek @Benfell @switch @dansup And no, you are not a bad person for saying that! Billion dollar corporations don’t have feelings :)