I think defederating Threads is a huge missed opportunity for Mastodon to grow.
Imagine interacting with their users and letting them know that: you scroll posts without ads, your timeline is in chronological order, your client doesnāt spy on you, you only see what you want and no other content is pushed to your timeline, etcā¦
if I was a Threads users, I would move to Mastodon as soon as I find out š
@thundergod97 āwe totally canāt know for sure Meta will be a negative influenceā are you serious ? Iāve you not heard / read anything about their products for the last 15 years ?
Theyāre not good guys, they never were. Open your eyes.
@Seth You can stop with putting words in my mouth.
Fosstodon fosters free and open software development. That means transparency. That means leaving things open as much as possible.
I fully expect them to be the evil corporation they have been in the last 15 years. I fully expect we will get to a point where they will have to defederate from them.
That's not the default position though. You leave it open until there's no other choice but to close it off.
@thundergod97 wow iām really sorry i dared ātranslateā your āIf they turn out to be a negative influenceā in a sarcastic āwe totally canāt know for sure Meta will be a negative influenceā
to me both those sentences have the same meaning but i might have misunderstood your initial statement.
tbh i donāt understand the point of āleave it open until thereās no other choiceā when you āfully expect them to be the evil corporation they have been the last 15 yearsā
iām not advocating for a Minority Report situation where we lock people before they even had the idea of doing something wrong. Iām just saying that itās a safer move to place a lock on your door or your parked bike, and eventually donāt use it / remove it if your neighboorhood is trustworthy enough than wait to see if your house has been burgled or your bike stolen before considering locking it.
Especially when we know how said bad faith actor has been acting for 15 years and keep acting today.
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