Andrea Grandi 🦕Jul 6, 2023

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 doesn’t spy on you, you only see what you want and no other content is pushed to your timeline, etc…

if I was a Threads users, I would move to Mastodon as soon as I find out 🙂

Show threadThorJul 6, 2023
@andreagrandi So do I...I prefer Fosstodon's stance on it...wait and see how it shakes out, then decide. If they turn out to be a negative influence, then defederate.
Show threadDon Hawkins - W7DAHJul 7, 2023
@thundergod97 @andreagrandi literally millions of them joined in just a few hours … which group is gonna influence who, again?
Show threadThorJul 7, 2023

@donhawkins
That's the thing. When they first announced how many people had signed up, it was 10 million. That was more than makes up the entire Fediverse right now. The second number was 30 million, tripling that.

So why are they even considering federating?

Why are they even considering exposing their userbase to people who haven't bought into their BS hook line and sinker?

Show threadDon Hawkins - W7DAHJul 8, 2023

@thundergod97

Do u recall when Wells Fargo Bank was in the news for signing up their existing clients for new accts that they never asked for, and got their wrists slapped for a few Million$? Yeah well, the Threads sign-up count turns out to be sorta like that. Ya know, kindda like a crowd estimate for a tRump rally too. The laws of nature say that for every action, there is an equal but opposite reaction. My own will be to delete my Instagram altogether. Just like I did w/FB long ago.

Show threadThorJul 8, 2023
@donhawkins not quite the same with wells Fargo. They were temporarily using funds in the customer's accounts to open new accounts, in order for the employees doing it to get the bonuses for opening the accounts. See nothing like that here. Still scummy to claim opened accounts when they were open automatically....but that's definitely not the same.
Show threadDon Hawkins - W7DAHJul 8, 2023
@thundergod97 And hey, if you are suggesting that the Wells Fargo debacle was hatched & executed by employees, w/o the knowledge of Wells Fargo Corporate, then I have some real estate on Pluto we should talk about.
Show threadThor
@donhawkins didn't say it was just the employees, did I.
Jul 8, 2023 at 11:44pmWeb
Show threadDon Hawkins - W7DAHJul 9, 2023
@thundergod97 And, I said “IF you are”, didn’t I?