@mastodonmigration I give it 4 to 6 months. Plenty of time to prep and build here…

@tchambers Please at least entertain the possibility that this is and has always been a PR stunt. The more time you waste chasing after these guys, the less you spend focused on building out this amazing open social media revolution.

@mastodonmigration @tchambers I'm curious what constitutes "chasing" in your mind? Presumably there's some misallocation of time and resources you're concerned about, but I'm not aware what that could be here beyond (a) spending free time following the news cycle around Threads, or (b) championing some new features for Mastodon or the #ActivityPub standard which seem to me pretty useful & good to have regardless of whether Threads ever federates?

@dwgill @tchambers Sure it is great to improve our technology, but the other place this plays out is the impact on our community. Likely Meta doesn't care about this at all and is just using us as a PR play to burnish their new cuddly friendly image as a reborn open system pioneer. But it does matter to us that we have to deal with a schism that has started to emerge due to their manipulative tactics. In general, we should be acting proactively not reacting to them and giving them power over us.