mypasswordis1234Dec 16, 2023

Dear server admins, please defederate threads.net. Dear users, ask your server admin to defederate threads.net.

https://lemmy.world/post/9622153

Dear server admins, please defederate threads.net. Dear users, ask your server admin to defederate threads.net. - Lemmy.World

Meta just announced that they are trying to integrate Threads with ActivityPub (Mastodon, Lemmy, etc.). We need to defederate them if we want to avoid them pushing their crap into fediverse. If you’re a server admin, please defederate Meta’s domain “threads.net [http://threads.net]” If you don’t run your own server, please ask your server admin to defederate “threads.net [http://threads.net]”.

Show threadFaceDeerDec 16, 2023

Yeah, close that protocol! Build the walls around our garden higher! No need to wait for them to actually do something worth defederating over, we just don't like them!

This is silly. A major social media network is trying to join the Fediverse and everyone's keen on stopping it. If Meta does something dirty or damaging, sure, defederate them then. But I was kind of hoping that open protocols would flourish, not just end up as another bunch of balkanized forums and Reddit-likes.

Show threadZorqueDec 16, 2023

If you haven't noticed them doing dirty or damaging things for the last twenty years, feel free to engage with them.

There's more than enough evidence to show their intentions are far from pure.

Show threadBaroqueInMindDec 16, 2023
How are we supposed to do that when people like you are encouraging admins to defederate which removes any semblance of freedom of choice that you are fucking trying to imply we act upon?
Show threadZorque
So... admins aren't free to choose? Why are you trying to take away admins freedom of choice? Sounds kind of authoritarian to me.
Dec 16, 2023 at 3:27amWeb
Show threadChozoDec 16, 2023

If you're self-hosting a personal instance, do whatever you want.

But if you're hosting a community for other people, you should consider what they want. That's the responsibility of a community leader.

Show threadZaktorDec 16, 2023
Most of these instances are hosted by amateurs doing it for fun and often at their own cost. Users can leave if they want different policies. If you want a right to dictate policy, do the work yourself or hire someone to do it for you.
Show threadZorqueDec 16, 2023

That's the beauty of the fediverse, if the instance you're on isn't doing what you want, you can move to another one. Or create your own.

I'd say that's a pretty clear indicator of the popularity of decisions. Saying "No, you can't do that, cause I don't want that" is putting your desires above the desires of others.

Show threadBaroqueInMindDec 16, 2023
This is why I love federated communities; the freedom of choice is great to have.