Erik MoellerDec 16, 2023

There's a common false dichotomy about #Threads: cut them off, or leave it to user choice.

I can't speak to other software, but Mastodon offers a third option: limiting Threads. This can be done for all users of a server.

- You can follow Threads accounts after clicking through a warning.

- You have to manually approve followers _from_ Threads.

Note, however, that boosted posts will continue to appear in your home timeline:

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/26301#issuecomment-1868240966

Silenced users' content can appear on home timeline via boosts · Issue #26301 · mastodon/mastodon

Steps to reproduce the problem Preconditions: Have account Y status on local instance be Limited, or, account Y is on server Z which has a server-wide Limit in place on your local instance. Follow ...

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Show threadXavDec 16, 2023

@eloquence
The gatekeeping is nuts here

People talk about how ActivityPub and open SocialProtocols are the future and wish for them to be implemented everywhere, only then for when it actually happens to cut off those people like a disease...

Really sad to see, imagine the backlash we would give Threads if they were doing this

Show threadJoshDec 16, 2023

@zav_ What is wrong with people (either individually or via their admins) deciding not to interact with meta?

Saying everyone must interact or be branded hypocrites feels problematic!

Show threadXavDec 16, 2023

@krnlg I'm 100% for people deciding that for themselves. But that option exists already, you can just block the instance?

The call for admins of instances to server block threads is just gatekeeping

Show threadJosh
@zav_ But Mastodon instances already block various other servers when they are known for bad moderation and tolerating Nazis and so forth, to varying degrees of tolerance.
Dec 16, 2023 at 2:14pmWeb
Show threadJoshDec 16, 2023
@zav_ I think the only realistic way servers can have any rules is by restricting federation when other servers have wildly different rules. Otherwise they'd be flooded with Nazis and lacking the mods to individually block them. Users are free to move to servers that federate with the groups they want to interact with 🤷‍♂️
Show threadXavDec 16, 2023

@krnlg But threads is not known fir bad moderation yet, rn the incentive to block them is just because "meta bad" we havent given them a chance in this space yet

Also the difference is these currently blocked servers have about 10k users with 10% being bad actorsc while Threads has 100 Million + users with 0.5% being bad actors