Feeding #Threads trash into #Mastodon is the functional equivalent of when Tom Sawyer got the other kids to whitewash the fence for him for free. Only in this case Tom is Zuckerberg and his cohorts, laughing at the "Fediverse" rubes.
@lauren I'm not sure I understand the objection. Why should I care, as a reader, what platform someone I follow uses to post, or, as a poster, what platform someone who wants to follow me reads me on?
@mattblaze That you don't understand is why Zuck and friends are getting such a laugh.
@lauren Yes, you're right. I don't understand. I'm not trying to be difficult. I honestly don't understand!
@mattblaze @lauren There is no push mechanism. If anything from Threads shows up here, it is because someone from here is following someone on Threads, or because someone boosts the content. There is nothing that gives Zuck the power to push unsolicited stuff into the Fediverse, the way he does on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads.
@not2b @lauren I'm not sure why that's a problem or how that's different from other federated sites. Clearly I'm missing something.
@mattblaze @lauren Yes, I agree with you. The sheer size of Threads, and their tolerance for things that aren't acceptable here, may be a problem. But I think it would be better to wait and see how it plays out. Instances who allow federation with Threads now are free to change later.