Aurynn ShawJul 13, 2024

All of us who blocked Threads when they announced fediverse integration saw this.

We told you so.

https://www.macstories.net/stories/lgbt-and-marginalized-voices-are-not-welcome-on-threads/

LGBT and Marginalized Voices Are Not Welcome on Threads

<p>As Twitter was crumbling under Elon Musk’s new leadership in 2023, various online circles found themselves flocking to alternative platforms. While some may have kept using Twitter (now known as… X), a non-negligible number of communities migrated over to Mastodon and other smaller platforms. Meanwhile, Meta shipped its own textual social media platform, Threads. The...</p>

Show threadDavid Glover-Aoki

@aurynn Lets say that Threads really is silencing minorities.

What does silencing the entire network achieve?

Jul 13, 2024 at 10:46amWeb
Show threaddraeathJul 13, 2024
@davidga @aurynn "not our circus, not our monkey?"
Show threadSally StrangeJul 13, 2024
@davidga @aurynn It's silencing minorities AND ENABLING THE VIOLENT FASCISTS WHO TARGET THEM.
Show threadjesterchen42Jul 14, 2024

@SallyStrange @davidga @aurynn As this German article states as well...

https://dizl.de/@moskitokoenig/112783215630340380

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Drecks-META 😡 https://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/netzpolitik/donald-trump-meta-hebt-beschraenkungen-fuer-instagram-und-facebook-kanaele-auf-a-60b2f382-168c-4c70-9a8b-b59ecac75bb6

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Show threadA Slightly Orange CatJul 14, 2024
@davidga @aurynn There's suspicion that Threads' embrace of the Fediverse is just an "embrace and extinguish" strategy to lure people to Threads. When other instances block Threads that strategy becomes less effective.
Show threadmav Jul 14, 2024

@davidga
@aurynn

It seems like a question of how much abuse you're willing to let into your community in order for people to get a little further reach for their posts.

I don't think it's a particularly great trade myself. If threads was literally any other instance they would have been almost universally blocked for abuse and there would have been no drama about it at all.

Show threadrefraction Jul 14, 2024
@mav @davidga @aurynn but you can't do that to meta? it would be unfair because they are a big corporation that shouldn't have to abide by any rules except their own!
Show threadlumpen 🍉 IIIJul 14, 2024
@davidga @aurynn i mean, what's the point? what's the point of existing?