Grow Your Own Services 🌱Apr 24

Hello Fediverse admins, Meta's platform Threads has now switched to a new domain so it's time to add this to your defederation list:

threads.com

Here's how to defederate a server from the Mastodon admin interface: https://fedi.tips/how-to-defederate-fediblock-a-server-on-mastodon

(via @TechCrunch at https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/24/threads-officially-moves-to-threads-com-and-updates-its-web-app)

#Meta #Threads #FreeFediverse #Zuckerberg #FediPact

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Show threadMark DavisApr 24
@homegrown @TechCrunch Why gatekeeping threads users from the fediverse? Soory if Im new to the convo, seems like the opposite of inclusion.
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@markdav @TechCrunch

The problem isn't the users, it's Meta.

Meta has a horrific track record on moderation (https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2022-02-20/facebook-accused-of-letting-activists-incite-ethnic-massacres-with-hate-and-misinformation-by-survivors-in-ethiopia/) and they are now deliberately allowing hate posts on Threads (https://fortune.com/2025/01/10/staffers-fury-meta-change-hate-policy-mark-zuckerberg/).

Allowing hate to spread is really dangerous for vulnerable minorities (https://social.chinwag.org/@FediThing/112581263140051643).

If people want to join the Fediverse, there are thousands of non-Meta servers they can join instead.

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Show threadMark DavisApr 24
@homegrown @markdav @TechCrunch So we have a black list of servers with poor moderation instead of using tools to moderate individual posts. That's one way to do it for sure.