Threads launches today with the promise of working with other services like Mastodon.

Will Meta's new platform live up to the potential of a federated network, or just end up being the Threadiverse?

If it truly federates "we can begin to hope for a real competitive environment... Users find it easier to stay in control, and companies find it harder to exploit people, as you just move somewhere else."

Our Exec Director @jim has a look ⤵️

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/meta-on-the-fediverse-thread-or-opportunity/

#fediverse #threads #threadsapp

I appreciate all of John Mastodon’s visionary efforts, don’t get me wrong. But naming the system after himself like that kind of diminishes the contributions of the many other, already less visible, volunteers who built it.

And isn’t it long past time we also acknowledge the foundational work of Julia Mammoth?

Now seems like a good time to talk about how far-right extremists are using the Overton Window theory to force their ideas into the mainstream. The premise here is that today’s fringe ideas/beliefs can become tomorrow’s normal by shifting the boundaries of acceptable discourse. You do that by introducing people to more & more extreme ideas, so everything else seems reasonable in comparison.

eg, when “praising Hitler” becomes the comparison point, low-key bigotry suddenly doesn’t seem so bad. 1/

With the protest happening in the PRC now and much of the news being shared via #Twitter, I wonder how #censorship-resistant #Mastodon is really going to be when facing a #GFW-style opponent. 🤔

https://thinktanki.social/@nitin/109419974684091824