Should sh.itjust.works preemptively defederate from Threads?

Threads is the not-so-new reddit-like twitter-like public forum platform by Meta, the same commercial company behind internet behemoths like Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp. They’re working on ActivityPub integration so that they can bridge (federate?) with the fediverse. As far as I know, the focus is on Mastodon instances, but in the future that could include Lemmy instances too.

Some have raised the question, worried about the future of the fediverse or even claiming that it goes against its definition.

What do you think should be done?

EDIT: correction

EDIT.2: The Vote is on! Go make your voice heard. You have until Friday the 29th.

Fediverse instances’ status on federation with Threads

  • pelespirit
    31·
    11 months ago

    What are the concrete reasons a wider reach would be better? Are there any other reasons why it would be better to have them or not?

    • AbackDeckWARLORDEnglish
      61·
      11 months ago

      It offers a completely different perspective than what people on lemmy provide, which is usually people in the tech sector. So many smaller subreddits exist on reddit because of it’s wider reach. Look at [email protected] for example, the last post in “hot” was from a month ago, current numbers on lemmy just can’t sustain smaller subs like that.

      • pelespirit
        21·
        11 months ago

        I don’t mean this in a rude way, but shouldn’t you hang there then?

        • AbackDeckWARLORDEnglish
          5·
          11 months ago

          I mean by that logic no one should be using lemmy then, we all should stay on Reddit. This instance was created due to Reddit corporate greed, not because Reddit had “normies”

          • pelespirit
            31·
            11 months ago

            Your logic seems to be:

            • I want all of threads content - Which we won’t get because they can just look at us, not interact with us currently. Also, what content? It’s going to be pretty bad.
            • I want all of the users to come in -Our instances are small and can be overwhelmed easily. They will do that easily just looking at it, it might end up being a constant ddos.

            My logic

            • provide more content for people to look at for a year or two and then think about letting the companies like Meta in, who are known to be evil
            • we don’t know how they plan to fuck with the fediverse, they are planning it though
    • starman2112
      41·
      11 months ago

      Here’s my low int take: more people means more discussions, which is the whole reason we use this service in the first place