Can someone explain why so many people here are FOR blocking Threads.net on a server level? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago by Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works to c/main@sh.itjust.works

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I might not be understanding something about the fediverse, but isn't this like if you couldn't send or receive email from a friend because you use gmail Google decided to block @icloud domains?

Like, you're not forced to follow or interact with it, and are free to block it if you can think of a reason to, I just don't see why such an open platform used to limit users in this way

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[-] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago

There's a lot of reactionary anti-corpo types here. There's really no good reason for users to want to defederate from a Facebook owned instance. It's also a pointless stance, as threads is a Twitter/mastodon style site and not really compatible with reddit/lemmy style sites.

There are some technical reasons to avoid federating for those hosting instances. The software forces local copies of everything users subscribe to which is a massive space concern. There's also a problem with performance of syncing that data for large instances that's already a problem with .world size instances, where it can take a day+ to process new comments.

[-] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 year ago

There’s really no good reason for users to want to defederate from a Facebook owned instance.

Yeah why would anyone object to a company that manipulated people for the fascist who tried to overthrow the US government, and recently hired a co-author of Project 2025? 'You just don't like it!'