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Still a mystery to this day (i.imgflip.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by Blaze@feddit.org to c/fedimemes@feddit.uk

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Context

List of instances defederating from Threads, the Meta microblogging platform: https://fedipact.veganism.social/
At the moment, Threads have incomplete federation with Fediverse microblogging instances: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-86/
Another meme about Threads: https://feddit.uk/post/18194873
Threads does not currently federate with link aggregators (Lemmy, Piefed)
Threads could work with the microblogging part of Mbin

The main arguments for people to defederate are

"Embrace, extend, and extinguish" strategy: https://ploum.net/2023-06-23-how-to-kill-decentralised-networks.html
A potential federation with Threads (should Thread decide to implement it) would overwhelm Lemmy/Mbin/Piefed with millions of users (compared to the 40k monthly current active users), transforming those platforms into a threaded version of Facebook
Defederating preventively costs nothing

LW stance: https://lemmy.world/post/1274909?scrollToComments=true

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[-] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago

The threads hate is so fucking stupid. Companies getting involved with Lemmy would be awesome, mostly because it's a replacement for discord. The whole EEE thing is FUD, open source largely solved that problem. The people with control aren't just going to give Meta they keys anyway. Some corporate involvement could help solve some real issues with making hosting easier, reducing storage needs, and increasing federation throughput.

Corporate instances would be awesome to add to my feed for the things I want to see and it would be a way to attract people to get the more niche communities. The tools already exist for the people who don't want to see that content. If for example steam community discussions became Lemmy communities that would be a huge win for the platform.

Also threads isn't even the same federation model as Lemmy anyway and it's unlikely to ever actually federate to here anyway.

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[-] horse_battery_staple@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Wat?

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[-] kryptonidas@lemmings.world 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Dang it I was on lemmy.wtf and that one has been down for days now. Now you’re telling me this one will get flooded with “tweets”? Do I have to pack up my shit again? We’ll see how bad it will get.

Edit: it’s up again. It is too unreliable though.

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[-] JoShmoe@ani.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

So if Meta continues to share defederated without acknowledgement from the source, wouldn’t that just put lemmy and mastodan on top?