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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by TheBaldness@beehaw.org to c/support@beehaw.org

I'm out of the loop. Are we federating with Threads or not?

EDIT: The answer is no, we are not federating with Threads. Thank you. That's the answer I was hoping for.

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[-] admin@beehaw.org 126 points 2 years ago
[-] newtraditionalists@beehaw.org 30 points 2 years ago

Damn, i love beehaw

[-] fckgwrhqq2yxrkt@beehaw.org 27 points 2 years ago

And this is why I choose beehaw. A well defined set of ethics that are actually followed is way too rare.

[-] jarfil@beehaw.org 11 points 2 years ago

Not sure about ethics, but if the argument of "excessive moderation overhead" still holds true for staying defederated from Lemmy.world, the same should apply a thousandfold for Threads.

[-] alyaza@beehaw.org 22 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

yeah i mean this is the veto even if we wanted to do this (which we don't) and even if the community wanted it (which they clearly don't seem to--nobody's clamored for us to federate with Threads). even a tiny fraction of a fraction of threads being involved with our site would probably top the peak of workload we had when Lemmy took off. there is no current realistic circumstance in which we'd ever choose to or be able to federate with them.

[-] Crankpork@beehaw.org 20 points 2 years ago

Direct and to the point.

[-] Caliper@beehaw.org 18 points 2 years ago

I love this kind of no nonsense answer. Reading the title made me worried there would be endless discussions coming, but this is refreshing.

[-] mnglw@beehaw.org 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

thank you, I'm glad you went with the short answer, leaving absolutely no room for doubt or discussion

this is good, I'm tired of the endless discussions full of goalposts being moved

[-] toothpicks@beehaw.org 12 points 2 years ago
[-] Auzy@beehaw.org 9 points 2 years ago

I assumed that would be the case. It is difficult to find a non toxic section of Facebook

[-] NattyNatty2x4@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago
[-] rwhitisissle@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago

Thank you, Chris.

[-] jarfil@beehaw.org 9 points 2 years ago

Just out of curiosity, which Lemmy instances are federating with Threads? It's going to be an interesting thing to... observe.

[-] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago

And defederate from, you mean.

[-] cole@lemdro.id 1 points 2 years ago

I think it could have a place for some things. Not sure yet

[-] PlasticExistence@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

Lemmy.world was taking a "let's wait and see" stance towards them last I checked. This is after the community asked them to not federate with Threads.

[-] jarfil@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Oh, that's nice. Realistically, LW probably has the most chances of weathering a massive user onslaught, they kind of had to do it already, so hopefully could extend the same actuation protocols.

From what I understand from the video, Threads is also going to do it in several phases, starting with allowing the fediverse to follow a select few people on Threads, then allowing more people to get followed, then bidirectional messaging, then following anyone from anywhere.

They're also pairing it with Threads launch in Europe, then citing it as a reason along "compliance" and "scrutiny on our company", which IMHO is the main reason they're doing any of this at all, since the EU seems to want open communication protocols and crack down on these international social behemots. The stepped approach means people on the fediverse will first be able to follow people on Threads, before the reverse happens, so content creators and influencers (or politicians) will want to use a Threads account to have a larger reach... which is how Meta might try to lure people off Mastodon, but we'll see.

PS: the video in this post: https://mastodon.social/@mosseri@threads.net/111579802298134707

this post was submitted on 16 Dec 2023
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