If you are treating your paying customers worse than someone you perceive as stealing from you, you are doing something seriously wrong.

There is a known strategy called EEE (Embrace, extend, and extinguish).

First, they embrace the open web. Millions of people who never would've joined the Fediverse (and, probably, don't even know what the Fediverse is) flock to Threads and start to interact with us.

Then, they extend the open web, adding features to Threads that aren't compatible with our servers. People on Threads don't understand what's wrong with our server (even though it's Threads that's the source of incompatibility).

Finally, they decide they're "having trouble maintaining compatibility with third party servers" and start to break off from us, leaving us with no way to interact with our new friends. Unless, of course, we make a free Threads account...

Google Talk is perhaps the most relevant example of this. Here's more details.

I have long believed that the only stupid question is the one that hasn't been asked.

I feel it's better to ask the question (and feel stupid for a few minutes) than to remain stupid for the rest of my life. :)

Oh yeah, same here. The community is just so much nicer here. :)

Admin says please do.

Yeah! And it helps that there is no karma here. We just give a hoot about preservation and sharing. :)

CW: Racism, transphobia, general bigotry in link and comment thread

https://www.vox.com/culture/23622610/jk-rowling-transphobic-statements-timeline-history-controversy

Happy to help. :)

Gods had nothing to do with it. Thank DbZer0 instead. :)

Just to be clear, I think someone doesn't have to have done something wrong for you to block them. The block list is an important self-care tool and you don't need a reason to look out for yourself. <3

In Nichelle Nichols' autobiography she talks about how the network insisted the scene be filmed both with and without the kiss, and of course, being good loyal actors, they complied. But, on takes without the kiss, something always seemed to go wrong… Shatner flubbed a line, the boom was in the shot, the cameras weren't quite set up correctly… eventually they ran out of time and were forced, "reluctantly", to submit only the takes with the kiss. I recommend Beyond Uhura. Also Kate Mulgrew's "autobiography" of Captain Janeway is a great read too. :)

Star Trek in 1966: *has a bridge crew containing a black female, Russian man, and faaaabulous Japanese man, each of whom holds the rank of full Lieutenant on their own abundant merits*

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