You might downvote this, go ahead, I know you hate proprietary goods, but just listen.
Is anyone excited to see that Threads is soon to federate with us on to the fediverse? I know I am, and this is becuase I can communicate with my family from Lemmy or Mastodon as I mainly use these two platforms. I am also not saying that Threads is good, its a bad platform in terms of privacy, and Meta is notoriously shitty in terms of user data collection. I’m making this post because I was just wondering if there is someone out there like me who likes the move what Meta is doing with Threads in federating with us. We just got to be aware and be cautious and get ready because we might “spam” Threads.
I’m also not trying to get on the wrong foot, I’m just in love with Free Software, and seeing Lemmy here and discovering the Fediverse is so amazing to me. I love it already and am going to stay on it for most of my online journey.
Thoughts?
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Hey there, welcome to Lemmy and the Fediverse! Yes, many of us are passionate and have principles we stick to stubbornly. Still, I think you will find a lot of reasonable and enjoyable discussion despite a sprinkling of trolls like any social network.
Personally I am trying to keep myself separate from anything Meta/Facebook so @rentlar@lemmy.ca is not going to talk to any family members that may be on Threads. Maybe if I make a separate public account on another server or ActivityPub service with my real identity then I will.
I do think it is a positive thing that a massive company like Meta looks at ActivityPub as a relevant player/competitor in the social media sphere. It gives the Fediverse as a whole credibility and recognition.
You will hear the argument of Embrace, Extend, Extinguish, I agree with it but I won’t elaborate on it as has been by other replies. It’s a real risk in my mind, that the Fediverse becomes co-opted by Meta, Google, Reddit, or any group of big companies that start dictating the rules and drive small servers out of relevance, except more splintered than before. Kinda like email where small independent servers get 3rd class treatment, even if the owner did everything to secure and spoof-proof it.
So yeah, I’m happy with the size we are with my fellow anonymous Lemmy nerds and shitposters, and maybe besides more niche community participation, things are going nicely for the most part. I have no need for Threads but I recognize that it comes with both benefits but also threats to the free (as in freedom, not beer) and open Fediverse.