As Threads rolls out federation capabilities and tests out Fediverse compatibility, people are getting worked up over what's next.

The Fediverse is currently divided over whether or not to block Threads. Here are some of the things people are worried about, some opportunities that might come from it, and what we need to do to prepare.

  • Quokka@quokk.auEnglish
    162·
    11 months ago

    At the end of the day I want to escape corporate spaces, the more companies that come into the Fediverse the more I’m likely to leave it.

    It’s great if some people want to access their content, but you can already do that through their services.

    What we don’t have is a purely people focused space on the Internet. We need to be steering the Fediverse in this direction, not seek to emulate what we left.

    • Dame @lemmy.mlEnglish
      121·
      11 months ago

      This doesn’t make sense. You don’t have to be on an instance that federates with Threads or any corporation. You as a user can also block domains. You don’t have to leave and can still enjoy the space on your terms

    • haui@lemmy.giftedmc.comEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      This totally makes sense. You as a user cant just block whole instances in most cases and it is great that there are instances that view it like you do.

  • Excrubulent@slrpnk.netEnglish
    112·
    11 months ago

    Some good ideas in here. I like the idea of allowing users to selectively unblock domains, so that eliminates the whining we’ve heard about how defederating is taking away their freedom of choice, even though it should be the instance’s freedom of choice not to host meta’s hate speech.

    Also, as to the concluding paragraph, I agree. I’ve said before this is a good problem to have. The fediverse will get tested against the most dominant social media corporation in the world. If they adopt it and it becomes the de facto standard for many other social media platforms, then it will grow beyond their capacity to control it very quickly.