• @Lemmypy@feddit.nl
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    1 year ago

    Step 1: Threads starts federating with mastodon

    Step 2: mastodon users happily engage with threads, letting it become the biggest fediverse instance

    Step 3: threads stops federating with mastodon

    Step 4: mastodon users switch over to threads where all conversation is happening, leaving the fediverse deserted

    • Lee Duna
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      391 year ago

      More than 5 million people signed up within hours, let’s assume they will have 30 million users by the end of the month. I’m sure there are Mastodon users will consider switching to Threads.

      https://www.marketing-interactive.com/meta-threads-garners-5-million-signups-in-first-few-hours

      And not to mention the Threads app is a privacy nightmare. I’m sure they can figure out any fediverse user, If fediverse server remains federated with meta server.

      One more thing, this mastodon server admin declined an invitation from meta

    • fbievan
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      191 year ago

      Plus knowing meta, they’ll problary select a handful of instances to federate with. Meaning this plan is stupid.

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        01 year ago

        I also might be underestimating people’s ability to actaully use a platform. Idk

    • @speaker_hat
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      161 year ago

      It’s already happened in the past, it will happen in the future.

    • fbievan
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      Mastodon.social is the biggest instance

      There’s plenty of conversation already existing. Even my single user instance is barely keeping up.

      Its not like this is how federation works, federation happens in 3 ways: a person follows a user, thus getting their posts, an instance follows a relay, which gets sent posts and spreads them back out like a vaccum, and 3rd boosting posts.

      I don’t see threads changing all that much if people don’t follow those accounts, and or meta doesn’t follow relays and send their posts out through relays.

      • fbievan
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        01 year ago

        I can’t figure out what meta wants to actaully do.

        I can’t decipher fully.

        If your a big instance and don’t want to waste bandwidth, just block them.

        If you want meta, block them from the federated timeline if you desire.

        No one will guide you in what to do with your fedi instance.

    • @nave@lemmy.fmhy.ml
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      1 year ago

      But Mastodon has less users than Threads already, if someone wanted to jump ship for more conversation wouldn’t they do it already? Heck, wouldn’t they have stayed on twitter?

    • @SpicyTofuSoup@lemmy.sdf.org
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      11 year ago

      Plus if all a lot of people who you follow are on threads then it might be a more attractive option to just switch platforms so you can see their content again after meta defederates

    • fbievan
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      01 year ago

      Plus this isn’t like its XMPP or something where people actaully care who they’re talking to. I really don’t.