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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by NineteenDoornails@programming.dev to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

A lot of people dislike it for the privacy nightmare that it is and feel the threat of an EEE attack. This will also probably not be the last time that a big corporation will insert itself in the Fediverse.

However, people also say that it will help get ActivityPub and the Fediverse go more mainstream and say that corporations don't have that much influence on the Fediverse since people are in control of their own servers.

What a lot of posts have in common is that they want some kind of action to be taken, whether it'd be mass defederating from Threads, or accept them in some way that does not harm the Fediverse as much.

What actions can we take to deal with Threads?

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[-] confluence@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

They could offer the slickest interface and keep people locked to their friends. That interface can use protocols that make it difficult/impossible for non-Threads instances to play ball (ooh this cool new feature is only available through the Threads app; Oh, my basement.world.ml.xyz can't read that content). There are many ways to EEE, and I'm sure we haven't even thought of some ways Threads could use.

I think defederation is our only option to protect what we have.

[-] necrxfagivs@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Yes, I totally agree with you.

My fear is that some people is advocating for defederating the instances that doesn't defederate Meta. In my opinion that would be awful for the health of the Fediverse, as it'll be even more scattered.

this post was submitted on 06 Jul 2023
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