Yes, yes I know this is an unpopular opinion but let me give you guys an example that relates to this.
You guys know email? Well if you had made an email instance and then Google made Gmail, would you guys block it? No. Just because it’s made by a big company does not mean you should block it. What if you wanted to talk to people on threads? What if you wanted more content because there is more users on there? Please don’t defederate from threads people.
Couldn't have said it better myself. Federating with Threads would be more destructive than it would be beneficial, not to mention Meta's horrible track record (FYI Meta was Facebook so everything Facebook did Meta also did, don't ever forget that they're connected).
Threads supporting activitypub is an attempt at a hostile takeover of the fediverse. Please read this article: https://ploum.net/2023-06-23-how-to-kill-decentralised-networks.html
Also, since you mentioned E-Mail, you'll probably want to know how the exact same thing is happening there: http://www.igregious.com/2023/03/gmail-is-breaking-email.html?m=1
The fediverse isn't as deeply integrated into our everyday lives as E-Mail, so we can still prevent it from being taken over by corporations.
Couldn't have said it better myself. Federating with Threads would be more destructive than it would be beneficial, not to mention Meta's horrible track record (FYI Meta was Facebook so everything Facebook did Meta also did, don't ever forget that they're connected).