Been having this weird experience of observing Threads users increasingly frustrated by their new chosen overlord. It's like watching from behind one-way glass. Wish them well and would like to help out, but they are trapped inside and there is absolutely nothing anyone can do about that other than to join them inside, which is, of course, absurd.
@mastodonmigration the federation is one-way? why?
embrace, extend, extinguish
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish
and i am not sure why certain people in positions to defederate from threads do not understand the radioactively obvious threat, and immediately defederate
@benroyce I guess, though this seems less like a full "embrace" and more like an awkward sidehug!
any other reaction than running at a full sprint from a rabid animal means death
if my analogy seems a little dramatic: #meta #threads fully intends the death of #mastodon #fediverse
if again, that seems a little paranoid and hysterical: everyone needs an appreciation of what meta is, what it is driven by, and what it does. as fully evident
Hear you, but there is some really smart commentary, particularly about the election. We are not subjected to the algorithm nonsense, so that's good. It's just bizarre that we only get to see into the fishbowl. Not sure it looks like a big improvement over where they came from. Maybe they will wake up and join open social media when the inevitable terminal enshittification drives them crazy. Or not. Done trying to predict these things.
i think we should just build a better ecosystem. seduce them rather than trying to reason with them
do you have an extra $1 billion lying around?
I keep thinking of this recently announced foundation and their "Program" goals.
https://socialwebfoundation.org/2024/09/24/launch/
I find it hard to believe that Meta can get Threads into our timelines but it's apparently super complicated to enable replies. Is that a legit challenge, or just more evidence that Meta doesn't actually support Fedi/AP?
@Defiance @benroyce @lalah @mastodonmigration You’ve noticed that Meta is an inside player in socialwebfoundation…
@lalah @mastodonmigration because Zuckerberg doesn't like people tapping the glass.