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:bc: Attention Beige Party-goers! :bc:

There have been a lot of questions about Threads and Meta lately, so for the record I want to say that yes, Beige Party has defederated from threads.net. This was not based on any particularly strong opinion about it on my part, but as a result of asking my users what they would prefer. The majority of responses were to block threads.net. Most of the questions and comments I've gotten in the past week seem to reinforce that previous decision.

Please keep in mind, however, that blocking threads.net only prevents communication through ActivityPub channels. Everything we post on Mastodon aside from DMs is public and can be used by anyone for pretty much any purpose. So if Meta decides to scrape all of our public data, blocking threads.net is not going to stop them.

The advantage that Mastodon has over proprietary social media software is that we don't collect your personal data in the first place. That means that whatever information you choose to share about yourself is entirely under your control. Just please keep in mind that everyone on the internet, including unscrupulous billionaires will be able to see it.

Thank you, stay safe, and Beige-bless 🇧🇧