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   Nathan Schneider (ntnsndr@social.coop)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Apr-2024 01:57:06 JST Nathan Schneider

   • Mallory

   I just had a really refreshing call with the great @mallory, and she helped me see the Threads/fediverse question in a helpful way:

   The question shouldn't be

   [ Threads vs. No Threads ]

   The question should be

   [ Just Threads vs. *Everyone* in the fediverse ]

   If more companies/organizations/etc. were coming in and bringing their users and committing to the network, the question of Threads becomes less important. Threads will have less relative power.

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     Luis Villa (luis_in_brief@social.coop)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Apr-2024 02:44:17 JST Luis Villa

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     • Mallory

     @ntnsndr @mallory bingo. If one presumes that Threads is going to be harmful, the right response is "what weaknesses of the fediverse will allow them to harm the fediverse? how can we fix those weaknesses?" Because (1) they're real weaknesses and (2) others will exploit them.

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     wraptile (wraptile@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Apr-2024 05:15:55 JST wraptile

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     • Mallory

     @ntnsndr @mallory there's some historical precedence here though. XMPP was straight up murdered by Meta and co.

     I'm quite optimistic but I think being afraid that Meta will ruin the fediverse for everyone is very much a real possibility.

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     Nathan Schneider (ntnsndr@social.coop)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Apr-2024 05:15:55 JST Nathan Schneider

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     • Mallory
     • wraptile

     @wraptile @mallory agreed. And with that in mind, I think a bunch of other tech companies are going to have more leverage against Meta than some nerds with donation-based servers. (I am one.)