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Get rid of Threads without blocking it

2024-11-12 06:59:34

Jupiter Rowland via Fediverse memes

JupiterRowland@sh.itjust.works

Image macro, based on a screen capture from the Web series Hood Documentary with a caption above it. It shows the actor Kayode Ewumi as the character Reece Simpson, also known as Roll Safe, pointing his right index finger at his right temple while <br />grinning into the camera. Above the screen captures, there is a white space with the caption, “Surefire way to get rid of Threads: Don't comply with their rules and make them block your instance.“

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2024-11-12 08:55:17

Miles O'Brien

SARGE@startrek.website

Statements dreamt up by the utterly deramged: “Hi, we are a new federated server. COMPLY WITH OUR RULES OR WE WILL NOT FEDERATE WITH YOU”

Rational people: “Okay, that was always allowed. Bye.”

2024-11-12 09:07:13

Scott M. Stolz

scott@authorship.studio

I was thinking about that the other day. Most fediverse servers won't even qualify to be federated with Threads. Especially single user instances, since they are unlikely to have a privacy policy for themselves and a public stream.

2024-11-12 09:19:40

I Cast Fist

ICastFist@programming.dev

So, fill it with porn? Or is simple nudity enough to be banned/defederated from threads?

2024-11-12 09:31:18

ThirdWorldOrder

ThirdWorldOrder@lemm.ee

Serious question, why does no one want threads on the fediverse? Folding more people in to fill up the empty space doesn’t seem bad to me.

2024-11-12 09:42:34

Scott M. Stolz

scott@authorship.studio

There are concerns that your publicly posted information would scooped up by bots that scrap up public information on the web. Or more specifically, be used by Meta to build a profile on you, which it already does even if you don't federate with Threads.

People who are concerned about this usually choose not to federate with Threads, but they also would need to block bots and Meta specifically to fully be protected.

Others don't share their concerns as much, or are more selective about what they post publicly. Some platforms allow you to post privately, for example, and unless you are communicating with someone on Threads, Threads would never see it even if you were federated with Threads.

2024-11-12 10:02:09

andrew_bidlaw

andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works

Also, having the biggest instance\service is a power because whatever you do you need to make sure it is compatible, so you end up servicing them first and foremost, and they can pull some strings from their side to change things for everyone.

2024-11-12 14:09:41

ThirdWorldOrder

ThirdWorldOrder@lemm.ee

These are really good points you bring up and things I haven’t considered before. Thanks for the info!

2024-11-12 14:30:30

xigoi

xigoi@lemmy.sdf.org

The content you post on the fediverse is already public. You’re not giving Meta any less information by defederating.

2024-11-13 04:46:31

Jupiter Rowland

JupiterRowland@sh.itjust.works

If you decide to make it public. Or if you’re on something that doesn’t leave you any choice like Lemmy.

If you’re on Hubzilla or (streams), and you’ve grokked it enough to use it accordingly, then you can actually post content in private to only selected users.

There are two common fallacies. One, the Fediverse is inherently private because it isn’t corporate. Two, the Fediverse is inherently public because everything on Mastodon or Lemmy or whatever is the only Fediverse project you’re familiar with is public.

2024-11-13 10:06:03

xigoi

xigoi@lemmy.sdf.org

If you’re on Hubzilla or (streams), and you’ve grokked it enough to use it accordingly, then you can actually post content in private to only selected users.

Okay, but then Meta won’t be able to see it even if you federate with Threads (unless you share the content with Threads users), so I still don’t see your point.

2024-11-14 03:19:42

Jupiter Rowland

JupiterRowland@sh.itjust.works

My point is that not everything in the Fediverse is public. Unlike what Mastodon and Lemmy users keep claiming because that’s all they know.

2024-11-14 03:30:54

Scott M. Stolz

scott@authorship.studio

@Jupiter Rowland The public stream, if turned on, would only show the public posts. Not the private ones.

2024-11-12 09:51:26

Noel_Skum

Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works

I don’t have a FB or Insta account… for a good reason. I don’t want one. Apart from Meta existing solely to maximise shareholder profit (which sits weirdly with the fediverse) there is its user base to consider. Whilst undoubtedly there are a lot of them, how many would bring actual quality as opposed to quantity of posts? Also, the Zuckdroid. Need I say more?

2024-11-12 10:31:41

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Emperor@feddit.uk

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