[@SDF](https://mastodon.sdf.org/@SDF) [@sdfpubnix](https://lemmy.sdf.org/c/sdfpubnix) Please tell me that all [#SDF](https://social.sdf.org/tags/SDF) instances across the Fediverse will be [#defederat

3 years ago by 𝐩fᵣ to c/sdfpubnix

@SDF @sdfpubnix Please tell me that all #SDF instances across the Fediverse will be #defederating with #threads.net and any other instances created thereafter by any of the major data mining tech companies.

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thomask 11 points 3 years ago

Lots of previous discussion on this thread: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/578847

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epg 16 points 3 years ago

@thomask as I wrote over there:

Defederating from Threads is analogous to refusing to accept mail from or deliver mail to Gmail, is it not?

As long as there’s no concern with Threads knocking SDF over due to outsized mass, I think defederating is a bad move.

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scroll_responsibly 9 points 3 years ago

Would you want to federate with Reddit?

Google hasn’t actively tried to shutdown its competing email providers… Meta has (tried to purchase or shut down its competitors on multiple occasions). Why do you think they aren’t trying to do that this time?

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jadero 3 points 3 years ago

I mostly agree, but I've seen elsewhere that the fediverse (or some corners of it) were set up with the explicit intent to be ad-free and privacy respecting.

My opinion is that it all comes down to two things:

Will Threads respect that intent?
Given the difficulty of moderating content, can we handle the expected volume?

The answers to those questions can guide the admins (and us, I guess) in the decision.

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cfenollosa 1 point 3 years ago

I agree with this interpretation too and it is an excellent simile.

If sdf defederates from big instances I will accept their decision but I will find another server.

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CanadaPlus 1 point 3 years ago

One thing we could do, I guess, is block users from moving to Threads once that's a feature that exists. Blocking it entirely feels a little pointless. We're in no position to actually kill it.

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