Should sh.itjust.works preemptively defederate from Threads?

Threads is the not-so-new reddit-like twitter-like public forum platform by Meta, the same commercial company behind internet behemoths like Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp. They’re working on ActivityPub integration so that they can bridge (federate?) with the fediverse. As far as I know, the focus is on Mastodon instances, but in the future that could include Lemmy instances too.

Some have raised the question, worried about the future of the fediverse or even claiming that it goes against its definition.

What do you think should be done?

EDIT: correction

EDIT.2: The Vote is on! Go make your voice heard. You have until Friday the 29th.

Fediverse instances’ status on federation with Threads

  • [email protected]@sh.itjust.works
    2·
    11 months ago

    wait and see

    Both are an option and easy enough.

    Honestly, and that’s my personal take as a user not as an admin… I’m in the “wait and see” boat, but I’m nor particularly full of trust about this so my goto would be:

    • Defederate pre-emptively
    • Wait for meta/threads to prove it’s not a shitshow
    • Reconsider federating if/when we get there