Don’t get me wrong I’m a big fan but it seems like the fediverse could theoretically exist with like 5 users whereas a commercial company needs users for revenue. It feels like we are using the masters tools to try to destroy the masters house

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    I think the biggest deal about Fediverse is it gives users control instead of companies. Most of social networks are controlled by big tech companies, the fact Fediverse can’t be controlled by companies but users makes me feel commited to it. Fediverse could be as good as we want.

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      1 year ago

      I think I understand your comment, so my question is why are so many people up in arms about Threads taking over or destroying the Fediverse?

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        If meta makes special features threads only and once they have a corner on the market start defederating, it could suck other already decently popular services dry (mastodon) since they either move to threads or lose any connections they had on threads. In the end, a cool decentralized thing becomes just another corpo social network.

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          Sorry I’m fairly new to all this, does defederating mean you break connections to the larger fediverse?

          Like I make a server that has 5 people on it and then defederate the server, those 5 people now can’t communicate with the fediverse at large?

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        Because Meta has the resources to make an instance that creeps into domination over all the other Fediverse instances, which would effectively make them the masters of it and brings us back to square one