Meta announced that users on Threads will be able to see fediverse replies on other posts besides their own. In addition, posts that originated through the Threads API, like those created via third-party apps and scheduling services, will now be syndicated to the fediverse.

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[–] Auster@lemm.ee 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Blocking everyone and every community you see from Facebook's new parasite social media could be good, me thinks.

[–] Fitik@fedia.io 28 points 2 months ago (2 children)

@Auster@lemm.ee You can just use an instance that is defederated from them, that's the beauty of the Fediverse

According to https://lemm.ee/instances your instance already blocks them for example

@ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org

[–] tilefan@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

can't you selectively block entire instances? you can in Boost

[–] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 17 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

It's not just a matter of blocking Threads users.

Facebook is coming on here to slurp up data I don't want them to have, and enriching their own Threads ecosystem with Fediverse content they haven't lifted a finger to create.

Not to mention, when Threads users are able to fully interact in the Fediverse, do you really want that particular bunch to create noise in your communities? I don't. There's a reason why I avoid Facebook in all its forms.

[–] kobra@lemm.ee 25 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Uh.. this fediverse stuff is all on the public internet. Facebook could be slurping it up just as easily without joining at all.

[–] rglullis@communick.news 1 points 2 months ago

It doesn't matter. People will never understand the difference between the open web and walled gardens.

People say they want freedom, but in reality they want to become little tyrants. We've been asking for years to have a level-up playing field, and now that we do these reactionaries are going to find something else about it.

[–] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 0 points 2 months ago

Definitely not as easily and 100% not legally. I actually don't think they would scrape stuff off of the fediverse like that because that is just a lawsuit waiting. Besides, scraping is really not feasible when it comes to getting information like that.

[–] tilefan@lemm.ee 8 points 2 months ago

right but if I block their instance, they can never interact with me and vice versa.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Aw, buddy, cheer up.

Here's some minions memes doing racist things! I mean, I assume thats what goes on if you're on facebook.

[–] Auster@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago

From the instances I used, it seems to be a mixed bag. Some even allowed for the user to block domains unrelated to the fediverse.

[–] Auster@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Was commenting more generally, in case there's someone against Facebook in instances that don't block them.

And about lemm.ee, although the guy running it is strongly against defederation, I guess Facebook the company is too much even for him. "<.<

[–] infeeeee@lemm.ee 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

There was a vote about it in !meta@lemm.ee : https://lemm.ee/post/851217

I wanted to vote against defederation (edit: i was offline that week or something, I can see I didn't vote) I liked on this instance that we are treated as adults, and the admin let us decide what we want to see. You can block instances if you want. Defederating with Threads even before we can see how it would work goes against this philosophy.

Afaik there is no way to see anything from threads on lemmy yet, connection with mastodon like services work only, so we are again debating about a not yet existing thing.

If it will work between threads and lemmy I will look for another instance where I can devide what I want to see.

[–] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 1 points 2 months ago

I liked on this instance that we are treated as adults

Having no defederation is not being treated as adults, it's just a free for all. User-specific blocking is not adequate for stopping bad influences on the fediverse and simply can't do the same as instance-level defederation.

Preferring no defederation at all is akin to "free speech absolutism" - it asserts that anyone can say anything and anyone else can just choose to not listen individually. But that's not really a good path for a welcoming and understanding environment.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 0 points 2 months ago

How can we know?