Yes. Threads wants to use the ActivityPub Protokoll. We can interact with Kbin and Mastodon users thanks to this Protocol. The fear is that they use their huge user base to change the protocol to their liking (basically take control over the ActivityPub) and everyone who wants to stay federated with them and their users has to adapt those changes until the day they will simply cut everyone off.

[–] HopperMCS@twisti.ca 4 points 1 year ago (8 children)

When they do go that route, I propose the community fork the standard and continue work that way. We already do this with code.

[–] Double_A@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

If one instance gets too big they could just ignore the standard and start adding random tweaks to it. And all the others would eventually have to adapt to that or risk becoming irrelevant by being incompatible with the big instance.

[–] HopperMCS@twisti.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Federation allows for choice. Indeed, many AP implementations already add to the base AP stuff. Peertube already does this itself.

For this to really be a problem, the server software would need to be maintained by the same person running the instance, and they have to have the manpower already to either a) Build an implementation or b) Run a fork of existing software. Both take effort and quite frankly is juice that isn't worth the squeeze to risk cutting yourself off from the network like that.

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