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[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (7 children)

Absolutely. You should see some of the handwringing going on over the idea that the mere existence of Threads is a scheme designed specifically and only to destroy the fediverse (as opposed to, y'know, their actual competition, Twitter). Way too many people throwing around the phrase Embrace, Extend, Exterminate without actually understanding what it means or how it might realistically apply to this situation.

Like, let's be clear, Threads sucks, and there are plenty of good reasons to defederate with it. But it's not a plot to destroy us. Zuck doesn't even know we exist.

[–] MetalAirship@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Isn't it "embrace, extend, exterminate"?

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wait I thought it was "embrace, extend, extinguish"?

[–] Erikatharsis@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

That's the more common variant, but "embrace, extend, exterminate" is also used.

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