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😠Meta just showed off Threads’ fediverse integration for the very first time😠 (www.theverge.com)

submitted 3 months ago by hedge@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

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[-] MxM111@kbin.social 10 points 3 months ago

Is there a real problem there? One can always find an instance not federated with Meta.

[-] anothermember@lemmy.zip 7 points 3 months ago

My concern is that the toxic culture from Meta's platforms will be imported here, and the only way to get away from it would be to not only defederate from Meta but to defederate from anything federated to Meta (essentially creating two fediverses). I hope it doesn't come to that, but that's my worry.

[-] BraveSirZaphod@kbin.social 7 points 3 months ago

In which case you essentially return to the status quo right now, where the Fediverse is a small group of somewhat-ideological tech enthusiasts.

[-] anothermember@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 months ago

There's a good argument for keeping it small and focused. Massive all-encompassing social networks are relatively new and not a good thing in my opinion.

[-] Oha@lemmy.ohaa.xyz 2 points 3 months ago

and I like it exactly like that. The lemmyverse at least feels big enough

[-] jarfil@beehaw.org 2 points 3 months ago

Replace "Meta" with "Hexbear", "Lemmygrad", "Lemmy World", etc., and see how the multiple fediverses are working right now.

[-] anothermember@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 months ago

It's definitely a nicer experience around here if you block certain instances, I won't mention names myself. The difference is that Meta's instance is big enough to completely drown out everyone else which can't be said about the above.

[-] jarfil@beehaw.org 1 points 3 months ago

Can't drown out anyone who doesn't federate. The names are examples of shards of the current state of the fediverse; there was a website with a federation graph, that made it more visually clear; we are experiencing a "fragmented" fediverse right now, and it's a feature not a bug.

[-] inmatarian@beehaw.org 4 points 3 months ago

Yeah but, we did already. Right here. I'm assuming that if you're already a fediverse user, it's because you left behind facebook, twitter, and the rest. They're following us and the expectation is just that we'll keep moving as they make the next thing shitty?