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Can someone explain why so many people here are FOR blocking Threads.net on a server level? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I might not be understanding something about the fediverse, but isn't this like if you couldn't send or receive email from a friend because you use gmail Google decided to block @icloud domains?

Like, you're not forced to follow or interact with it, and are free to block it if you can think of a reason to, I just don't see why such an open platform used to limit users in this way

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[+] [email protected] -14 points 3 months ago (2 children)

this is exactly it. these people are posting public information, and are then getting butt-hurt when its used a public resource.

im running an mbin instance (shoutout https://moist.catsweat.com !), which does connect to threads. I purposefully avoided using lemmy as its not capable of doing that. I wanted to give people stuck in the FB walled garden a path out where they could still communicate with their friends and family on threads.

my only concern with threads is one of resource management/volume. I cant have their stream physically take down my server, so that would be the only reason for me to block them.

a rather large lemmy contingent are vehemently, emotionally anti-meta. see also the 'fedipact'

[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 months ago

a rather large lemmy contingent are vehemently, emotionally anti-meta.

Meta's history doesn't really speak in its favor

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Hey! This looks neat. What is Mbin exactly?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

its a lemmy-compatible reddit clone + it has the whole 'microblog' section (ie, mastodon/tweets), so users from mbin can subscribe to and be subscribed from the rest of the 'verse

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Alternative to Lemmy, compatible with it: https://joinmbin.org/