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Lemmy.world Should Defederate with Threads (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I think it's pretty safe to say that the majority of us are here to avoid another corporate takeover of our preferred platforms. It would seem to me to be a tad irresponsible to allow Facebook into our space with open arms, allowing them to hoover up our data. I would love to keep using Lemmy.world, but will happily change instances if need be, and I feel many share that sentiment.

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[–] [email protected] 62 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Whichever way instances decide to go there's a few things people should remember:

We're lucky to have this option even if it's divisive at times.
It's not always about what we know will happen, sometimes it's concern over possibilities we couldn't even imagine at the time.
Growth is great but there's infrastructure, moderators and policies that can be overwhelmed.
Defederation can be reversed at any time if things change.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Federation can also be reverted at any times if they misbehave. Why should we block them in advance?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Track record.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Historical precedent and #2/#3 on my list above make the case for erring on the side of caution. That and we've got far more to lose than to gain.