LOL as I was typing it I thought to myself "Ten years ago nobody alive would have any clue WTF this could possibly mean."
Kirk
joined 1 month ago
This has been true for over a year now, I think the only reason that community points anywhere else is because a majority of them already moved to Lemmy instances.
This is a really good idea actually.
I have a LOT of notes on this that will eventually be turned into multiple c/DaystromInstitute submissions.
I haven't seen anyone mention lemmy-explorer yet, it's a good way to find communities too:
Exactly, not being beholden to one set of rule-deciders is not so much an "issue" as a distinct feature of the Fediverse.
Well said. I personally don't get the opposition to Threads using ActivityPub. I like being able to follow Threads profiles without exposing myself to Meta.
Yeah personally I like being able to follow Threads users without needing a Threads account or exposing my information to Meta and I honestly don't understand the vocal opposition to that.
Size has not much to do with it. If a hypothetical instance allowed a "troll farm" to set up shop there, sane admins on other instances would de-federate from the one that allows trolls pretty quickly.
Threads users cannot subscribe or post to Lemmy communities or follow Mastodon users (yet). Threads has a sort of halfway federation situation. Mastodon users can follow Threads users without having a Threads.net account but that's it.
Also, the ability to allow Mastodon users to follow Threads accounts is opt-in, and only a small portion of users have chosen to do so.
You won't see it on Lemmy because there is no way to follow individual users on Lemmy. Here's an example of viewing a Threads user from my instance. There is no content because Kara cannot interact with Lemmy and Lemmy users can't follow her.
On Mastodon, Threads accounts (or any account) won’t federate to your instance until you (or someone on your instance) specifically requests to follow. It’s a common misunderstanding when people think that federating with Threads.net will “overwhelm” a small instance.
Also, not every Threads account has opted into federation. So there's really very little available content out there.
A cool feature would be to enable community mods to "retoot" posts from other communities, keeping the comments together.