They seems to really embrace open social media. I have a couple of questions to see what their true intension is. It is assumed that they would federate with fediverse soon (plenty of reports of that already)
- Would they support 3rd party apps to browse their contents without ads/tracking? I do not mind paying if true
- If I do not agree with how they moderate/treat users, can I move somewhere else (aka another Threads instance)? Can another Threads instance even be set up independently or they are the only player
- Would they contribute their improvements on Threads to ActivityPub (after thorough community review of course)?
- What contributions have they made so far to fediverse?
All I want to see is if they should be considered a member of the fediverse and play by the rules that all other members follow. the answer would make the decision around federation/defederation easy
Edit:typo and added the last paragraph
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I think you’re way too optimistic. Threads is a closed ecosystem at the moment.
I think that the answer for all your questions is “no”.
I tried going to threads.net on desktop browser just to spy on the enemy. uBlock Origin didn’t like it one bit, blocked a bunch of stuff that wouldn’t let it open (I’m running a slightly more aggressive blocker configuration). I’m scared to trust it and see what it looks like.
It just tells me to install the app even with no adblocker.
@tenth still fucking mind-blown how people just forget that this is facebook that’s entering the fediverse like a parasite.
