What to know about Threads
blog.joinmastodon.org
There’s been a lot of speculation around what Threads will be and what it means for Mastodon. We’ve put together some of the most common questions and our responses based on what was launched today.

Found this post super informative as it relates to Mastodon, and thought Lemmy might also benefit from this perspective. I’m not sure I share his optimism, but his points seem sound to dampen some of the alarm bells over Meta joining the Fediverse.

  • skymtf@pricefield.orgEnglish
    355·
    1 year ago

    I feel like he’s out of touch. There are many concerns: our data; embrace, extend, extinguish; and lastly, our communities. Meta has already proven in the past few hours that threads are not different from anything else when corpos drop. Within a few hours, accounts like Libs of TikTok, Gay Against Groomers, and other LGBT harassment accounts joined and are still active. Is this what we really want federating with us?

    • SkyNTPEnglish
      35·
      1 year ago

      What does spam/abusive use have to do with Threads specifically.

      Also, can you justify your concerns? You just stated a few words without saying why it is a concern. This article did a pretty good job of not only stating the same concern words you used, but why the fears are a bit overblown.

    • Strangle@lemmy.worldEnglish
      322·
      1 year ago

      I don’t know the others you mentioned, but how is libs of tik tok a ‘harassment’ account?

      • 👽🍻👽@lemmy.worldEnglish
        13·
        1 year ago

        Are you fucking serious? Do you genuinely not know who Chaya Raichik is? Because if you’re acting in good faith and actually aren’t aware of the vile hatred and harassment orchestrated at her hands, you really need to drop her name in the old Google machine and do some reading.

        • Strangle@lemmy.worldEnglish
          120·
          1 year ago

          How is the account harassment? How does the account harass people?

          I don’t really care what kind of a person anyone is, the question is how the account harasses lgb people

          • gothicdecadence@lemmy.worldEnglish
            91·
            1 year ago

            The account is specifically for mocking people, thus the name. They take someone to direct their hate at and that translates to real harassment. It’s built to hurt people, especially LGBT people. Groups built on “destroying the woke mind virus” are a scourge to humanity.