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minus-squarewhofearsthenight@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoI have zero faith that will happen. I don’t think they anticipated how well threads would be adopted and that saying they’d federate was just a hedge.
minus-squaregravitational_anomaly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·1 year agoI bet they’ll pull a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoI’m sure that’s what they want. A free and open platform that doesn’t rely on advertising and isn’t there to make a profit? Kill it!
minus-squarefuck_u_spez_in_particular@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoA few instances will likely federate with threads, but probably not the interesting ones…
minus-squarehamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoI think the implication was that Threads will not actually federate
minus-squarefuck_u_spez_in_particular@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoOh I think they’ll do, just to not miss the train, and then they’ll find a “smart” way to “destroy” federation and get people on their side… But we’ll see…
I have zero faith that will happen. I don’t think they anticipated how well threads would be adopted and that saying they’d federate was just a hedge.
I bet they’ll pull a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish
I’m sure that’s what they want. A free and open platform that doesn’t rely on advertising and isn’t there to make a profit? Kill it!
A few instances will likely federate with threads, but probably not the interesting ones…
I think the implication was that Threads will not actually federate
Oh I think they’ll do, just to not miss the train, and then they’ll find a “smart” way to “destroy” federation and get people on their side… But we’ll see…