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Lemmy.world Should Defederate with Threads (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/fediverse@lemmy.world
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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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[–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

I am still new at this. If I block threads, and lemmy.world doesn't defederate, will threads users still see my posts and comments in the communities I participate in? Is the relationship recpricol?

If not... What incentive is there to give my (admittedly mediocre) content to a mega corp whose goal is to take over this space?

I'm genuinely asking.

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  • [–] -1 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Good question. I'm not sure. I still don't even know how users can block entire instances, just communities within those instances.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    blocking instances for users was added in 0.19. it works like community block: you don't see any posts from an instance, but you can see the activity of users from that instance on any other instances where they do stuff.

    https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3869

    [this is not an endorsement of federating with any meta product. i believe in deplatforming hostile actors, which they've well and truly proven themselves to be.]

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