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Fedi Garden to Instance Admins: "Block Threads to Remain Listed" (wedistribute.org)
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Server indexes of places for newcomers to join can be instrumental for Fediverse adoption. However, sudden rule changes can leave some admins feeling pressure to change policies in order to remain listed.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (2 children)

But you’re giving Meta the same selling point, right? Join Threads and see all the same content. There’s no point in going elsewhere then. It kinda goes both ways.

Somewhat yes

  • I think Threads doesn't need that selling point because of the other advantages that it has
  • I find that when X defederates with Y, and people want to see all the content, all else being equal they will pick Y. Usually that means that Y = "We are happy to have X, but they chose to leave"

We saw a bit of that last July for how some people picked Lemmy instances

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

when X defederates with Y, and people want to see all the content, all else being equal they will pick Y

Hmmm maybe? But I think that's a misunderstanding from a lot of users. You don't want to see all content, trust me. Defederating is not necessarily bad. In most cases, it's healthy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Yep I agree with you there :) It's a useful tool, and it's great that we have the option

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

The best place to go is Z, which federates with both.