How would Threads federate with Lemmy in the first place since they’re a microblogging thing and we’re not?
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I don’t understand how ActivityPub works that well and I haven’t used Threads so maybe I just doing get it.
But why would we have to worry about defederating Threads when it’s a Twitter clone? It doesn’t have communities and such so I would think it’s not compatible. We’re not federated with Mastodon instances right? This seems like something for Mastodon to worry about. How is a Lemmy instance refusing to federate with Threads relevant?
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Federation would also mean that you could use your account from threads to comment or post on Lemmy. So a Threads user links to a Lemmy post, the post could blow up with users who aren't familiar with the culture here. I think a lot of people aren't saying it, but they're worried about their cool, new favorite platform getting swamped with "normies."
I don't care about normies as much as I care about their racist uncles blowing up in the comments with lies and thinky veiled conspircies about non white people.
In the 2020s, that's a normie.