Technology

59596 readers

4799 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

Follow the lemmy.world rules.
Only tech related content.
Be excellent to each another!
Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
Politics threads may be removed.
No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

1285

Threads is automatically hiding comments that mention Pixelfed (mastodon.social)

submitted 8 months ago by nix@merv.news to c/technology@lemmy.world

260 comments fedilink hide all child comments

For anyone wondering if Threads and Facebook at large will be a fine neighbor in the space and compatible with other apps/services in the fediverse: they’re already automatically hiding comments that mention Pixelfed https://mastodon.social/@dansup/112126250737482807

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] ToxicWaste@lemm.ee 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

"We can't federate" is not really an option... Sure, every instance can add threads to the blocked list. But to keep big corporations out of 'our public square' ActivityPub would have to be twisted into a grotesque version of itself.

[–] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

What makes you say that? Why is defederation not good enough?

[–] ToxicWaste@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Small businesses can individually refuse to do business with the big shopping mall -> add threads to the block list ('defederate' them)

The big shopping mall is not allowed to put their building at the public square -> threads is not allowed to use ActivityPub

The first statement is totally ok and a lot of instances do this. However, similar like shopping malls it can pose a challenge for small businesses to stay competitive, while categorically refusing business with the big actor. The second statement would require the towns construction committee to not give the shopping mall a license to build. However, this construction committee is a centralised power and not in the design of ActivityPub.

I do not like threads and see them as a potential threat to what we have here. Exactly because it could become harder to stay competitive while refusing them. But i don't see much that we can actively do.

[–] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 2 points 8 months ago

Thanks, that added some good context to your position. I think it's a legitimate worry but I think we have a chance, unlike the shopping mall scenario.