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Mastodon founder touts Threads' federation, saying it makes his X rival 'a far more attractive option' (techcrunch.com)

submitted 9 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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[-] Steve@communick.news 59 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Short sighted mistake. Terrible Idea.

~~Adopt, Extend, Destroy~~ Embrace, Extend, Extinguish. That's the game plan. It's worked so many times in the past.

[-] kpw@kbin.social 15 points 9 months ago

It only works if people stop using Mastodon once Threads stops federating. ActivityPub is dead they will say.

[-] SamXavia@kbin.run 8 points 9 months ago

Yeah and I'm not going to stop using my instance I love it to much, Maybe I will boot up my own personal one if anything. Just glad more people will hopefully understand and can use the Fediverse

[-] kpw@kbin.social 8 points 9 months ago

When the big corporations leave people just need to reist the "oh the user numbers are so small now, the Fediverse must be outdated" fallacy. Just like XMPP. Still works great, we just need people to use it instead of the silos which are popular now.

[-] 567PrimeMover@kbin.social 18 points 9 months ago

People need to reject the idea that "bigger number = better service". The big players like that line of thinking because it cements their role of dominance and discourages competition. The fediverse will never be as big as Meta and it's all the better for it. IDK about others but I prefer a small, active userbase with interests similar to my own over an ocean of crap