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Threads and the Fediverse | Kev Quirk
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this post was submitted on 17 Dec 2023
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Excellent post. I'm convinced everyone arguing in favor of letting facebook or twitter into the fediverse, are just ignorant of the these company's history, and what they're capable of.
There is exactly zero reason to let a rabid wolf into your house, or say things like, "but what harm can this wolf do???"
Some years from now, this whole subject will be the most upvoted Post on r/LeopardsAteMyFace/
Yeah, and some of us are software engineers and IT admins who understand the technical working of what's happening and can make informed and reasoned posts (like the one linked), instead of making decisions based off of inaccurate metaphors.
I created the software you're using right now, and I'm fully aware of how fragile this entire experiment is. We're going up against a system that can throw nearly unlimited resources in brainpower and money to subvert a system. It takes an astounding level of technocratic arrogance to think that you're immune to EEE, and that you can outsmart that amount of power.
No, it just takes having worked at meta and seen what they actually do. Your fear is boosting them into Gods that they are not.
Keep simping, you might land a job there yet!
Reading comprehension isn't your strong suit is it?
And some of us understand that what's happening here is not just about the technical workings and impact, it's also about how cultures and societies form and operate.
Following full federation, how long do you think it's going to be before the ultra-right groups that already post regularly and freely on Threads start targeting and brigading fedi instances where black people or gay people or trans people or disabled people or women currently feel safe?
Now, you might answer 'well, if they do that then we can just defederate' to which my response would be; they're already doing that, but at the moment only on Threads. We already know how they operate, we already know who they hate - why expose people in the groups they will target to that when it can be avoided?
This is the best do you know who I am foot-mouth I’ve seen in many a year 😂 https://github.com/dessalines
Them also being a software developer doesn't change the fact that their reasoning is based on a metaphor and not a technical detail.
Some of us are IT admins who have been in the game since the 1990 and have seen this happen before. The chances of a good outcome wrt Threads are vanishingly small. Not zero for sure, but damn close.