Threads will be implementing federation in the near future and many instances have been discussing whether they should be pre-emptively defederated to protect the fediverse. See below for our local discussion thread, which will remain active until this vote is complete.
Given that this is a time-sensitive issue and it’s the holiday season, we decided to initiate the vote a few days early to make sure everyone gets a chance to vote. The vote will be tallied on Friday, December 29th.
https://sh.itjust.works/post/11011288
Only sh.itjust.works accounts may cast a vote
Vote by commenting either yes/aye/oui or nay/no/non
Any further discussion should be posted in the thread linked above
Additional Context/Discussions
41% of instances have blocked Threads
Extensive discussion at [email protected]
For the hard of hearing
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VOTE RESULT
In favor (aye/oui/yes) : 200 votes
Against (nay/non/no) : 55 votes
Sh.itjust.works has voted in favor of preemptively defederating Threads.
Thank you for your participation, and happy holidays to everyone!
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The opportunity to grow the fediverse quickly is enticing, but I think the risks of “embrace, extend, extinguish” are ultimately too high to federate until we have more info.
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While the idea of a larger central instance for all the normies that don’t understand the fediverse sounds pretty neat, I don’t think corporations belong on the internet. Also, I don’t know anyone who actually uses threads over something like mastodon or even bluesky.
Aye.
Meta cannot be given power over small servers and has not earned this leap of trust and interdependence.
aye
Fuck’em.
Aye
Aye. Don’t shake hands with something that will surely bite your arm off.
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