Threads seems to be beginning to test ActivityPub federation, and since Kbin can be used for microblogging, this affects kbin.social. What are your thoughts on federating or defederating with them?

  • FaceDeer@kbin.social
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    11 months ago

    I don’t think they want to participate in the protocol as intended at all. I think they want to gradually warp Activity Pub for their own ends.

    If they do then that would be a reason to defederate.

    All I’m arguing is that it’s silly to defederate before they do that, because they might not.

    • livus@kbin.social
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      11 months ago

      A wild polar bear might not bite me if I pat it either.

      Personally it doesn’t seem preemptive to me because I think the part where Meta held secret meetings with certain Fediverse admins and made them sign NDAs was a clear indication of the way they are going to do things, i.e nontransparent and not as equals.

      Perfect conditions for embrace extend extinguish, which is boiling a frog so could do a lot of damage before most people are able to spot it.

      I accept that YMMV though, I just don’t think it’s particularly closed-minded of those of us who are too wary of their motives to want to federate with them.