There was a time when the typical redditor was a geek and weirdo 😅

I see. But won’t it be more like Microblogging and not have any communities like Lemmy? I guess we’ll have to see…

That’s a fair point.

Entirely possible, yes.

Okay, if it’ll never enable federation then all our discussions are obsolete!

And how will this extinguish the fediverse? We’ll still all be here, won’t we?

More people isn’t always good. But imagine some organizations and journalists that for whatever reason still are on Twitter can now be persuaded to sign up to Threads. Well, now they’re in the fediverse.

And if the content from Threads is overwhelmingly bad we can always defederate and the fediverse still isn’t destroyed.

So, how do I picture the extinguish part?

Yes, people are panicking because Meta is coming for us. They’re taking two opportunities with one strike:

1. fill the void that Twitter is starting to create
2. profit from the buzz around the fediverse

At the end of the day, more people in the fediverse is a win in my book. And if it becomes a problem there’s always defederation as a last resort.

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Will people come?

yeah, that’s kind of an issue. Many communities exist more than once on multiple instances. Then again, this can also be a benefit. Maybe one of them isn’t to your liking -> choose another one. Or one of them goes down -> there’s a backup.

I mean, are companies really paying attention to user needs? Lol

Look, the user needs to see stuff that keeps them engaged. That keeps them coming back for more. Algos are designed to achieve exactly that. Your self chosen bubble of followings and interests may not be optimized for engagement and addiction.

No, the companies don’t pay attention to user needs, they pay attention to the bottom line.

sometimes I miss giving awards like on Reddit…

well, that’s going to change as soon as Threads will be available for federation. Then you can use Mastodon and be in direct contact with all the folks from the Meta-verse.

How is this legally binding? I still remember when people posted similar stuff all over Facebook. It means nothing.

Yes, those are good points!

I like this answer. Thanks!

How do you feel about people joking about and using 404 far off from HTTP?

Also: yay, AMAs have finally arrived. Who’s gonna verify your identity, though?

Yeah, it not being saturated yet kind of invites more active participation IMO.