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I just had a really refreshing call with the great @mallory, and she helped me see the Threads/fediverse question in a helpful way:

The question shouldn't be

[ Threads vs. No Threads ]

The question should be

[ Just Threads vs. *Everyone* in the fediverse ]

If more companies/organizations/etc. were coming in and bringing their users and committing to the network, the question of Threads becomes less important. Threads will have less relative power.

wraptile

@ntnsndr @mallory there's some historical precedence here though. XMPP was straight up murdered by Meta and co.

I'm quite optimistic but I think being afraid that Meta will ruin the fediverse for everyone is very much a real possibility.

@wraptile @mallory agreed. And with that in mind, I think a bunch of other tech companies are going to have more leverage against Meta than some nerds with donation-based servers. (I am one.)