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Why are fediverse admins blocking out threads? (reddthat.com)

submitted 1 year ago by dartos@reddthat.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I get meta evil, but aren’t we just blocking out any users from accessing the wider fediverse?

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[–] Max_P@lemmy.max-p.me 36 points 1 year ago

and will remove ActivityPub integration when they feel Threads can go on alone

I suspect it's even worse than that: they'll make it one-way only. So from Threads you can follow and interact with Mastodon users, but you won't be able to follow and interact with Threads users.

That way, they can position themselves as the entrypoint to the fediverse without contributing anything back, and lure everyone into Threads. Especially with the ties to Instagram accounts: easiest sign up for the fediverse because lots of people already have Instagram accounts.

Normies will only care about being able to follow external users, not the other way around. They'll be like "well just make a Threads account, that way you get everything".