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

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

The difference is that by defederating the only connection they can make is really just a facade. Users could see our posts but not reply or boost or favorite them. It would be like living with ghosts who cant see or interact with you. Makes for a crap experience.

And it also means that Meta can start sending you DMs or tagging mastodon users to push their ads or agenda. Yeah they can see your data but they can't interact with you.