I’ve seen a lot of comments suggesting Threads should be pre-emptively defederated by Lemmy/kbin instances if it tries to join us. I’m a bit confused what the problem would be. When Meta does its usual corporate bullshit over at Threads, how would that hurt a user or community based on Lemmy.world? If anything, wouldn’t it give the fediverse a boost if Threads users start discovering communities outside of Meta’s control?

I presume I’m missing something, as you can probably tell I don’t fully understand how Lemmy, Threads or federation all work.

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      1 year ago

      Oh I don’t doubt that meta will be mining all the data they can get via this integration. That’s what the company exists for. I’m just not sure it’s any additional data they aren’t getting anyway.

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        Will Meta mine user data on a device via its app, or just what is entered on the app? That hasn’t been clearly laid out. Meaning, will it look at, say, activity on a bank app or health provider app or pharmacy app on the same device as Threads? Does FB/IG/WhatsApp take device data?

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          They take everything! I can say, “We need a new couch,” and suddenly furniture advertisements are thrown at me. Have to remember that we are the product. The platform is just the magic trick that distracts us while the pickpockets strip the crowd.