themods,

Kia ora koutou, it seems timely to note that mastodon.nz will not be federating with Threads. This is for a number of reasons:

  • Deficient moderation policies that are over-reliant on algorithms with inadequate human supervision [1][2][3][4]

  • Their policy is to scrape everyone's personal data to feed their ad algorithms

  • Their owners have a history of joining > taking over > destroying platforms and we don't want the Fediverse to be taken over and destroyed.

[citations tbc]

jononz,

@themods I might just move instance based on that.

themods,

@jononz That's understandable! Everyone has different priorities for what they want out of social media and one of the great things about the Fediverse is it does make it easier to shift around and find the right place for you. -Zeborah

jononz,

@themods thanks. But I fail to see your logic on not federating with them. Threads is fine, your users don’t have to follow anyone from there. I am kinda shocked on your stance and I feel you’ll upset a lot of users. Anyway, your call, but I’ll move off mastodon.nz asap.

davemosk,
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@jononz @themods Will you move to Threads? Just curious.

jononz,

@davemosk @themods I am on threads. I prefer Mastodon but there are a few accounts on Threads I’d like to follow. I love the rich choice of iOS and macOS clients for Mastodon and would prefer to consume all of the content in one place.

davemosk,
@davemosk@mastodon.nz avatar

@jononz @themods This is about a lot more than convenience.

jononz,

@davemosk @themods Sure seems to be, censorship too. Don’t worry, I’ll move, and I’d encourage others to do the same. Let users decide if they want to block Threads.

dillonmok,

@jononz @davemosk @themods In the same boat as you, now looking to move but don’t know where. I’ve got an account with mastodon.social but dunno if that’s the best option

jononz,

@dillonmok @davemosk @themods I’ll have to look into it, twit.social is good I think, I hear mastodon.social can sometimes help a bit slow and a but of a target for DDOS like attacks, not sure if that is still a thing?

fastchicken,
@fastchicken@mastodon.nz avatar

@jononz @dillonmok @davemosk @themods same same. Might check with the Cloud Island folks for their policy….

I’d prefer to be able to choose if I want to block Threads, or a single thread user, rather than the server pick for me. (Which the server software supports, and supports well)

Wordpress would be the same too…

fastchicken,
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@jononz @dillonmok @davemosk @themods TBF also likely that I won’t move too, cos inertia. But it’s easy to do it… most things follow you….

davemosk,
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@fastchicken @jononz @dillonmok @themods My guess is that @aurynn will reply in words of one syllable.

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