They're trying to build in Activity Pub so Threads users can connect to Mastodon etc in an opt-in way.
Nothing that would be seen as scary if any smaller actor were to do it. But because it's Meta and Meta is genuinely evil a lot of the times, people automatically assume it must be done with the worst of intentions. Which is a reasonable suspicion to have, but imo shouldn't go as far as pre-emptively pronouncing anything they do as obviously evil, when the actions itself give no such indications yet
Yes, I think the damage they can do is fairly limited at the moment. But they definitely should be scrutinized more than other instances and people should keep watch for if they try to pull anything shady at some point.
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