@LALegault From what I see, most people freaking out don't fully understand federation.
Sadly, leftist moral panics are sometimes as sad and ridiculous as right-wingers' moral panics.
If you don't like Threads, don't use Threads. At best ignore posts that will eventually show up in your timeline if your host hasn't preemptively blocked Threads in a knee-jerk reaction, at worst, block it yourself.
@LALegault my personal opinion is that we have Twitter/Facebook etc because of closed proprietary standards they use to keep everyone hostage. Want to talk to friends and family? Create an account. Want to leave? Haha lol no.
The activityPub standard give people the ability to flee a sinking ship with their contacts and talk without joining a walled garden.
Anything that moves us to open standards is a good thing.
The nice thing with Mastodon it’s messy but every instance can have their own moderation policies. Then it becomes a choice as to which home suits you best.
