They have their branding which will push people to use their platform. More people using their platform = more content coming from threads. Once they have enough posts from threads that people from other instances are used to seeing mostly threads content they’ll defederate. People will miss the volume of posts and then move to threads.
KevonLooney@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Where will those users come from? Not from the Fediverse. There aren’t enough Fediverse users to sustain even one month of Threads growth. They do not care about the Fediverse at all.
Threads has lots of users because they just signed everyone up who has an Instagram account. They aren’t trying to steal Fediverse users or “extinguish” the technology, they’re trying to be a Twitter alternative.
Also, people here don’t need extra content from Threads. We already have content. You can just personally block Threads if you don’t like it. It’s your choice.
ttmrichter@lemmy.world 9 months ago
“They do not care about the Fediverse at all.”
And yet here we are with Meta trying to join the fediverse.
Pretty fucking odd behaviour for an entity that “do not care at all”, no?
Scrollone@feddit.it 9 months ago
They do not care for growth or anything else. They’re just implementing ActivityPub to look like “the good guys” compared to Musk, and also probably to try and look nice in front of the European Union. “See? We’re implementing open protocols, we’re not a gatekeeper anymore!”