What about non-meta toxicity? Does the same argument apply for all sources of toxicity? And to what degree does transitivity apply?
It’s good feedback, thanks – I thought I had enough of explanation in the article but maybe I should put in more. Blocking Threads keeps Threads userws from being able to directly interact with you, but it doesn’t prevent indirect interactions: people on servers following quoting or replying to Threads posts, causing toxicity on your feeds (often called “second-hand smoke”); hate groups on Threads encouragiingtheir followers in the fediverse to harass people; and for people who have stalkers or are being targeted by hate groups Threads, replies to your posts by people who have followers on Threads going there and revealing information.
Carighan@lemmy.world 11 months ago
capital@lemmy.world 11 months ago
and revealing information
It’s already available publicly without having to log in.
Zak@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Thanks for the explanation. Those do sound like significant issues for people at high risk for targeted harassment which wouldn’t be obvious to those of us fortunate enough not to have had that experience.
amju_wolf@pawb.social 11 months ago
Why not judge these instances on their own merit though? If what you say becomes true and is so problematic and rampant that it needs addressing, you can block that instance. But doing so preemptively seems petty and counterproductive at best.
What if there is an instance that selectively reposts from Threads only decent, thoughtful discussions?
Oh and as a side note; if you’re worried about stuff getting more mainstream, toxic and polarized that’s kinda inevitable if you want more people using the fediverse, that’s just how it is when lots of differently thinking people are in one place.