I used to think that there would be 1, main ‘Fediverse’ with all of the ‘big instances’ connected to each other. The recent Threads debacle has shown me otherwise.
The point of the Fediverse is that there is no one single entity, or group of entities, dominating it all.
Right now it feels like whatever the big instances do, we kind of have to go along with to be a part of anything. As the Fediverse grows, there will be more options to suit different types of users.
I think it’s fine if big instances federate with Threads and it’s fine if they don’t. People can just join instances that align with what they want. It’s not like defederating means being cut out of the Fediverse, that’s not possible.
Great design. I’m eager to see how it plays out.
I see you really care about the fate of “the others”. I don’t know. Maybe that’s the right reaction but if the people who came here bacause of threads or from threads will disappear again I think I won’t bother much. I liked it here with even less people around so I don’t really care how many thousand users we have. Fact is the decentralized internet and ActivityPub are the future and there will always be a way.