Found this post super informative as it relates to Mastodon, and thought Lemmy might also benefit from this perspective. I'm not sure I share his optimism, but his points seem sound to dampen some of the alarm bells over Meta joining the Fediverse.

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[–] RxBrad@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think it will depend on the type of community, whether "the main one" ends up on Threads.

Stuff like FOSS communities will actively avoid threads. It's just like hipsters avoiding mainstream whatever V2. We're seeing that same scorn in these threads.

Stuff like "what's Taylor Swift up to today" communities... 100% threads based.

Really, the only things I think the current Mastodon userbase would care about losing if Meta pulls an inevitable dick move and splits Threads off Fediverse are corporate things.

I'd wager that I'm not the only one who still keeps a Twitter account so I have access to customer support on Twitter for product & services I use. Because, lets face it -- customer support on Twitter is almost always better than waiting on hold via the "official" support lines. Those same channels of communication will 100% start showing up in Threads.