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1. Dare Obasanjo (carnage4life@mas.to)'s status on Saturday, 16-Dec-2023 07:22:45 JST Dare Obasanjo

   I was wondering why I can’t follow people from Threads on Mastodon and found out it’s because the server I’m on has blocked interoperability with Threads.

   Wow, so what are my options here? Nag the admins? Switch my account to a different server? What do I lose if I do that? Which one do I switch to? 🤔

   https://www.threads.net/@thatadamguy/post/C02Bv7LPmET/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

   • Dare Obasanjo (carnage4life@mas.to)'s status on Saturday, 16-Dec-2023 07:22:44 JST Dare Obasanjo

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     It sounds like if I switch servers on Mastodon then I’ll lose my post history. Given that I expect I’ll just stop posting on Mastodon when Threads fediverse integration is done and instead will ask Mastodon users to follow my Threads account.

     This actually helps consolidate my text-based social media accounts down to one.

   • Eugen Rochko (gargron@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 16-Dec-2023 07:22:44 JST Eugen Rochko

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     @carnage4life Absolutely predictable consequence of server operators preemptively blocking Threads. People will either migrate to larger servers that don't, or to Threads altogether. I would hate to see you leave Mastodon even if you were still in my home feed through Threads, simply because I believe Mastodon is the better platform. I hope it doesn't come to it.

   • Jamon Bull (jamonbull@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 16-Dec-2023 07:31:12 JST Jamon Bull

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     • Eugen Rochko

     @Gargron @carnage4life Don't you think this will be a common thing? I wonder if Meta sees the Fediverse as a potential future threat. They tend to quash threats early. E.g. Instagram & WhatsApp. They know it’ll be difficult to get Mastodon users to switch, so their plan is ‘interoperability’, AKA make 95% of the Fediverse Threads profiles. I predict they'll stop short of allowing algorithmic visibility for Mastodon posts, thus enticing a sufficient number to switch, and slowing Fediverse growth.