I think there's a scenario that has been barely discussed involving #Threads and the #Fediverse, but it's an interesting one
Mosseri has said that Threads users will be able to migrate their account
Let's assume Threads is a failure and #Meta decides to kill it
By Meta's standard, even if Threads is a failure, it will probably have dozens of millions of active users
Even if a portion of them wants to stay in the Fediverse, they will need to migrate somewhere else
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@osc I think that's right and a great example of why interoperability at the protocol level is so important in digital markets.
Some people on fediverse cannot fathom that Meta would do something good for users. My own guess would be that they are doing this to diffuse some of the pressure they are under from ongoing antitrust lawsuits from government agencies.
@mpanhans I'm also increasingly convinced that Meta is joining the Fediverse to appease regulators
If our guess is correct, it means that Meta has no incentive to "kill" the Fediverse. Quite the contrary actually!