@gelbphoenix@social.gelbphoenix.de I addressed this same topic a year ago, reaching almost the same conclusions. I say "almost" because I disagree with the idea that Threads hasn't harmed the Fediverse. Threads siphoned off user attention by flooding news outlets with press releases. This was particularly evident in Europe, where there was an unrelenting, steady stream of press coverage across online publications claiming that Threads had implemented ActivityPub and federated with the Fediverse—claims that were simply untrue! While it was true outside Europe, those articles were being written in Italian, Polish, German, and Greek! As I state in my article: > Threads adopted a highly unscrupulous approach: not only did it effectively segregate its users, but it also maliciously peddled the idea of ​​federation everywhere. Here in Europe—where they had already decided against actual federation—they distributed false press releases (dutifully picked up by the worst online outlets) claiming they were opening up to the Fediverse. They tried to treat the audience receptive to the Fediverse concept like a herd to be milked, using the very idea of ​​the Fediverse as a buzzword to steal visibility from our own projects. Threads is, for all intents and purposes, a hostile presence that must be contained; we should avoid extremism, certainly, but we must also maintain a firm stance. This diversion of attention away from the Fediverse has caused severe damage to the entire European Fediverse movement! https://www.informapirata.it/2025/11/09/threads-e-la-federazione-con-il-fediverso-libero/

@julian@activitypub.space i mean technically i think i still have the keys for it lying around. maybe. but i also am not bringing it back. that's why i chose Gone.

Must not have replicated across the fediverse yet. It's showing correctly now.

Lol maybe it's because every time I open the app I uninstall it. Kidding. I did see some absolutely incredible ways of teaching and learning math that made me utterly furious at the American education system. We teach academic subjects in the absolutely dumbest way possible. I learned that on Tiktok.