You're So Vain, You Probably Think This App Is About You: On Meta and Mastodon
You're So Vain, You Probably Think This App Is About You: On Meta and Mastodon
Those of you not plugged into the Mastodon community may not be aware of the predominant reaction to Instagram Threads. This started when it was merely rumored, reaching a crescendo with reports that...
Shared by @tchambers and originally written by @chipotle
With kbin’s microblogging integration I think this is particularly relevant for our community as well! It’s a great read please take the time to read the full post.
Relevant Paragraph:
"Look. At the end of the day, I’m a Mastodon partisan. But I don’t love its collective tendency toward self-important dogmatism....The truth is, #Threads is not about Mastodon. It’s about Meta and only about Meta, and Mastodon isn’t important enough to them to spend the considerable effort that would be necessary to destroy it.
It’d be awfully damn ironic if the Fediverse decides it’s become necessary to destroy itself to stop them."