Erikatharsis

I think I first heard of the fediverse from the Shonalika video on Mastodon, which I would’ve seen in 2020. I think I would’ve had some experience browsing Peertube without an account prior to signing up to Kbin, too. But Kbin is my first time having an actual fediverse account. It’s pretty cool!

That’s the more common variant, but “embrace, extend, exterminate” is also used.

Honestly, I don’t see why Threads couldn’t be intended to destroy both Twitter foremost, and also the fediverse before it’s big enough to pose any real threat: Mastodon has some two million monthly active users right now, which is tiny compared to Twitter/Threads, yes, but it’s also not nothing, especially for what Mastodon is and how quickly it managed to reach that level of usage.

So I don’t doubt that Threads has ill intentions for both the underdog and overdog. I just don’t think that the fediverse can be killed that easily.

Are people really saying “the fediverse is doomed”?