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@stux
Sorry, I don't really remember. Weren't you against federation with threads?
@latsss We let our users decide for themselves An user-level instance block is super easy and quick if one wants to
@nartagnan @stux @latsss if you put your information publicly onto the internet, anyone with access to the public internet can access, save, manipulate, and reproduce your data at will
If someone from Threads follows you, your private/followers-only posts will also be sent to the Threads server to be shown to your Threads follower, and so Meta can access that data too
@chromaticliteralist @nartagnan @latsss But this goes with all posts
Keep in mind that Mastodon is a public social network and when posting in the "public" status your post will be "broadcasted" onto the web via ActivityPub for example, like shouting it thorugh a megaphone
If you want your posts protected, post in followers-only and set the account to approve followers
@stux @chromaticliteralist @latsss
You say blocking at user level has no effect ?
@nartagnan @chromaticliteralist @latsss Yes it does
Ofc blocking helps but if one wants to play it 100% safe be sure to look further in how the Fedi works is what i mean
@nartagnan @stux @latsss if your user account blocks the threads domain, no one there can follow you and so your private/followers only posts will not be shared to Meta’s instance
Regardless of your block strategy, Public posts are always accessible to anyone in the web for any purpose they please (including Meta).
Unlisted posts can also be scraped out from the APub network, regardless of block strategy, which an industrial player like Meta would do.
@chromaticliteralist @stux @latsss
Sorry, that was not what I wanted to know.
I know the whole public things.
My question is :
- blocking at a user level do the same (for my account) than a defederation ?
- if, on a 2-users instance, both decide to block tread, is it the same than a defed ?
- concerning Threads conditions too ? Do they treat user-block the same way than a full defed ?
@nartagnan @stux @latsss you’re going to need to look at the docs if you want to split hairs this far into the weeds.
Defederation is the more powerful tool. Metadata is still passed around otherwise.
Threads doesn’t “treat” blocks or defeds at all. The protocol does. Threads doesn’t get a say.
@chromaticliteralist @stux @latsss
Of course they scrap. But is it the same amount of scrapping ?
And considering where they have a say:
If they say "we will consider opt-out of consent if you defederate, but not if you only user-block", they have a say.
I don't have money to go to court for that.