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TwilightVulpine@kbin.social 6 months agoI don't think isolationism is going to help the Fediverse thrive, or that there are no worthwhile users on Facebook platforms that could be persuaded to come this way if they get to see what it's like.
Having to deal with toxicity from that would suck, but it's not as if the Fediverse is this pure untainted land either. Worst comes to worst, instances can defederate them.
PrimalHero@kbin.social 6 months ago
I am not saying we should completely isolate us. As I said I open with bridging with other protocols. But I am against fedeting with Facebook because yes we are not a pure land but in comparison to the hell that is Facebook it's better here.
Defederating with other instances can only do so much if not everyone does it
TwilightVulpine@kbin.social 6 months ago
I think in this discussion people aren't putting in perspective that Facebook as a platform can suck but that doesn't mean all their userbase is terrible and ill-intentioned. There's a lot of different people there that could become good contributors in the Fediverse.
I don't think we should invite Mark Zuckerberg to get the reins of Lemmy, but if some of the artists at Instagram and Threads decide that Mastodon is worthwhile, that'd be pretty good.
PrimalHero@kbin.social 6 months ago
No we take that into perspective but the good does not outweigh the damage that all the toxic people will do.
TwilightVulpine@kbin.social 6 months ago
The Fediverse has no lack of toxic people, entire toxic instances, and we can handle them just fine.