I think we should stay independent. I’m happy with the current arrangements, and I think the admin team have done an amazing job sticking to their principles in doing things like defederating Threads to protect users proactively.
Sure, there are some upsides to migrating, but we’ve seen firsthand recently from Reddit and Twitter that the moment you say “let’s put our community on someone else’s hardware” you’re basically at their mercy.
I think we should stay independent. I’m happy with the current arrangements, and I think the admin team have done an amazing job sticking to their principles in doing things like defederating Threads to protect users proactively.
Sure, there are some upsides to migrating, but we’ve seen firsthand recently from Reddit and Twitter that the moment you say “let’s put our community on someone else’s hardware” you’re basically at their mercy.