@mjgardner

They can't move to the Fediverse, there is no way to transfer accounts from Threads (and almost certainly never will be).

They're also not going to see the Fediverse as the interaction is one-directional and requires them to switch on federation which is off by default.

The main thing Threads does is spew its content into the rest of the Fediverse, and it is dangerous hateful content which it refuses to moderate even when it's asked to:

glaad.org/releases/new-glaad-r…

NEW GLAAD REPORT — UNSAFE: META FAILS TO MODERATE EXTREME ANTI-TRANS HATE ACROSS FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, AND THREADS

New report shows extreme dehumanizing and disturbing anti-trans content — reported by GLAAD to Meta, which Meta deemed to be not in violation of its policies or did not take action on “The company’s ongoing failure to enforce their own policies again…

^{Heidi Spillum, Web Producer (GLAAD)}

#Threads interaction is *currently* one-directional. Mass defederation would almost certainly halt their work on making that two-way.

And I merely meant “moving elsewhere in the #fediverse” as an individual effort. Automatically moving one’s followers and follows is mainly a #Mastodon thing; mainstream social media users are quite familiar with rebuilding their network on other services and do it anyway.

Please consider individual empathy over collective zealotry.

Where is the empathy in allowing hate speech against vulnerable groups to spread onto the Fediverse?

It's the kind of stuff that radicalises people against vulnerable minorities. Meta's track record on radicalisation is as horrifying as it can possibly get:

dw.com/en/rohingya-refugees-fi…

"Rohingya refugees sued Facebook Monday over the company's role in amplifying hate speech that led to genocide against the minority Muslim group in Myanmar."

Are you okay with federating with a company that is cited in reports on genocide? This isn't the only example relating to Meta, there are many.

Rohingya refugees sue Facebook over genocide

The Muslim minority group are requesting $150 billion in damages for the role the social media giant played in facilitating a campaign of genocide against them.

^{Deutsche Welle}