I understand why people have strong opinions on the matter. That's fine.
However, issuing threats and ultimatums to Lemmy instance admins when 1) nothing has even happened yet, 2) we don't know what federation with Meta would even look like, or 3) if/when it will even happen, is pure foolishness.
Nobody is federated with Meta because Threads doesn't even support ActivityPub yet. People are getting on their soapboxes and high horses when literally nothing has even happened that would merit this level of histrionics.
I'm sorry, when did everyone start taking conspiracy pills?
The Mastodon admin team said they'll wait and see what happens, not that they are committed to not defederating no matter what happens.
Ruud is a busy guy - his "silence" is most likely because Threads hasn't even federated yet (and possibly won't anyway) and he has other shit to deal with - and people are already conjuring up scenarios involving clandestine NDAs and kickbacks based on no evidence whatsoever? Sheesh.
When I first joined, I had no idea what I was doing so I just joined mastodon.social. Unfortunately, I struggled to find discussions/content that interested me and there was also no Local feed, so it just felt empty and impersonal. After a short while, I just stopped using it.
Fast forward six months and after using Lemmy for a few weeks, I finally have my head around this Fediverse thing and decide to have another crack at Mastodon. This time, I searched around and found a smaller instance that is more aligned with my interests and straight away felt at home. Such a different experience this time around!
So yeah, the TL;DR is to shop around for a server that 1) you like the feel of, and 2) has a Local feed to make it easier to get involved with topics that are relevant to you, IMO.
It does seem heavy-handed though. If the mod had had enough of the cat-fighting, they could have simply locked the comments instead of removing the post itself.
The only reason to go that far would be if the submitted content contravened the community's rules.
The risk of death did rise by 18% to 108% for most people with BMI levels higher than 27.5, Visaria said, with risk rising as weight increased in a U-shaped curve.
So this headline really should read:
Being a little overweight may not be associated with early death (but being quite overweight, obese, or extremely obese is), study says.
It's a good idea to get into the habit of checking the sidebar, on the front page and in communities you visit. There's often a lot of useful information there!
Yeah, I can see why that may appeal to some people. Personally, I prefer a more modern look.