Lemmy users will cancel this for not being hardwired to defederate with Threads :^)

I wouldn’t mind if EU made it mandatory for them to be

They did. Signal and Threema just aren’t interested: https://www.androidpolice.com/signal-threema-nothing-to-do-with-whatsapp-eu/

All the people that reply saying “But it is easy, I did it” fail to realize that their personal circumstances can’t just be applied to everyone else.

I did it too. Most of my contacts were not willing to switch. My colleagues at work stayed in their WhatsApp group, and many of my close friends did too. I essentially cut myself off from most of my social circles and threw myself into social isolation. Not a good time.

I ended up rejoining WhatsApp and concluded that in this instance, my mental health is more valuable than the privacy I gain by not participating in WhatsApp.

What are you using instead?

Unless you provide the exact text you were banned for, I’ll be having my doubts.

But please only claim it if you really have short-term plans for it. Subreddit squatting has been a persistent problem on Reddit, and I wouldn’t want this to be repeated in the Lemmyverse.

Most likely because out of those, Mastodon is the most well known.

An instance dedicated to the Fediverse would be the ideal solution.

Lemmy in general could use a lot more instances centered around specific topics.

But won’t custom emojis from remote instances still trigger the exploit?