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I’ve never blocked threads, but i can’t even follow my own threads account (which i setup explicity to test the alleged feature).

Honestly I don’t think they are actually federated, maybe at one point they had been but it broke and they just didn’t bother fixing it because they already got all the positive PR they’re going to get from it at this point (and really it was mostly negative)

I run my own pleroma instance, so it could be that pleroma doesn’t support it and mastodon does, but i’ve really not seen any evidence of threads being federated with any mastodon servers either. If they do exist I’d love to see any example of a threads user organically interacting with a non-threads users, but i dont think it happens.

Edit: Did some testing using vivaldi.social which is for sure federated. Threads basically blocks all interactions to Fedi, they just make their posts visable to activitypub but NOT the other direction so any interaction is essentially one way. Threads users can see if someone “liked” their post on fedi, but they can’t see replies, or mentions, or post mentions of other non-threads usernames.

Really makes me think the whole “Fedipact” blocking things might be over blown, Meta is actually way more afraid of fediverse then we should be of them, after all, they can’t run ads or harvest data on other federated sites they don’t control.

I find VIvaldi to be the most functional and its also my preferred desktop browser, It’s like brave but without the crypto non-sense, and much more focused on what users want rather than what will make them advertising money.

Not even close to failure

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If its not a verification request then go ahead and give them a fake number, or give them a number from a service that provides one-time usage like textverified. If its not to verify then any number should allow you to continue.

Its one of 3 companies in the USA that gather tons of information about everyone so they can come up with a magic number that landlords and banks can use to decide if a person is worth giving money to or not, and also to sell you a service that will notify you when they inevitably get hacked again and someone tries to “steal” your “identity”

There is a way to request it by mail, the phone thing is just a quicker way for them to verify you are who you say you are because they ALREADY know all the information, they just want to make sure YOU know the right phone number. If you use the wrong number they might give you an alternative option, or it will eventually tell you the only option is by US mail.

Pretty much anyone who has your phone number can use that information to look you up in a database, experian just spells it out because they get hacked so often its a liability for them to store any information at all, In a normal functioning society such a company would fail and never be taken seriously, but in capitalist america they get to decide if you’re worth lending money to, WHAT A COUNTRY!!!