I think it’s fine if multiple of the “same” community exist.

If I were on Snooface and wanted to share/discuss a new game would I do it on, r/Gaming, r/Games, or r/TrueGaming? (Or yet another.)

If two communities are EXACTLY the same, then sure, merge them, but they are never EXACTLY the same.

Re “It could even a boat”, that’s Family Guy https://youtu.be/GKZJdaiJF84

But your point still stands.

You’ve mentioned that the majority of Lemmy.world users support defederating from threads. Do you have a source?

As someone in the “wait and see” group I’m curious how many people really are in each group.

Someone who disagrees with you is not a bootlicker.

Meta is a garbage company. Meta has done terrible things historically. At the moment we don’t know how Threads will affect the rest of the Fediverse. I’m ok with giving Meta a short leash. If you disagree, join an instance that has already blocked them. That’s how this works.

I fully expect, once rolled out, I’ll block Threads, but that is MY choice to make.