I think so, yes.

I agree: I find the Stories to be a very powerful layer of Instagram.

After reading this very thread, one thing is clear: People simply don’t trust Meta, for good reason.

But I’m still, perhaps naively, hopeful that this one could be the platform to pivot the decentralised social web approach to the masses.

Also, a funny scenario: What if you wait it out until enough people follow you on Threads, then take all your followers and transfer over to a Mastodon instance? I may do that, actually.

A kbin related subreddit was banned because of “spam”. But as for removing or editing comments, I highly doubt it and I’d want to see a proof of that.

Correct, you will be able to do that. Also, a wild example: an Instagram user will be able to comment on a Pixelfed post

You are misinformed. All ActivityPub-enabled services can talk to each other. For example: You can post a comment on this thread via Mastodon.

It will be a part of the fediverse! But, yeah, still a Meta product…

I’m a photographer and I have a relatively large following on Instagram; all my professional and social contacts are on there. So, that’s why it’s personally appealing to me. The Fediverse has (so far) been a bit of a lonely experience for me (but I still like it a lot).