For what it’s worth, I wanted to pipe up in these comments and say you’re not the only one with these opinions. Just thought I’d say so here because the nature of the post is getting you blasted pretty hard with people who’ve made up their mind that federating with threads is damning your soul for eternity.
Imo we have more to gain than lose, and all of the doomsday scenarios laid out by people - though more than possible - are no better than the outcome if people don’t federate with them.