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You should read this. https://erinkissane.com/untangling-threads
By federating your instance to Threads, you are providing more content to Meta for them to place ads next to, supporting a network that allows abuse orgs like Libs of TikTok with limited moderation.
Consider this scenario: LoT sees a post you made on Lemmy. They select you as a random target of hate, as they did hundreds of people at the beginning of this year.
Their followers start going after you, but you don't know it because you block them. It turns to real life harassment.
This is a real issue, one of many.