Ultimately I think maybe it comes down to a saying that is one of the most universally applicable things I've heard: liars think everyone else is lying, and cheaters think everyone else is cheating. In this case, mean-spirited people think everyone else is mean-spirited

There’s been a lot of speculation around what Threads will be and what it means for Mastodon. We’ve put together some of the most common questions and our responses based on what was launched today:

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2023/07/what-to-know-about-threads/