Threads readies handy explainer of Mastodon and the fediverse

3 years ago by ayyndrew to c/fediverse

One of the unique aspects of Instagram’s new Threads app is its upcoming ability to participate in the “fediverse,” and...

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esty 19 points 3 years ago

When you limit replies, your thread will not be shared with your fediverse followers.

Private profiles will be able to follow an interact with people on other platforms at a later date.

Extend.

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masterspace -4 points 3 years ago

Do you know what happens to protocols over time? They get extended with user facing features or they stop being used and die.

Once again, Meta got 100M users in a week, they do not need to support the fediverse. Stop acting like this is some calculation and not just them building the same basic features they have in their other platforms that users expect into their new one.

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DmMacniel 8 points 3 years ago

100M users in a week by turning every instagram account into a threads account; until its activated it remains a shadow account but still counts in their book.

And it would only be a protocol extension when it would be returned upstream, which I highly doubt that Facebook's parent company Meta would do that.

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