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Mastodon creator shares what went wrong with Threads and ponders the future of the fediverse

7 months ago by cm0002 to c/fediverse

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In a wide-ranging interview with Eugen Rochko, creator of the decentralized social network Mastodon, Rochko shared why Threads federation fell flat, why ActivityPub and ATProto will likely never merge, and what it will take to grow the fediverse.
reddig33 52 points 7 months ago

What went wrong with Threads is that it’s owned by Meta.

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ekZepp 23 points 7 months ago

Is threads still alive?

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thesohoriots 26 points 7 months ago

Was it ever?

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Hoohoo 18 points 7 months ago

Eugene's ambivalence to deeply hurtful business operations is off-putting. People aren't merely mistrustful. They're harmed and fleeing in some cases. Zuckerberg's choices are sociopath choices.

Every dictator ever was basically mainstream. That's what it usually means. Genghis and Kublai Khan were mainstream in their time too.

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hanrahan 2 points 7 months ago

I feel thats not all there is, why so many on equally shitty Bluesky ? For example.

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perishthethought 13 points 7 months ago

... what it will take to grow the fediverse.

Orrr, we could let it be small and cozy. I like it this way, thank you.

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FaceDeer 3 points 7 months ago

I'm sure it would be relatively straightforward to create a client that randomly blocks 90% of the content to simulate a smaller system.

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Libb 6 points 7 months ago

Interesting, thx!

I don't use mastodon much, if at all, but I like the distinction he makes between 'social media' (something to consume, like TV or radio) and 'social network' (as, well, actively networking with people, not being a passive consumer). I think I'll start using that expression too.

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ER: I think Mastodon and the fediverse are part of the old internet that was more about communicating with each other and having fun, and less about passive consumption and just essentially watching TV, which is what TikTok is, except worse.

100% this (next to TikTok, this should have mentioned a lot of YouTube too, imho). And it's one of the reason why I quit using all social networks except the Fediverse and why I rekindled my personal blog. Blogs were and still are about having fun communicating while keeping control over our online presence and with whom we chose to interact, or not. I would love to see more people start blogging ;)

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njm1314 3 points 7 months ago

Wait threads died already?

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Railcar8095 2 points 7 months ago

No, the federation with threads didn't go through. But I haven't heard of threads in probably months, so probably just irrelevant.

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