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Threads Has Begun Federating Via ActivityPub (daringfireball.net)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Adam Mosseri:

Second, threads posted by me and a few members of the Threads team will be available on other fediverse platforms like Mastodon starting this week. This test is a small but meaningful step towards making Threads interoperable with other apps using ActivityPub — we’re committed to doing this so that people can find community and engage with the content most relevant to them, no matter what app they use.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Are you truly incapable of acknowledging that large bags of money motivate people to do unpopular things sometimes?

I really don't care about Mastadon as I haven't used it much, but I couldn't really think of a good reason for federating with Meta.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well a good reason could be that it brings federation to the masses. You know, like everyone who uses federated networks wants it to be. This isn't some exclusive club and wider adoption is a good thing.

If only to prove that it can work.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I wouldn't call that a good reason to team up with Meta, but I would call it a plausible. Everyone does not want to federate with the largest social media company in the world, I can promise you that. If you like federation, you'd probably like it to not be engulfed by megacorps (unless you stand to profit from it).

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

So you have evidence of bribes?

That's cool. Please share with the class.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

LMAO... "bribes"... no, I have no evidence of "bribes." I don't have any evidence of a financial incentive either, as very clearly evident by my phrasing starting with "I bet..." I'm simply relying on 40 years of not having my head completely up my own ass to make some inferences about things, and if I'm wrong, then I'm wrong. I think you're being intentionally obtuse. None of this really is impactful, but you sure seem to have an agenda.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You have evidence that I'm wrong, correct?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That’s not how the burden of proof works.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Do you understand what "federating" means? It's a permission, not an obligation, for the instances to interact. It can also be filtered in any number of ways by any user.