Threads is officially starting to test ActivityPub integration - eviltoast
  • EmergMemeHologram@startrek.website
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    1 year ago

    Honestly I think this is good for the fediverse.

    It instantly boosts mastodon and Pixelfed’s reach, which means people won’t dismiss posting there as it never gets seen.

    I would never open a Threads account, but it unlocks seeing content from a lot of people I like who ditched Twitter but didn’t understand mastodon.

    Yes, this can also be Embrace, Extend Extinguish, but I’m happy for the publicity.

    If people don’t like it they can join an instance that defederatrs from Meta and that’s totally fine.

    • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.worldOP
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      This sounds like it’s NOT going to increase mastodon and pixelfed’s reach

      it doesn’t sound like you’ll be able to post from Mastodon to Threads

      It looks like they’re only pushing right now, they’re not allowing Threads users to pull content in from the broader fediverse. Threads content gets exposure on Mastodon, but not the other way around.

    • paraphrand@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      It’s funny how “mastodon is too complicated” stops when the instance they pick is Threads.

      🤔

      • 0x1C3B00DA@kbin.social
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        People who say that are generally talking about the signup where you have to pick an instance. And then there’s the worry over which other servers yours federates with. If you isolate your attention to a single instance, then all those worries go away.

        The same already happens on the fediverse in regards to mastodon itself. A lot of people discuss the fediverse almost wholly in terms of mastodon.

        • Draconic NEO@lemmy.world
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          Also mastodon.social the flagship instance really kind of sucks. It has strict rate limiting and poor moderation (gotten lots of follows and follow requests from gross people on there. Also means it’ll usually be Limited by other servers or blocked by their users.

          So doesn’t really help with the idea that all of Mastodon isn’t like that.

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        And that’s why all social media is bad.

        Look, open socials can either replace closed socials or be a niche little fun exclusive club for techheads exclusively focused on Star Trek and Linux and how open socials should replace closed socials. You can’t have both.

        So if the conclusion here is that popular social media sucks… yeah, you’re right. Because all social media sucks. The content won’t be better if the same people join Mastodon than if they come from Threads.

      • NicoCharrua@lemmy.ca
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        1 year ago

        I don’t agree at all here. If someone on threads has posts you like, you can follow them. If not, you won’t see any posts from threads on your feed.

        Your feed will either be the same as before, or better than before.

          • NicoCharrua@lemmy.ca
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            1 year ago

            See what? Posts from threads? Depends on your instance and how you browse.

            Lemmy has no microblogging features so you won’t be seeing any (unless they’re specifically posting to Lemmy)

            Kbin I’m not too sure since there are microblogging features but idk how they work.

            Mastodon; you will see posts from threads users if you follow them, or if someone you follow boosts a post from them.
            If you browse by the explore/posts tab, you might see some threads posts. Also from the ‘All’/federated tab.
            You’ll be able to block threads for your account, or choose an instance that’s defederated.

          • Draconic NEO@lemmy.world
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            1 year ago

            If enough people that they want to follow give them the “mastodon.social treatment” as I’m calling it (which basically means rejecting them based on being on an instance with a bad reputation) they might, they also might not. I know plenty of people who choose to stay on Mastodon.social even though they’re limited by lots of servers and users for spam. Same would probably happen with threads. Though I imagine there will be significantly more animosity towards threads than mastodon.social because threads is not just a bot infested mastodon instance, it’s run by Facebook.