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Threads Has Begun Federating Via ActivityPub (daringfireball.net)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by fer0n@lemm.ee to c/technology@beehaw.org

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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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[-] Frog-Brawler@kbin.social 9 points 6 months ago

Yea I was really confused to read that. I’m on Kbin / Lemmy significantly more than I log in to Mastadon (I think I’ve opened that app 5 times in the past year), so now I guess I’ll just delete Mastadon.

I bet he’s getting a big bag of money.

[-] BraveSirZaphod@kbin.social 20 points 6 months ago

Are you truly incapable of imagining that someone might have a different opinion than you without being bribed?

"Everyone who disagrees with me must be getting paid" is not the mature take you think it is.

[-] Frog-Brawler@kbin.social 8 points 6 months ago

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.

[-] amju_wolf@pawb.social 7 points 6 months ago

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.

[-] Frog-Brawler@kbin.social 4 points 6 months 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).

[-] BraveSirZaphod@kbin.social 6 points 6 months ago

So you have evidence of bribes?

That's cool. Please share with the class.

[-] Frog-Brawler@kbin.social 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months 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.

[-] Frog-Brawler@kbin.social 5 points 6 months ago

You have evidence that I'm wrong, correct?

[-] GammaGames@beehaw.org 1 points 6 months ago

That’s not how the burden of proof works.

[-] jarfil@beehaw.org 2 points 6 months 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.

[-] Engywuck@lemm.ee 3 points 6 months ago

Just migrate your account to a different instance, if you plan to use it. It's not difficult and many of them already defederate from Threads (mstdn.social, for instance).

[-] Frog-Brawler@kbin.social 2 points 6 months ago

I think I've logged in for a collective 15 minutes. I deleted it about 45 minutes ago.

[-] Bitrot@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

The fediverse means all of them. Mastodon users post to Lemmy and Kbin. We'll see threads here.

[-] jarfil@beehaw.org 1 points 6 months ago

We'll see threads here.

Not if you block them. Up to you, though.

[-] Kbin_space_program@kbin.social 1 points 6 months ago

Let's apply Occam's Razor. We all created these juggernaut social media vampires in the 2000s as an alternative to isolated forums and the first federation attempts with Webrings. When it started, Facebook was a good thing.

He could simply be repeating the same mistake the entire internet did by embracing monolithic social media sites in the first place.