▲ 368 ▼ Meta's upcoming AcitivityPub-enabled app Threads will only come with an "import from Mastodon" option. The new network won't federate on day one. (mastodon.social) submitted 3 years ago by giallo@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org 119 comments fedilink hide all child comments Full report is on The Verge.
[–] LoreleiSankTheShip@lemmy.ml 43 points 3 years ago (2 children) I doubt people who would use Meta's instance are the sort of interesting people I'm on Lemmy for. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 7 points 3 years ago (1 child) If the other instances federate with Meta's you won't have a choice. Content from Meta users will be pouring in. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] llama@midwest.social 3 points 3 years ago Sort of, you don't have to subscribe to their communities or follow users from Meta. We don't want to talk with Facebook users, that's not why we're here. There isn't a single person on Facebook who would feel disrupted if they suddenly didn't see my content anymore, either. permalink fedilink source parent [–] sussy_gussy@wirebase.org 3 points 3 years ago Me too and I don't think it'll be a threat to Lemmy but on Mastodon, there are a lot of old people who already use Meta platforms themselves. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 7 points 3 years ago (1 child) If the other instances federate with Meta's you won't have a choice. Content from Meta users will be pouring in. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] llama@midwest.social 3 points 3 years ago Sort of, you don't have to subscribe to their communities or follow users from Meta. We don't want to talk with Facebook users, that's not why we're here. There isn't a single person on Facebook who would feel disrupted if they suddenly didn't see my content anymore, either. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] llama@midwest.social 3 points 3 years ago Sort of, you don't have to subscribe to their communities or follow users from Meta. We don't want to talk with Facebook users, that's not why we're here. There isn't a single person on Facebook who would feel disrupted if they suddenly didn't see my content anymore, either. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sussy_gussy@wirebase.org 3 points 3 years ago Me too and I don't think it'll be a threat to Lemmy but on Mastodon, there are a lot of old people who already use Meta platforms themselves. permalink fedilink source parent