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A clear victory for the free fediverse: Meta now says integrating with ActivityPub is "a long way out" (privacy.thenexus.today)
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When Meta launched their new Twitter competitor Threads on July 5, they said that it would be compatible with the ActivityPub protocol, Mastodon, and all the other decentralized social networks in the fediverse "soon".

But on July 14, @alexeheath of the Verge reported that Meta's saying ActivityPub integration's "a long way out". Hey wait a second. Make up your mind already!

From the perspective of the "free fediverse" that's not welcoming Meta, the new positioning that ActivityPub integration is "a long way out" is encouraging. OK, it's not as good as "when hell freezes over," but it's a heckuva lot better than "soon." In fact, I'd go so far as to say "a long way out" is a clear victory for the free fediverse's cause.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Nah, what would be the point of keeping Threads around then? They'd shut it down as soon as user numbers got too low. Same as what happened with G+

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Agree, if Threads majorly flops they’d just pull the plug, add they’ve done before.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I still don't get their target audience for Threads.

Facebook users don't want to leave their weird boomer Internet bubble. Instagram users will continue posting pictures on Instagram and advertise their linktr.ee account where they link to their 18+ content because they're not allowed to link in directly from Instagram, and 𝕏 users ... well ... they will continue using 𝕏.

Ironically the only ones wo really care about Threads is people in the Fediverse.