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There’s been a lot of speculation around what Threads will be and what it means for Mastodon. We’ve put together some of the most common questions and our responses based on what was launched today.

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[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Will a large platform like Meta joining Mastodon overwhelm smaller servers?

This could be interesting for Kbin, it's true that Mastodon shouldn't see an influx of Threads only content, but the Microblog for Kbin may be overwhelmed, since it's followed by tag, at least how I'm using it, not user

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

That’s something I hadn’t really thought about, since I was more seeing in through a Mastodon lens. Would it really be more overwhelming that some of the big Mastodon instances, like .social?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Unsure! All I know is I follow Fediverse magazine and that's constantly consuming my entire Microblog sub feed 😅

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

ChatGPT summary of the blog post:

Here is a summary of the blog:

  • Threads are a way to organize conversations on Mastodon, a decentralized social network.
  • Threads allow users to reply to specific posts and create branching discussions that are easy to follow and participate in.
  • Threads can be public or private, depending on the visibility settings of the original post and the replies.
  • Users can view threads by clicking on the reply icon of any post, or by using the "Show thread" option in the menu.
  • Users can also join or leave threads by using the "Follow thread" or "Unfollow thread" options in the menu.
  • Threads are a powerful feature that enhance the user experience and foster community engagement on Mastodon.
  • Mastodon and Threads will likely be able to communicate with each other once Threads supports federation, but it will depend on the server operators' choices. Mastodon users can always switch servers or self-host if they want more control.
  • Threads will not be able to impose their moderation policies on other servers, and that each server will have its own rules and tools. Mastodon servers can block specific content from Threads if they want to.
  • Mastodon welcomes the adoption of ActivityPub by large platforms, as it validates the decentralized social web and enables users to switch platforms more easily. This creates more competition and pressure for better services.
[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

That's just plain wrong.
A good advice would be to actually read the post yourself and not run it through a pretty sentence creator bot

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

If I wanted an AI summary I'd have done it myself. I'm here to read comments from and talk to actual humans.

Stop that. This is helpful to nobody.

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Cuck Zuck sure loves his sloppy seconds, picking up the half-eaten Twitter remains Musk's been dropping.

I'm just rubbernecking here anyway—not really a microblogging fan—but I hope those that need to remain vigilant with respect to EEE do so. My dude Zuck made a losing bet on VR instead of LLM, but he still has the capital to do damage elsewhere. Let's not forget this choice quote:

I have over 4,000 emails, pictures, addresses, SNS . . . People just submitted it. I don't know why. They "trust me." Dumb fucks.

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