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  • For me, I don't need new fancy features to communicate. I don't need video chat rooms. I don't need constant notifications. I just need a simple place to post my social expressions and read other people's social expressions. I don't want my experience to be shaped by algorithms designed to keep me engaged and present. For me, social media is like going down to the pub and talking with some regular friends. The BIGGER a platform is, the less it's about being social, and it's more about promotion. Promotion of self, events, clubs, companies, etc.

    Threads will take away people from Mastodon, but that's a good thing. Because it will appeal to people who desire a different social media experience. They can take the foam off the top, leaving us with a smaller group that prefers a simpler, less invasive, social media. I don't have to share all my contacts, my browsing history, my health data or my financial data to Mastodon (or any service in the Fediverse) in order to use it. You cannot say the same about Thread.

    I will always side with something like Mastodon over Thread. That doesn't mean I don't believe Mastodon cannot fail. It certainly can. But it won't be Thread that kills it.

  • What we know

    Threads is a separate app from Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram. This means Threads’ user base will be separate from their existing platforms.

    Well that aged like milk…

    • Aged? The article is recent.

      It is a pretty dumb comparison, though. Dude should have done his homework.

      • Which corroborates Eugen either being really damn naive or a paid shill.

  • That is so naive thinking I’m my opinion. They probably gonna use that in the long run to connect only their apps (like you can comment on Facebook from IG). Why would they want people outside of their ecosystems to connect with them? I deleted all their apps and I’m gonna do it with every Fediverse app that federate with them. I know that data in Fediverse is public but I wanted to join community-driven ecosystem outside of Meta.

    • The apps for the fediverse aren't responsible for federating with Meta, the instances (servers) are.

      If my instance (lemmy.world) federates with Meta, I need only to switch servers (say, to lemmy.ml or lemm.ee), not stop using the current app I use (mostly Jerboa, but also Thunder and LiftOff).

  • Rochko has demonstrated to be either foolish or naive, and both are bad.

    I'm not betting on him to having been bought, out of a minimum of trust, but it wouldn't surprise me if that's the case.

    • XMPP did not exist on its own outside of nerd circles, while ActivityPub enjoys the support and brand recognition of Mastodon.'

      Is he foolish? I can't tell, mastodon is massive. Look at mastodon.social, there's already plenty of people here.'

    • Mets is not different than any other person entering the fediverse. They are ultimately a company and will do what they need to be profitable. Ultimately they advertise social connection, and that's their business model.

      Why is everyone acting like meta is different than anyone else, they're not special.

      • Because decentralized social networks don't need to be profitable. That's the whole point of this. Spread out, smaller instances, there is absolutely no need to for an instance to become so massive that it requires profitability to continue.

      • I see meta no different than the company behind mastodon

  • I can see the argument that Meta wants to kill the fediverse but I am kinda excited that we could possibly still get content from feeds that would not consider a mastodon account, even if that is a disagreeable attitude. Looking at Threads it already looks like brands "autosport, financial times" etc have setup regular posting schedules on threads so it really could be the Twitter killer.

  • Da heck? Do we have a FB shill?

    • That or a starry-eyed optimist who hasn't heard of XMPP and thinks Mark "they 'trust me', dumb fucks" Zuckerberg is really engaging with ActivityPub on anything resembling a good-faith basis.

    • Can you elaborate what you mean?

    • Want to ask how? I see meta no different than any other company or person joining the fediverse. They ultimately get no special treatment and are subject to each instances moderation.

  • Of course it's a shit product name that uses a generic commonly used term. :/

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