Threads readies handy explainer of Mastodon and the fediverse
Threads readies handy explainer of Mastodon and the fediverse
One of the unique aspects of Instagram’s new Threads app is its upcoming ability to participate in the “fediverse,” and...
This feels eerily like when a woman solves a technical problem for a client, but the client refuses to understand anything she says until a male coworker steps in and say those exact same words.
56No, this feels like a massive corporation with massive marketing and market research departments succinctly breaking down a concept that most on the fediverse nerd out too much to do.
15That's pretty much underselling the marvel that is the fediverse and ActivityPub.
The same was with the Internet and how cloud computing works now, for the layman it's just magic while the ones who know, know that it's simply a remote/someone else's computer.
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-3EEE is not wrong or misrepresented. Google killed xmpp with google chat via EEE and this article is proof that its about to start happening again. Federating & Adding features that mastadon isnt compatible with is a precursor for EEE, just like Google chat did with xmpp. Those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it. If youre naive enough to trust meta then you should just join threads instead.
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When you limit replies, your thread will not be shared with your fediverse followers.
Private profiles will be able to follow an interact with people on other platforms at a later date.
Extend.
20Do you know what happens to protocols over time? They get extended with user facing features or they stop being used and die.
Once again, Meta got 100M users in a week, they do not need to support the fediverse. Stop acting like this is some calculation and not just them building the same basic features they have in their other platforms that users expect into their new one.
-4100M users in a week by turning every instagram account into a threads account; until its activated it remains a shadow account but still counts in their book.
And it would only be a protocol extension when it would be returned upstream, which I highly doubt that Facebook's parent company Meta would do that.
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I am a simple user. So far I see no threads content and I am not complaining
8Don't care, tired of hearing about Threads.
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