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First #Meta only allowed top users (like @whitehouse@threads.net) to show up in the #Fediverse.
Now any public #Threads account (from #USA / #Canada / #Japan ?) can decide to show up / post in the Fediverse.
Good β€ Personally I also don't use it, just for this project (it's pretty bad, so you are not missing anything β€)
It might be complex, but if they wanted to I'm sure they could easily solve it, wouldn't even cost them 73 billion like the Metaverse (which never got solved tbh) hehe
I am sure of it and certainly too. I had the same thought. They would have ample means to create a port between two domain names (similar to 2 instances). Since technically nothing in ActivityPub prohibits it, but is just a choice in the implementation of Mastodon and their API. Between 2 instances managed by the same person and resources such as billions of dollars it's not very complicated.
Laurens @ ConnectedPlaces explored this topic a bit in Fediverse Report 147 - I couldn't read the article he's linking to, because it's paywalled, but he quotes Conner Hayes (head of Threads) saying:
"Itβs something that weβre supporting, itβs something that weβre maintaining, but itβs not the thing that weβre talking about thatβs gonna help the app break out".
Must say Metas commitment to the fediverse always felt kind of halfbaked, because afaik, you had to enable the fediverse connection from Threads manually, which was/is not going to help adoption
Yes that was actually very clever marketing and strategizing "Hey look, we're doing this new-fangled thing and btw. we're open now..."
@JBrickelt963 Exactly π I actually didn't expect Threads to still exist by now, I'd expect it to be re-integrated into Facebook, like they're doing with the Messenger service.
@simonjust I think they can't for now, because it's their "super fast growing social media start up" now, they probably still need it for stock price reasons ;) @JBrickelt963
@simonjust yes, I must have seen words reported like which in essence gave the impression that it was something that he was committed to keeping (link between Fedi and Thread) but that it was not an absolute priority. It gives the terms: half-hearted.
JBrickelt963 β(Ο)π©
in reply to MadeInDex π°π • • •indeed I followed all the points mentioned here but that you Fediverse point of view since I do not have an account on their platform.
I understand from the publication you are referring to regarding the domain name that it had not been updated in certain documents.
I don't know if the complexity of transferring usernames is related because the identifier is pseudo@domaine.xxx is written hard in messages.
MadeInDex π°π
in reply to JBrickelt963 β(Ο)π© • • •Good β€ Personally I also don't use it, just for this project (it's pretty bad, so you are not missing anything β€)
It might be complex, but if they wanted to I'm sure they could easily solve it, wouldn't even cost them 73 billion like the Metaverse (which never got solved tbh) hehe
JBrickelt963 β(Ο)π©
in reply to MadeInDex π°π • • •Simon Justesen
in reply to MadeInDex π°π • • •Laurens @ ConnectedPlaces explored this topic a bit in Fediverse Report 147 - I couldn't read the article he's linking to, because it's paywalled, but he quotes Conner Hayes (head of Threads) saying:
"Itβs something that weβre supporting, itβs something that weβre maintaining, but itβs not the thing that weβre talking about thatβs gonna help the app break out".
Must say Metas commitment to the fediverse always felt kind of halfbaked, because afaik, you had to enable the fediverse connection from Threads manually, which was/is not going to help adoption
connectedplaces.online/reportsβ¦
Fediverse Report -#147
connectedplaces.onlineMadeInDex π°π
in reply to Simon Justesen • • •@simonjust
π Always felt like a fail-safe, just in case the #Fediverse user numbers explode.
Yes they hide it well!
@JBrickelt963
Simon Justesen
in reply to MadeInDex π°π • • •Yes that was actually very clever marketing and strategizing
"Hey look, we're doing this new-fangled thing and btw. we're open now..."
@JBrickelt963 Exactly π I actually didn't expect Threads to still exist by now, I'd expect it to be re-integrated into Facebook, like they're doing with the Messenger service.
MadeInDex π°π
in reply to Simon Justesen • • •I think they can't for now, because it's their "super fast growing social media start up" now, they probably still need it for stock price reasons ;)
@JBrickelt963
Simon Justesen
in reply to MadeInDex π°π • • •JBrickelt963 β(Ο)π©
in reply to Simon Justesen • • •@simonjust yes, I must have seen words reported like which in essence gave the impression that it was something that he was committed to keeping (link between Fedi and Thread) but that it was not an absolute priority. It gives the terms: half-hearted.
@madeindex
MadeInDex π°π
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