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Threads' New Terms and Conditions Affects the Fediverse (wedistribute.org)
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This shouldn't come as a huge surprise. Meta is moving forward with their plans for Theads and the Fediverse, and their adjusted terms reflect a new impending reality for Fediverse users.

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[–] hazelnoot@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You're thinking of LIMITED_FEDERATION_MODE, which is different from AUTHORIZED_FETCH.

[–] pjhenry1216@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Looking into it, aren't both of these only Mastodon and not part of ActivityPub itself? I can't find details on them outside of Mastodon.

And what prevents the post from getting published to other instances from different sources?

[–] hazelnoot@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

They are mastodon-specific, but most fedi software has a similar feature. Or at least, all of the mainstream microblogging software does, as well as some of the image / video sharing platforms. I'm unsure about Lemmy and Kbin. Here are the equivalent settings for FireFish: