Technology

37602 readers

333 users here now

A nice place to discuss rumors, happenings, innovations, and challenges in the technology sphere. We also welcome discussions on the intersections of technology and society. If it’s technological news or discussion of technology, it probably belongs here.

Remember the overriding ethos on Beehaw: Be(e) Nice. Each user you encounter here is a person, and should be treated with kindness (even if they’re wrong, or use a Linux distro you don’t like). Personal attacks will not be tolerated.

Subcommunities on Beehaw:

This community's icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

alyaza@beehaw.org

TheRtRevKaiser@beehaw.org

gyrfalcon@beehaw.org

rs5th@beehaw.org

Los@beehaw.org

coldredlight@beehaw.org

SemioticStandard@beehaw.org

TheRtRevKaiser@kbin.social

remington@beehaw.org

What to know about Threads (blog.joinmastodon.org)

submitted 1 year ago by bahmanm@lemmy.ml to c/technology@beehaw.org

23 comments fedilink hide all child comments

By Eugen Rochko (CEO/Founder @ Mastodon)

Today, Meta is launching its new microblogging platform called Threads. What is noteworthy about this launch is that Threads intends to become part of the decentralized social web by using the same standard protocol as Mastodon, ActivityPub. 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...

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] lagomorphlecture@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think I may be confused. I thought threads did federate. Was I mistaken?

[–] dualphasesaber@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I believe they've stated that they intend to implement ActivityPub at some point but have not yet, so I federation yet.