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Second, threads posted by me and a few members of the Threads team will be available on other fediverse platforms like Mastodon starting this week. This test is a small but meaningful step towards making Threads interoperable with other apps using ActivityPub — we’re committed to doing this so that people can find community and engage with the content most relevant to them, no matter what app they use.

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[–] 520@kbin.social 55 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (30 children)

Let's hope this isn't the first step of Embrace, Extend, Extinguish. Although in reality it probably is.

[–] skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl 10 points 8 months ago (5 children)

Lol, as if Facebook cares about the Fediverse. With its 141 million users, Threads is already ten times bigger than the Fediverse ever was.

ActivityPub isn't a threat to their business, Bluesky is.

[–] 520@kbin.social 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)

They do. Their business model is to take out upstarts with growing popularity trends. By the time they actually get big, it's too late.

With several organisations making the move to the fediverse, it is something they want to deal with.

[–] fer0n@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

Look at the fediverse’s monthly active users, it’s declining. There’s a pretty solid wall of friction when trying to participate and the vast majority of people won’t ever be a part of it in its current state. There’s no upward tend here and I doubt that it’s ever going to be a real danger for meta.

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