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Re: Threads, an Instagram app

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Post by shinratdr »

dstaley wrote: post #7

As a Mastodon/Fediverse user, I hope the rumors that this is based on ActivityPub are true. I'd love for there to be an easy-to-use interface for everyone that brings more people and content into the Fediverse.

Seriously, no need for 3rd party app support, simple on-boarding of users and I can still follow everyone with Mastodon & Ivory?

Sign me up. Or rather, sign up everyone I know besides me :)

Re: Threads, an Instagram app

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Post by moralestapia »

Usually these things take time to ship for a company the size of Meta right ... or ... not?

Could it be that this was put in together in a couple sprints as they saw Twitter in a weak position?

Or maybe they have a lot of products like this on the bench and release them when the time is right?

Re: Threads, an Instagram app

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Post by doctoboggan »

I feel like the people who are concerned enough to leave twitter over the direction it's going will not jump straight into another app completely controlled by a single person.

My guess is they will possibly see some growth from instagram power users who are convinced to try it, but I don't anticipate a mass diaspora from twitter to threads.

EDIT: others in this thread are claiming that it may be compatible with activity pub. If that is the case then it may look a little more interesting to those leaving twitter.

Re: Threads, an Instagram app

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Post by photonerd »

duncan-donuts wrote: post #4

Big signals that Musk made a lot of mistakes with twitter if Meta scrambled to ship a competitor like this. I don’t use Twitter so I won’t use this either but it’ll be interesting to see if the instagram folks can take this market from twitter.

This has been known to be coming for quite a while, so it’s probably just opportune timing on their part being close enough to ready to ship.

But hooooly crap does it underscore how much of a catastrophe Musk’s actions are.

Re: Threads, an Instagram app

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Post by jeroenhd »

No mention of federation or Mastodon in the description. I wonder how their negotiations with large Fediverse servers are going.

Is there anything else that distinguishes this from existing Facebook products?

Re: Threads, an Instagram app

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Post by w-m »

Any guesses on how much you'll be able to read, when following a link with a Desktop browser? Half a thread, or more? Before the inevitable full-page login overlay hits you straight in the face, as they always tend to do.

Re: Threads, an Instagram app

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Post by tomger »

dstaley wrote: post #7

As a Mastodon/Fediverse user, I hope the rumors that this is based on ActivityPub are true. I'd love for there to be an easy-to-use interface for everyone that brings more people and content into the Fediverse.

You probably don’t want this as that would end in Embrace, extend, and extinguish.
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