Darnell Clayton :verified:
Darnell Clayton :verified:  ·  4 months ago
@Gargron@mosseri@zuck I remember #Meta employees talking about this on #Threads.

However, @verge published a timeline of when @threads would integrate with the #Fediverse & integration with #Mastodon was late 2024.

👉🏾 A peek at the Threads / #ActivityPub roadmap. https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/11/24035256/a-peek-at-the-threads-activitypub-roadmap

Also @j12t can confirm this roadmap too: https://reb00ted.org/tech/20231208-meta-threads-data-dialogue/

Notes from @tomcoates too: http://plasticbag.org/archives/2024/01/how-threads-will-integrate-with-the-fediverse/

Elena Rossini ✏️✨📸
Elena Rossini ✏️✨📸  ·  5 months ago
🚨🚨🚨 Attention please! 🚨🚨🚨

Yesterday I published a few toots about my experiences with the #Beeper app by Automattic, which uses the #Matrix protocol & allows users to easily create bridges to the inboxes of #Whatsapp#Instagram#LinkedIn and a plethora of other apps.

Well well late last night I was on my burner phone to check Threads and I got a notification from Instagram warning me that my account showed bot-like behavior and was at risk of being permanently banned. #Meta got mad! (cont')

C++ Guy
C++ Guy  ·  6 months ago
@davidallengreen
There's an ethical side that existing replies (that have reached me) haven't mentioned: by sharing between #Threads and #Fedi, you're helping #Meta to entrench its position here, and I don't trust its motives. Every time Meta moves into a space, it behaves badly, acting in its own interests at the expense of its users. That's why some of us, including me, have migrated to instances that block Threads.
bm
bm  ·  6 months ago

thread 11/

Now, were this a work of fiction, this might be where the story ends and we all live happily ever after. But this is real life, and in real life, those with the authority now have to decide what happens to Google’s ad-tech #monopoly. I share the view that it would be better if #Google – all of Big Tech – were broken up into smaller companies, incentivised by competition, and unable to gain the footholds that allowed their current forms from becoming too big to fail, jail, and care.
bm
bm  ·  6 months ago

thread 12/

An acquaintance who I conversed with when the story broke also shares this view. And at the same time, they don’t. Sure, break up #Amazon, and *sure,* break up #Meta. But Google? Google’s products – its ad-tech stack, its search engine, and YouTube – are integral to not just how the web’s financed, but how it functions. You can’t just break up #Google – it’s exceptional. And if you do, us end-users downstream will suffer.