This is what Instagram’s upcoming Twitter competitor looks like
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Meta says people want a communications platform that’s “sanely run.”

Here’s everything we know about it so far:

  • It will use ActivityPub.
  • It will be a side app of Instagram.
  • It will most likely be called Threads.
  • Your Instagram verification status will transfer over.
  • There will be easy discovery tools in place: Your Instagram followers will be able to follow you on Threads as well (they won’t transfer over automatically).

What do you think?

  • 0xtero@kbin.social
    22·
    2 years ago

    It will use ActivityPub.

    When the Twitter exodus to Mastodon happened at the end of last year, everyone was speculating what would happen if Google would enable Activity Pub for Gmail and suddenly every Gmail user would be able to post (and what would happen after they start monetizing it with ads).

    That never happened but this is the first time one of the billion dollar tech giants has actively published their intention of creating something in the fedi-space. And of course it has to be Meta. One of the shadiest of the “big tech”.

    I’m extremely skeptical of their good intentions and I’m a bit worried about what will happen to fediverse after all those 1.2 billion MAU’s start flooding the protocol.

    • EponymousBosh@beehaw.org
      1·
      2 years ago

      I said this on Mastodon last night, but I just don’t see a way this works out in Meta’s favor. They can’t “take over” or run Fediverse out of business, and any instance worth being on is going to block them immediately, and it’s going to let people know about Fedi who might not otherwise have known about it. What is the plan here exactly?

    • Whar@beehaw.org
      1·
      2 years ago

      I remember that Tumblr said it would embrace the Activity Pub, did they update on that or not?