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Threads Is Testing ActivityPup Integration

26 points by camjohnson26 3y ago

tlow 3y ago
Who?
0x49d1 3y ago
Wow, this was a pleasant surprise. Now need 2way integration, so that Threads can see posts from Mastodon instances too. But what's the real reason for Meta to do that? Other clients will not show their ads like the official Threads client in the future... Maybe they just need to be "good guys" now, 3rd party with "< 0.1%" share are "OK". Anyway: good to see distribution here.
- superb_dev 3y ago
  If it’s not 2way integration, then what’s the point? If Threads users can’t really interact with the ecosystem, then how is this different than some Reddit bridge? Fediverse users aren’t a huge fan of those
isodev 3y ago
I really don't get why people keep inviting this kind of abuse in their lives. Regardless of who owns it, oligarch.net doesn't deserve your eyeballs. Luckily, my instance put an end to it faster than one can say "domain block".
zoul 3y ago
While ActivityPup is endearing, can we fix the typo to ActivityPub? :)
- rezonant 3y ago
  I think we should get the protocol renamed to ActivityPup.
- watters 3y ago
  Would be great to have a feed that was only dogs, tho.
  - yborg 3y ago
    Except ActivityPup would have to include seals and bats as well.
schmichael 3y ago
I’m anxious but hopeful for this. I’ve left Twitter and enjoy Mastodon. I’d hate to see Meta destroy it, intentionally or not. I want to believe federated systems can work even with extreme asymmetries in participants. I think if federated systems can’t, they’re forever doomed to obscurity. Don’t get me wrong: obscurity has its benefits. Mastodon feels a lot like 2010 Twitter, and I love that. However I’d also love for federated systems to work for mainstream audiences.
Hamuko 3y ago
Am I correct to assume that significant amount of Mastodon instances will not federate with Threads and that I'll still need a handful of ActivityPub accounts in order to access everything?
- wmf 3y ago
  Don't let other people control what you see.
ChrisArchitect 3y ago
[dupe] Earlier: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38631751 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38631751
NullInvictus 3y ago
I’m not really excited about this; Meta has no strong incentive to be a long term good neighbor in the fediverse, but plenty of incentive to engage in poor behavior. No matter how sincere or well meaning leadership is now, a quarterly loss or stagnant profit will eventually push them to turn to some market capture or embrace, extend, extinguish behavior. I’m not the only one who feels this way. A number of instances are prepping to partially or fully block Threads from the get-go. Even without Meta, I’m not excited for another 1M+ instance. My experience is that the larger an instance is, the worse it is. Less community, worse moderation, more bad actors hiding in plain sight. You just can’t toss people into a generalist million people scrum and expect them to form a digital community. If you’re on mastodon.social, you’re not experiencing the best of the fediverse IMO. Find a small instance of your interest (<500 people) and interact with the local timeline. People on my instance recognize me, make in jokes, I chat with the admin and mods, it’s like actual digital neighborhood. It’s really the closest we’ve gotten back to forums and I don’t think dumping a bucket of FAANG-style corporate water on it is the answer.
- wmf 3y ago
  I think of Threads as a red team the Fediverse doesn't have to pay for.

26 points by camjohnson26 3y ago

tlow 3y ago

Who?

Wow, this was a pleasant surprise. Now need 2way integration, so that Threads can see posts from Mastodon instances too. But what's the real reason for Meta to do that? Other clients will not show their ads like the official Threads client in the future... Maybe they just need to be "good guys" now, 3rd party with "< 0.1%" share are "OK". Anyway: good to see distribution here.

superb_dev 3y ago
If it’s not 2way integration, then what’s the point? If Threads users can’t really interact with the ecosystem, then how is this different than some Reddit bridge? Fediverse users aren’t a huge fan of those

isodev 3y ago

I really don't get why people keep inviting this kind of abuse in their lives. Regardless of who owns it, oligarch.net doesn't deserve your eyeballs. Luckily, my instance put an end to it faster than one can say "domain block".

zoul 3y ago

While ActivityPup is endearing, can we fix the typo to ActivityPub? :)

rezonant 3y ago
I think we should get the protocol renamed to ActivityPup.
watters 3y ago
Would be great to have a feed that was only dogs, tho.
- yborg 3y ago
  Except ActivityPup would have to include seals and bats as well.

schmichael 3y ago

I’m anxious but hopeful for this. I’ve left Twitter and enjoy Mastodon. I’d hate to see Meta destroy it, intentionally or not. I want to believe federated systems can work even with extreme asymmetries in participants. I think if federated systems can’t, they’re forever doomed to obscurity. Don’t get me wrong: obscurity has its benefits. Mastodon feels a lot like 2010 Twitter, and I love that. However I’d also love for federated systems to work for mainstream audiences.

Hamuko 3y ago

Am I correct to assume that significant amount of Mastodon instances will not federate with Threads and that I'll still need a handful of ActivityPub accounts in order to access everything?

wmf 3y ago
Don't let other people control what you see.

ChrisArchitect 3y ago

[dupe] Earlier: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38631751 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38631751

NullInvictus 3y ago

I’m not really excited about this; Meta has no strong incentive to be a long term good neighbor in the fediverse, but plenty of incentive to engage in poor behavior. No matter how sincere or well meaning leadership is now, a quarterly loss or stagnant profit will eventually push them to turn to some market capture or embrace, extend, extinguish behavior. I’m not the only one who feels this way. A number of instances are prepping to partially or fully block Threads from the get-go. Even without Meta, I’m not excited for another 1M+ instance. My experience is that the larger an instance is, the worse it is. Less community, worse moderation, more bad actors hiding in plain sight. You just can’t toss people into a generalist million people scrum and expect them to form a digital community. If you’re on mastodon.social, you’re not experiencing the best of the fediverse IMO. Find a small instance of your interest (<500 people) and interact with the local timeline. People on my instance recognize me, make in jokes, I chat with the admin and mods, it’s like actual digital neighborhood. It’s really the closest we’ve gotten back to forums and I don’t think dumping a bucket of FAANG-style corporate water on it is the answer.

wmf 3y ago
I think of Threads as a red team the Fediverse doesn't have to pay for.