Darnell Clayton Jul 3, 2023
Threads by Instagram will launch on July 6th (thanks for the heads up @dansup!) & I noticed Meta collects a lot of data. So much data!

Threads is rumored to adopt ActivityPub later on (in October maybe‽ We will see), but when it joins the Fediverse (if not on launch day), it’s data collection policies will make it easier to convince some (but not all) to migrate over to Misskey, Pixelfed, Mastodon & Pleroma.

Note: Uploading on Misskey as my Mastodon account @darnell is being fixed server side right now.

#Threads #Instagram #Meta #Facebook #Misskey #Pixelfed #Mastodon #Pleroma
Show threadJohnWJul 4, 2023

@darnell @darnell @dansup

I'm not completely sure how to sort this. I'm a techie but on the front end side. Are they able to pull in this data from instances federated with them and from users who respond/comment on Threads?

I'm not sure how big I can type HELL NO if that's the case.

Show threadDarnell Clayton Jul 4, 2023

@the_Effekt @darnell @dansup #Meta does not need to subscribe or follow you to pull data from your instance. They can easily pull info via API’s, RSS feeds of simple scraping of your site.

I believe #Google is already doing this, & it would not surprise me if #Facebook is as well.

The question folks are asking is “Will #Threads future timeline launch with ads‽ Will #Fediverse followers of Thread accounts see those ads‽”

We will find out soon.

Show threadJohnW

@darnell @darnell @dansup

Thank you for explaining. It sounds like it's pretty much anything goes for them.

As far as ads, I sincerely hope not. That would be particularly invasive of them if they tried that.

Jul 4, 2023 at 12:30amWeb