One thing #twitter has been (& still is) v good for is #academic discussion around work. I'm thinking #science #medicine etc... Some of this is finally beginning to occur here on #Mastodon.

So my main queries re #Threads are:
1) whether the big, early crowd it'll draw will include academics

and if the above happens...

2)... will we be able to hold off joining until they turn on #ActivityPub integration with people already here in the #Fediverse?

#academia #academicchatter @academicchatter

@gpollara @academicchatter I do not think the trade off between giving Facebook ALL your info just to have a place to discuss science, is a worthy one.

Specially when there is already a Fediverse. We DO NOT need #Meta here, siphoning all our posts and media. I think we could do without it.