★ Amy Star ★Jul 6, 2023

1. Meta embraces ActivityPub, federates with mastodon.social, uses Fediverse servers as a "look at all the people you can talk to on day one!"

2. People on Fediverse start following/mingling with Threads accounts, thereby tightly integrating the network effect between the two

3. People decide that if they can get access to the Fediverse through Threads instead of Mastodon, which is for "dumb nerds", they'll go with Threads

4. "Threads will be ending support for ActivityPub on September 1st, 2026 - click here to import your Mastodon account"

5. Fediverse users leave en masse so they can keep talking to their friends on Threads

6. Blog post Eugen: "I didn't want to believe they would go this far"

#Threads #Meta #Mastodon

https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon/110664109379249958

Show threadFolkerJul 6, 2023

@[email protected]

This makes no sense. #threads does not need #mastodon users, because it already has far more users via #instragram.

And as Eugen pointed out correctly, if #threads cuts off #activitypub some day, then everything will be again as it is now.

If you are afraid of #threads being too successful, then the solution is not to block and wall off (this makes the problem only worse), but to make #mastodon better.

Show threadLee 🌏Jul 6, 2023
@folkerschamel
I remain convinced that poor moderation on Treads will lead it to be blocked by most instances. But until that day. Say hello.
Show threadFolker
@MrLee This may indeed happen, maybe not. Let's see.
Jul 6, 2023 at 10:37amWeb