#Threads is not federating with #Mastodon. Not anytime soon, maybe not ever.

In case you missed the #Meta inside information from the Verge's Alex Heath: "Re: ActivityPub integration, it's still a priority for Threads but a "long" way out." https://mastodon.social/@alexeheath/110713788758597963

This whole federating with Threads thing has never made any sense and now we see it is very likely they have just been playing us the whole time. Let's stop falling for this nonsense and get back to building great open social media.

@mastodonmigration The bigger worry is Meta getting people on the Activity Pub board and pressuring them to change the protocol in ways that benefits Meta
@pixiekat Excellent point! Expect this is the next thing they will do to mess with us. Expect to start hearing something along the lines of: "We would federate with you, but we need this and that change to #ActivityPub." Remember these guys are masters at this game. Nothing they say can be taken at face value.