What to know about Threads
blog.joinmastodon.org
There’s been a lot of speculation around what Threads will be and what it means for Mastodon. We’ve put together some of the most common questions and our responses based on what was launched today.

Found this post super informative as it relates to Mastodon, and thought Lemmy might also benefit from this perspective. I’m not sure I share his optimism, but his points seem sound to dampen some of the alarm bells over Meta joining the Fediverse.

  • august_senpai@lemmy.worldEnglish
    55·
    1 year ago

    IMHO this is 100% the plan. If they play their cards right they stand to take out two birds with one stone (heh). They’ve already paid celebrities to be on there.

    Still, this can only happen if Threads gets massive enough relative to the rest of the fediverse that the incompatibility doesn’t hurt them equally.
    …that is to say, it’s all pretty likely, unless other strong competitors show up with ActivityPub support.

    • SamC@lemmy.nzEnglish
      381·
      1 year ago

      I don’t think Meta really gives a shit about the Fediverse. They are hoping to take out Twitter though, and the Fediverse could be collateral damage.

        • Vlyn@lemmy.mlEnglish
          91·
          1 year ago

          Marketing and content boost for the start maybe? Mastodon has come up a lot recently (hell, even in local radio), so Meta can use this to promote their own product. And already have content right there for users joining Threads, it’s not a blank slate.

          After the initial boost and when sucking up millions of users they can just defederate and have their Facebook (or rather Twitter) 2.0.

        • SamC@lemmy.nzEnglish
          4·
          1 year ago

          Probably partly to avoid regulatory scrutiny. They can say they’re not being monopolistic (even though they 100% are) because they’re embracing open standards.

          That’s why they’re not launching in the EU.