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.

By Eugen Rochko (CEO/Founder @ Mastodon)

Today, Meta is launching its new microblogging platform called Threads. What is noteworthy about this launch is that Threads intends to become part of the decentralized social web by using the same standard protocol as Mastodon, ActivityPub. 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…

  •  dolphone   ( @dolphone@beehaw.org ) English
    23•1 year ago

    They could be trying to pull a double: not wasting a good crisis (Twitter) to syphon users, and Embrace/Extend/Extinguish the fediverse.

    These tech CEOs don’t deserve the benefit of Hanlon’s razor anymore. Too much evidence of Te contrary.