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…
I would prefer to use instances that are defederated from the start, and that comes with the added bonus that there’s no risk of anyone losing threads content because they never had it to begin with.