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Are there any instances that are actually federated with Threads?
It hasn’t cube to Kenny yet but when it does it appears world is linked according to this and their admin post about it seemed like they’re open to it https://slrpnk.net/comment/11960621
I knew that there where some larger masto servers that tried to stay neutral but at least a lot of them switched when meta basically said they remove fact checking and let sexism and racism run ranpant without any consequences
As someone not using Threads this is a big surprise. I mean I’m surprised it didn’t already have ads.
That was my first thought. I was surprised to find this out.
As another someone who doesn’t use Threads, it is a big surprise to find out there’s a website or something called Threads that looks like it’s related to email and apparently is popular.
As someone who uses thread how do you guys sew stuff?
I use duct tape.
we glue or melt things together. sometimes a stapler comes in handy as well
“is popular”
Im pretty sure they auto setup an account on threads for anyone on Instagram to artificially make it popular.
It’s Facebook brand Twitter, and is or was planned to be compatible with Mastodon (Fediverse Twitter)
Last time I checked Threads was 95% brand and influencer posts anyway.
Ha you are saying that there’s nobody left? the remaining 5% must be robots lol
You know that you are saying this on a platform with an active user base in the low 6 figures, right?
You know the meme “there’s dozens of us”?
AHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
What do you mean, it’s brand new??!
Whats threads??
Meta/Facebook made a Twitter/X clone called Threads. They enabled activity pub, so that Fediverse users can be followed from Threads and vice versa.
And this is why /s is required lol
Threads. A thread:
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Threads is still around?
Yes this is so confusing to me. There was a blast of attention about it when it was launched that lasted like a week max and then everyone completely forgot about it. I thought it was a short-run experiment that got shut down. What reason is there to use threads? Are there any actual humans who still use it? I’ve never visited it but something tells me that it’s just like reddit with at most 100 real users and the rest is just bots replying to bots.
and then everyone completely forgot about
You need to expand your sources of information. Threads is shit, I agree, but it is actually getting solid usage. You’re going off vibes on places like Lemmy.
Yup. If you only follow Lemmy, you’ll be completely confused at:
- why Tesla/X/other Musk stuff still exists
- how Trump won if nobody supported him
- how Meta is still in business if the only thing people use is their cheap VR headsets
There’s a lot of stuff we don’t see here.
Mastodon isn’t.
Lemmy isn’t.
Pixelfed isn’t.
🤞🏻
@ThomasCrappersGhost @moseschrute tbh, any of the single instances can have them, but at least you can choose a diferent instance or in last resort run your own
Thank fuck.
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I am in.
To serve you relevant ads, Meta will use your activity on Threads and Instagram, the posts you interact with, your email address, and “your activity from off Meta technologies,” according to a support page.
Do I read it right in that they’ll try to follow you around Fediverse, aside from monitoring you on every site they already have a nose on?
De-fe-de-rate.
Probably more about their general user tracking than that tbh. Meta has always had profiles for everyone because of Facebook/meta integrations on every website
True
You not only misinterpreted the description, but then you proposed a measure completely useless to either the real situation or your imagined one.
You did lemmy proud.
Eh, my only complaint is that they lumped the “r” in with the “ate.” The “r” is part of the previous syllable.
That said, I highly doubt defederating would actually solve anything. If they want to scrape, they’ll scrape.
Exactly, all info on lemmy is public, defederation would help neither with 3rd party cookie tracking (the real situation) nor with tracking on other instances (what the user imagined they are doing).
Good news I guess!
Is Threads even a good enough product for users to be willing to endure ads?
It allows no external browser and if you leave the app and return the page automatically refreshes so you lose your place.
No, now that Bluesky is around I’ve stopped using Threads altogether.
Blue sky getting ads in 3, 2, 1….
And that’s when I leave Bluesky too. Meta goes down within a month and the clock is ticking for Bluesky. I’ll stay in the fediverse.
I mean… either they introduce ads, or they start charging for the service.
VC funding only lasts so long, and they have bills to pay (and probably shares to sell).
And that’s the problem. Sure, it’s better than threads or xitter now. The business model dictates that it will sink to the same level.
Good, the sooner they run it into the ground the better.
Surprisedpikachu
That was quick. They better not federate those ads
Federating ads sounds like a very quick way to get everyone else to defederate with you.
You’d think the trans hate and nazi love would be enough for everyone to defederate with them.
Jokes on them, I have always defederated them
Ads are targeted on the consumer, federating ads would be super bad PR, short lived and not at all effective.
Ill federate this dick in their mouth
