#Threads

Threads is celebrating their one year anniversary with a cute little scratch off game. Every day, a new app icon becomes available that you can “scratch” to make visible.

Image has been marked as sensitive in case you want to keep the first 3 icons a surprise!

#Threads

This is a smart move by @Mastodon. #Twitter / #X journalism is struggling, and #Threads doesn’t want journalism. Mastodon is leaning into it though, “To reinforce and encourage Mastodon as the go-to place for journalism, we’re launching a new feature today.” I think this is a lever for differentiation; making Mastodon more valuable to journalists and users.
https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon/112718231305707672

New: Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 75

This week's news:
- #Threads expands their fediverse connection
- Bandwagon is a new platform for musicians on the fediverse that has entered early testing
- @dot_social interviews Ghost's John O'Nolan

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-75/

Latest #FOSSAcademic post: On Threads's Blocklist

https://fossacademic.tech/2024/06/28/ThreadsBlocking.html

In which I offer some quick analysis of #Meta #Threads new list of blocked servers.

There's so much more we can do to study what Threads is doing. Indeed, I will have a chapter on Threads in my book. But these are my initial thoughts a day into this event.

[Responses to this post will appear as comments on my blog, unless they are set to followers only or DM. CWs will work]

Imagine a stranger is spreading lies about you. They tell everyone that you're doing horrible stuff, the worst crimes imaginable. They're creating videos, articles, holding livestreams, all pushing the same lies designed to make everyone hate you and fear you.

Would you "just block them"?

What happens when other people don't block them? When other people believe them, follow them, share their lies?

What if this turns into real life abuse? If someone in the street attacks you?

That is what vulnerable minorities face because of badly-moderated social media:

https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2022-02-20/facebook-accused-of-letting-activists-incite-ethnic-massacres-with-hate-and-misinformation-by-survivors-in-ethiopia/

Please defederate threads.net

#Threads

how long until threads threatens to or actually does start blocking mastodon.social for allowing nudity?

would dot social bend the knee in that scenario and change their policy? probably

https://help.instagram.com/914046486923176

#FediPact #meta #threads

i think the most annoying thing about this whole discourse is that people refuse to judge threads by the standard of any other fedi instance

like if a mastodon instance got set up and federated right now and it allowed the shit threads allowed it'd be widely defederated IMMEDIATELY

there are accounts literally CALLING FOR THE DEATHS OF QUEER PEOPLE on there right fucking now

the only reason people are even willing to give them a chance is because it's a big corpo, but that should only be reason to give them less of one lmao. especially considering meta's history in particular

don't let them lower the bar for moderation standards here

#FediPact #meta #threads #FediForum

me, vanta, trans enby girl polyam lesbian gender terrorist: "people should block threads because it will make fedi unsafe for queer people"

the verge, for some reason: "OBVIOUSLY it's a bunch of NERD BOYS trying to keep the WOMEN out"

#FediPact #meta #threads

hiiiiiiiiiiii welcome to the NEW official account for The Anti-Meta Fedi Pact at https://fedipact.online/

The Pact was started on june 17th, 2023 by @vantablack as a way to defend against meta's intended incursion into the fediverse

it's basically a (very pretty) list of instances who've signed it and agreed to block project92/barcelona/threads whenever it appears

to read about vanta's personal reasons for creating The Pact you can visit https://fedipact.online/why

this is the appropriate account to tag for Pact related discussions from now on, please do not bother me on my main about it lol

#FediPact #meta #threads #introduction #introductions

This is how we should advertise #Mastodon on other #SocialMedia

#Threads #Twitter #Instagram #Meta #Facebook #TownSquare
#Fediverse

Wait, Threads is now blocking mastodon.social?

https://www.threads.net/moderated_servers

#mastodon #threads

EDIT: mastodon.social has been removed from the list after about 30 minutes. It will be interesting to hear what happened, and how this affected folks who follow each other.

The Fedi #Threads angst: The view from a Fedi-loving normie. 🧵

I’ve spent much of today pouring over various comments and discussion about the first toe dips of Threads and Meta into the Fediverse. The responses are kind of amazing. From excitement to revulsion, I get them all and I understand them. But the more I think about it, the more I think folks are creating a “why” that may not exist.

To start, I do follow people on Threads. Many of my Twitter follows have migrated off the Bad Place to Threads. Some have not. However, I anticipate as X becomes more people’s ex, Threads is where they will go.

I love the Fedi. I’ve worked hard to build my follows and find my peeps. But it takes work. For me, that work has borne fruit. It’s my place to connect and get my wonderfully chaotic feed.

A lot of folks chose the fedi because they felt and are excluded or targeted and it offers them a community that lets them protect themselves and instances that help protect them. I love that. 1/x

Threads implements #Misskey's `_misskey_quote` standard and gives them a shutout in the Facebook Engineering blog and then *blocks them* for "No publicly accessible feed" which is a completely baseless reason for blocking a server.

"We chose _misskey_quote because its naming makes it clear that it’s not an official ActivityPub method, and because we know that it’s supported by Misskey, Firefish, and potentially other servers that use quote posts." https://engineering.fb.com/2024/03/21/networking-traffic/threads-has-entered-the-fediverse #fediverse #threads

We had such an intense discussion about #FediBlock'ing #Threads and #FediPact... and in the end the problem just solved itself lol. We could've thunk that beforehand tbqh.
https://social.wake.st/@liaizon/112689839172827974

Threads released a public list of blocked instances:

👉🏾 https://www.threads.net/moderated_servers

Many #Mastodon & #Misskey instances are mistakenly blocked for not having a publicly accessible feed.

I wanted to appeal on their behalf, but #Threads requires admins to appeal.

👉🏾 https://help.instagram.com/contact/1574148669814359

List of notable blocked instances with admin:

👉🏾 https://Misskey.io | @syuilo
👉🏾 https://Mastodon.cloud & https://mstdn.jp | @Sujiyan

I am just letting the #Fediverse know!

I love how people were really concerned with the movement to block Threads as if ActivityPub needed some kind of legitimacy from Mark "Let's Destroy Democracy" Zuckerberg. Meanwhile Threads is blocking the entire Fediverse. :neofox_laugh_sweat:​

#Threads #Meta #Facebook #FediMeta

Threads has a list of all their blocked servers now, https://www.threads.net/moderated_servers

They also have a way to appeal your banned server, though it looks like it requires an Instagram account to initiate. Still, I think more ActivityPub software should have some method of appealing server blocks- I know I've blocked servers for spam that I just haven't had the time to go back and see if they've dealt with their spam problem.

Side Note: There's some terrible domains on that blocklist and I wish there were a better way for me, a single user server, to keep an up-to-date blocklist without spending 24/7 browsing the federated timeline

#Decentralisation does NOT mean the whole #Fediverse should block #threads. Decentralisation means that every instance (and user) decides for themselves with whom to exchange communication. While this might look like chaos and a non-deterministic way of sharing information, it reflects the true nature of decentralisation. If you think it should be a binary decision of The Fediverse to not talk to Threads, you are still in the centralised mindset ...

Users on #threads can now see replies from #Mastodon users as of this week. There's still a lot of work to be done with #Fediverse but it's off to a great start. ( @threads )

One thing I don't see on #Mastodon that I am bombarded with on threads #Threads are responses by people I'm pretty sure either heavily huffed paint or ate lead-chip cereal as a child

FEDERATE WITH #THREADS

POST INSANE RAMBLINGS ABOUT BUTTHOLES

DARE THEM TO MONETIZE YOUR PROFILE

#Threads users can now share to the open social web, aka the #fediverse

https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/25/all-threads-users-can-now-share-to-the-open-social-web-aka-the-fediverse/

#Meta #privacy

Posts made with the Threads API don’t federate. I’m a little surprised by this. One of the replies is from a threads engineer so I assume it’s true.

https://www.threads.net/@mttaggart/post/C8pZXGVvK8e/?xmt=AQGzN0cqE6skP8xWPnLIvgaYVtrmetfD62AWIjbCsMThtQ

#Threads #Fediverse

It's kinda gross to see these corporate walled gardens intentionally misrepresent their Fedi integrations and just start using Fediverse in their PRs like their a genuine Fedi participant.

Looking at you, BlueSky and Threads. BlueSky lied about being decentralized and uses Brdigy Fed, a third party bridge to Fedi made by one man, to say they're decentralized. Threads keeps adding fake Fediverse interactions and promoting them as legit Fediverse interactions. They "added" replies from Fediverse without mentioning that they're private and can only mention 1 person or it won't be federated...🤦‍♂️

If you intentionally misrepresent your integrations for clout, you're doing nothing but harboring mistrust here on Fedi.

#Fediverse #Fedi #Bluesky #Threads #Meta #ActivityPub #Mastodon #SocialMedia

Yo @TechCrunch #BlueSky is not part (yet?) of the #fediverse and #Threads only for a very small part (yet). Don't publish nonsense.

https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/25/welcome-to-the-fediverse-your-guide-to-mastodon-threads-bluesky-and-more/

Posts on #Threads don't seem to appear when following an account on the #Fediverse, even after enabling the feature in Threads. Is this working for anyone else?

Example: @nknewsorg remains empty even though there's new content on https://www.threads.net/@nknewsorg

@[email protected] Confirmed that replies from #Fediverse to #Threads work.

Threads users can also like those replies and the replier will be notified.

Further, the Threads user can follow a link to the reply’s original server, as well as block the replier from further interaction or report their reply.

And....my hype for Threads replies has immediately been killed.

Replies are only shown to the OP. It's *something* but all this fake integration crap is starting to piss me off now...🤬

Edit: Confirmed. Replies are only shown to 1 person. You can't mention multiple Threads users and have them see it publicly. This is ridiculous at this point...🙄

#Fedi #Fediverse #Threads #Mastodon #Meta #ActivityPub

As with most things, my opinion of Threads integration to the Fediverse is very nuanced.

On one hand, I enjoy the idea of being able to engage and interact with the wider social web. On the other hand, the sheer amount of Threads users makes me worry that Fediverse will soon be just like corporate social media sites.

I don't want to be lost in the mix of millions of posts, with hardly any engagement.

Also, Mastodon will be adding "limit replies" soon enough and that's bad for a number of reasons, the biggest being misinformation...😬

I am still VERY cautiously optimistic. However, if I start noticing my engagement fall off a cliff, I'll be immensely sad.😔

#Fedi #Fediverse #Threads #Meta #Mastodon #ActvityPub

I know #threads is a polarizing subject here on Fedi but news is news…

Threads has enabled #Fediverse-bourne replies. i.e. you can now reply to federated Threads posts and those replies show up actually on Threads.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/25/24185226/meta-threads-fediverse-likes-replies

Kinda neat to see my Fedi profile show up natively on that platform. It even creates a clickable handle on the reply post that links to my Masto profile.

You can see my reply post (and the Threads-bourne post I replied to) here https://shellsharks.social/@shellsharks/112678293741616415

@BeAware @mosseri

everything between #threads and the fedi is still slow, but I checked that it works earlier.

#Threads Ignores #EuropeanUnion 🇪🇺, Allows Everyone Else To Embrace #Fediverse 🔛 @[email protected] (Seize The Day) 📰 https://darnell.day/threads-ignores-european-union-allows-everyone-else-to-embrace-fediverse?pk_campaign=rss-feed

Threads inches forward with like and reply visibility from the fediverse, but only direct replies to the original post.

And takes a big leap by giving over 100 countries the option to turn on fediverse sharing (this is the big news imo)

https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/25/24185226/meta-threads-fediverse-likes-replies

#Threads #Fediverse #FediDevs

Threads is moving slowly but at least they're moving

#Hollo's compatibility with #Threads is much improved now! Not only with Threads, its compatibility with any instances that enabled secure mode (i.e., requires authorized fetch) is improved too.

The great #MastodonMigration after the #TwitterTakeover was accompanied by many helpful tools to find followers worth following.

With #Threads federating (partially) and #Bluesky bridged, I think we need new ones now. Are there any?

#Mastodon #Fediverse #BridgyFed #SocialMedia

#Phanpy vs #Threads for #WWDC coverage let's gooooo!