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Threads Has Begun Federating Via ActivityPub (daringfireball.net)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Adam Mosseri:

Second, threads posted by me and a few members of the Threads team will be available on other fediverse platforms like Mastodon starting this week. This test is a small but meaningful step towards making Threads interoperable with other apps using ActivityPub — we’re committed to doing this so that people can find community and engage with the content most relevant to them, no matter what app they use.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

How many reasons does Meta have to give before distrust is the default?

"Hey, admin, why can't I follow my mom on threads from your instance?"

"Because Meta facilitated genocide in Myanmar."

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

While Facebook's recommendation algorithm definitely plays a part here, most of this analysis could have "Facebook " replaced by "the internet" without changing any of the meaning. The same hate speech is also spread across WhatsApp (which caused WhatsApp to put a limit on the amount of times you can forward a message) and every other messenger.

Facebook's automatic hate speech removal system may be pitifully ineffective, at least they have one. Here on the Fediverse, we have a slur filter, just sometimes, and even fewer moderators per user than Facebook has.

And, despite Facebook's role in helping spread hate speech as a large platform and refusing to proactively go after such speech, here's how the rest of your conversation will go:

"Hey, admin, why can't I follow my mom on threads from your instance?"

"Because Meta facilitated genocide in Myanmar."

"Aw, that's bad. Anyway, I'll just create a Threads account I guess, my mom is sharing my niece's baby pictures."