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Alternatively, use Mastodon, which is a great website.

by 454454 3y ago

threeseed 3y ago
I look forward to Thread's pending ActivityPub integration. Then we will have a more friendly social network that can still access the more technical audience of Mastodon.
- 454454 3y ago
  It will be revolutionary
  - threeseed 3y ago
    I think people are underestimating the potential impact of it. If it ends up being successful you could see governments e.g. EU using it as a showcase of the type of integration they want to see between platforms. So maybe Twitter, Instagram, Bluesky etc end up being forced to support it. And then a similar model proposed for messaging.
    - NavinF 3y ago
      Threads isn't even available in the EU. I think you're overestimating the potential impact
- jrm4 3y ago
  100%. I keep saying, big companies are missing why they REALLY SHOULD WANT THIS model. "Hey, you want to run or pay for your OWN twitter-like thing -- outside of Elon or whoever's control; kind of like you do email and your website? This is that! No more Eli-Lilly situations for you!" (I like Mastodon's model, but I gotta say I'm kind of meh on the actual people who are there now; many can't seem to distinguish between extreme capitalism and mere commerce)
  - robertlagrant 3y ago
    Lots of people don't run their own email either!
    - jrm4 3y ago
      Sure, that's why I said "run or pay for" And yes, I think those people are doing it wrong too. Not paying 5 bucks a month for email if it's part of your business is absolute madness to me. Who do you call and yell at if something breaks?
dragontamer 3y ago
Use Mastodon is like saying 'Use Linux'. The practical advice would be 'Use Ubuntu'. I can safely say that 'Use Mastodon.world' because they have a top team of volunteers, moderators and trustworthy admins. With a $150ish/month server, Cloudflare CDN and other such features, it's a secure and fast over provisioned server with a good community vibe. Mastodon.world is one of the most popular Mastodon instances. An act of registration innately means trusting the admin team. You gotta characterize and 'sell' the admin/mod team because that's the main differentiator from servers (including Twitter and Threads).

Alternatively, use Mastodon, which is a great website.

by 454454 3y ago

Alternatively, use Mastodon, which is a great website.

I look forward to Thread's pending ActivityPub integration. Then we will have a more friendly social network that can still access the more technical audience of Mastodon.

454454 3y ago
It will be revolutionary
- threeseed 3y ago
  I think people are underestimating the potential impact of it. If it ends up being successful you could see governments e.g. EU using it as a showcase of the type of integration they want to see between platforms. So maybe Twitter, Instagram, Bluesky etc end up being forced to support it. And then a similar model proposed for messaging.
  - NavinF 3y ago
    Threads isn't even available in the EU. I think you're overestimating the potential impact
jrm4 3y ago
100%. I keep saying, big companies are missing why they REALLY SHOULD WANT THIS model. "Hey, you want to run or pay for your OWN twitter-like thing -- outside of Elon or whoever's control; kind of like you do email and your website? This is that! No more Eli-Lilly situations for you!" (I like Mastodon's model, but I gotta say I'm kind of meh on the actual people who are there now; many can't seem to distinguish between extreme capitalism and mere commerce)
- robertlagrant 3y ago
  Lots of people don't run their own email either!
  - jrm4 3y ago
    Sure, that's why I said "run or pay for" And yes, I think those people are doing it wrong too. Not paying 5 bucks a month for email if it's part of your business is absolute madness to me. Who do you call and yell at if something breaks?

dragontamer 3y ago

Use Mastodon is like saying 'Use Linux'. The practical advice would be 'Use Ubuntu'. I can safely say that 'Use Mastodon.world' because they have a top team of volunteers, moderators and trustworthy admins. With a $150ish/month server, Cloudflare CDN and other such features, it's a secure and fast over provisioned server with a good community vibe. Mastodon.world is one of the most popular Mastodon instances. An act of registration innately means trusting the admin team. You gotta characterize and 'sell' the admin/mod team because that's the main differentiator from servers (including Twitter and Threads).