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In addition to Mastodon and Bluesky, Threads now supports the ActivityPub protocol that the fediverse (incl Mastodon) is built upon. There's also been talks abo

by culi 2y ago

In addition to Mastodon and Bluesky, Threads now supports the ActivityPub protocol that the fediverse (incl Mastodon) is built upon. There's also been talks about eventual interop between bsky's protocol and activitypub's. For now at least a bridge exists

wilsonnb3 2y ago
Aren't most mastodon instances intentionally blocking federation with threads though?
- ocdtrekkie 2y ago
  A large number of very small instances block Threads. Essentially none of the major Mastodon servers do though.
  - MichaelZuo 2y ago
    What are the major Mastodon servers?
    - ocdtrekkie 2y ago
      mastodon.social is the largest, one of the most tech/HN-crowd focused ones is hachyderm.io, universeodon.com and mstdn.social are both pretty big. I don't think any of the above block Threads.
Ericson2314 2y ago
> There's also been talks about eventual interop between bsky's protocol and activitypub's Got a recent link for this? I wouldn't think that would work so well.
cesarb 2y ago
> Threads now supports the ActivityPub protocol that the fediverse (incl Mastodon) is built upon. Given the recent issues with Twitter, my country's president started posting on an official account on both Bluesky and Threads. Knowing about that ActivityPub support from Threads, I decided to try following him from my Mastodon account, which is in a server which does not block Threads (it can follow the USA president's and vice-president's official Threads accounts just fine), but that didn't work. What I found out after a quick web search, was that this feature is only available for users from the USA, and even then, it has to be manually enabled on each Threads account.
- ocdtrekkie 2y ago
  Meta is moving very, very slowly on federated development, but they seem committed to doing right by it. While obviously antitrust regulators are likely to be thrilled on the federated approach, Meta seems concerned about all of the other particular legal risks with federation... risks which small servers run by individuals can generally ignore.

by culi 2y ago

wilsonnb3 2y ago

Aren't most mastodon instances intentionally blocking federation with threads though?

ocdtrekkie 2y ago
A large number of very small instances block Threads. Essentially none of the major Mastodon servers do though.
- MichaelZuo 2y ago
  What are the major Mastodon servers?
  - ocdtrekkie 2y ago
    mastodon.social is the largest, one of the most tech/HN-crowd focused ones is hachyderm.io, universeodon.com and mstdn.social are both pretty big. I don't think any of the above block Threads.

Ericson2314 2y ago

> There's also been talks about eventual interop between bsky's protocol and activitypub's Got a recent link for this? I wouldn't think that would work so well.

cesarb 2y ago

> Threads now supports the ActivityPub protocol that the fediverse (incl Mastodon) is built upon. Given the recent issues with Twitter, my country's president started posting on an official account on both Bluesky and Threads. Knowing about that ActivityPub support from Threads, I decided to try following him from my Mastodon account, which is in a server which does not block Threads (it can follow the USA president's and vice-president's official Threads accounts just fine), but that didn't work. What I found out after a quick web search, was that this feature is only available for users from the USA, and even then, it has to be manually enabled on each Threads account.

ocdtrekkie 2y ago
Meta is moving very, very slowly on federated development, but they seem committed to doing right by it. While obviously antitrust regulators are likely to be thrilled on the federated approach, Meta seems concerned about all of the other particular legal risks with federation... risks which small servers run by individuals can generally ignore.