Is this instance planning on federating with Meta? (lemmy.whynotdrs.org)

submitted 9 months ago by SubDRSive@lemmy.whynotdrs.org to c/drs_your_gme@lemmy.whynotdrs.org

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[-] Chives@lemmy.whynotdrs.org 8 points 9 months ago

Can you be more specific ?

Are you referring to Meta, as in Facebook? I am not aware of them being part of the fediverse.

We are federated at this time and do not currently block any instances from appearing through this one.

[-] Mildmantis@lemmy.whynotdrs.org 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I'm going to assume they are referring to Meta (FaceBook)'s Threads program that has recently been slated for fediverse integration. https://fortune.com/2023/07/06/mark-zuckerberg-replacing-metaverse-with-twitter-killer-threads-fediverse/

My 2¢ is that, while I don't care for the mega corpos tainting my beloved fediverse, I very much see this move as an example of how companies must "adapt or die" in action. Given Meta's track record with trying to get a foot in the door of the next big thing, I'm dubious toward their success but wish them well, as more decentralization is always welcome. Threads may fail but its users may find they like this whole "federated instances" thing, speeding up adoption.

That all said, Threads (and Instagram) are slated to be on boarded into the same ActivityPub protocol that Lemmy, Kbin, and Mastodon all use and share. So, end of the day, by default we WILL be interacting with Threads users the same way we on Lemmy currently interact with Kbin or Mastodon users.

The same freedoms and limitations of federation are and will be available to use as before. At least in the short term future.

[-] Chives@lemmy.whynotdrs.org 6 points 9 months ago

Hey, thanks so much for the info! I had no idea they were incorporating the fediverse into this Threads program (which I have not heard of. Looks like Twitter, but better, since it's federated).

[-] Mildmantis@lemmy.whynotdrs.org 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

If you think Threads is better cuz of federation then you'd love Mastodon. It's basically federated Twitter with double the word limit and more QoL features than Threads.

But yeah, Threads started as a seized opportunity after the whole X thing happened and people were looking to migrate off the platform. Meta basically tried to offer its own Twitter to syphon users into its own ecosystem.