Adam Mosseri, head of Instagram, posted a message on #Threads explaining why Meta is committed to adding #ActivityPub support. The reason he lists is the ability to take your social graph to another server.
@fediversereport Yes, a competitive advantage against Twitter. And surprised and happy to see account migration out being supported….
@fediversereport@mastodon.social It's really the perfect compromise between "freedom of speech" (read: the right to post bigoted or awful stuff and still have a platform) and keeping your side of things squeaky clean, family friendly and controlled, so no-one can complain. I don't know how Instagram will moderate all the stuff that comes from the Fediverse. But I do know that they'll pick instances that are more moderated like mastodon.social first. Anti-Meta sentiment will still be high, as a lot of servers already domain-blocked Threads.
Basically, it's going to be a weird time when they start Federatin' for the first time.
@fediversereport Did Zuck miss the meeting where this was discussed? His MO is walled gardens and eyeball lock-in. Doesn’t align with previous actions by the huge company he started and controls. I’m having flashbacks to a certain public figure reciting the lyrics to The Snake. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Snake_(song)
@fediversereport @glynmoody I believe it when I see it.
My guess is they want people to be able to migrate TO Threads - and bring all their followers.
@shimriez maybe, but Meta basing their entire structure around capturing a measly 2 million of is doesn't seem likely. Although if they think Tumblr and wordpress will eventually become ActivityPub then maybe they're aiming at them?
@fediversereport he actually says "your audience" not your social graph, and that's a significant difference which we should note. Because the difference between Mastodon/fedi is that they are primarily social platforms which is about to be confronted by an anti social behemoth when it is allowed to federate.
Many here, sadly including admins think the protocol can preserve this, but like those arguing for search they haven't thought this through or are not considering the evidence.
The biggest thing about Threads and BlueSky is federation and neither platform has it yet.
The second biggest thing is the ability to easily and completely move accounts between servers. Neither Threads, BlueSky, nor #Mastodon has that yet either.
@fediversereport so many "we can trust what they say" replies here.
Play nice, infiltrate, capture and turn the screw has been played out so many times and yet
I'm seeing so much of this about Meta I begin to wonder if it's astroturfing, and then I remember I'm hearing it from admins too.
When I polled about blocking commercial instances, when Medium joined, I was heartened to see much support but I'm afraid they aren't being heard, or even asked. I'm on three instances, none have polled.
Harvesting and hollowing out - vulture capitalism on steroids.
@fediversereport Interesting he used the “de-platform” word..
@fediversereport - Mostly they're just interested in strip-mining The Fediverse since that whole "metaverse" thing hasn't been working out so well for them.
@fediversereport Email is an open protocol, but half the world uses Gmail because it was the most convenient. Saying "you're fine to leave" gives even people who are hesitant an excuse to try it out. It's smart all round I think.
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Antitrust concerns, I think
am I the only one who just assumes he's lying?
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Don't know if he's lying, but he will not get my trust.
Which hardly makes sense, considering their entire business model depends on NOT allowing people to do that.
@fediversereport I believe Adam Mosseri as far as I can throw him. Which is to say, not an inch.
@fediversereport @lisamelton The use of the word “audience” shows Meta’s mindset on what they think social media is — it is a means of broadcasting and not a means for interaction.
@fediversereport what's their take on people posting porns here, I think their community guidelines won't like it.
slap content advisory over it and it's fine? block the person? block the instance?
@fediversereport Says the same buy who wanted to make "Instagram for Kids," which also has yet to launch.
@fediversereport I can´t read that thread is it down or something
wait nevermind it is not launched in Europe
We can already do this without you, Meta.
"Complications" is very nice wording for not respecting privacy laws.
@fediversereport hmm this almost sounds like they want the freedom to more aggressively moderate and deplatform people while using the fediverse to protect themselves from censorship accusations.