Mark Zuckerberg: "the more that there’s interoperability between different services and the more content can flow, the better all the services can be"
The Verge just released an interview with Mark Zuckerberg about a wide variety of topics, including Threads and ActivityPub.
You can read the entire interview here, with some of the most relevant parts for the fediverse down below:
https://www.theverge.com/23889057/mark-zuckerberg-meta-ai-elon-musk-threads-quest-interview-decoder
Zuckerberg says that he has always believed in decentralized social media protocols, but that it's too complicated to implement it in Facebook. He says that the opportunity cost of transitioning an existing platform is too big. Threads is different, because they are starting from scratch.
Here, Zuckerberg's view is that interoperability improves the value of all products. He's positioning Threads here to compete with other products based on the quality of the product and not on exclusivity of content.
On agency: "So, in a way, I actually think people will feel better about using our products if they know that they have the choice to leave."
This thread is just to highlight some of the things that Mark Zuckerberg has said that relate to the fediverse in some way. In next Sunday's episode of Fediverse Report I'll dive deeper into this interview. You can find it at fediversereport.com
The interview was done by the excellent @alexeheath
Sincere or (IMO) not, the fact that he is saying these things is proof that we've built a community he sees as formidable.
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That is really actually pretty insightful. It doesn't make me trust him, but it's a ... deceleration in my reduction of trust.
@alexeheath
@rbos Having the ability to read a situation and see where the value is doesn’t mean you should trust someone. I agree the value is in the content, but how he generates that value is where I’m nervous.