Threads deepens its ties to the open social web, aka the 'fediverse' | TechCrunch
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Meta announced Wednesday that users on Threads will be able to see fediverse replies on other posts besides their own.

“Threads is deepening its ties to the fediverse, also known as the open social web, which powers services like X alternative Mastodon, Pixelfed, PeerTube, Flipboard and other apps. On Wednesday, Meta announced that users on Threads will be able to see fediverse replies on other posts besides their own. In addition, posts that originated through the Threads API, like those created via third-party apps and scheduling services, will now be syndicated to the fediverse. The latter had previously been announced via an in-app message informing users that API posts would be shared to the fediverse starting on August 28.”

    • MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Defedding from threads always seems strange to me. Everyone says it’s to protect your data from meta. But they can already get your data. Everything on the fediverse is public. They already have your data.

    • In #Flancia we'll meet@social.coop
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      1 year ago

      @Dirk @xelar thanks for your view, question: defederating with threads seems reasonable, but why would you defederate “second level” like this? I ask as the instance I’m in decided not to defederate with threads for now and I’m personally OK with that.

      • 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.ml
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        1 year ago

        A is defederated from Threads, but federates with B. And B federates with Threads. Now Meta can cash out on your data via B.