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Mark Zuckerberg: Threads accounts will be available on Mastodon

by hecanjog on 12/13/23, 6:21 PM with 32 comments

  • by hn1986 on 12/13/23, 6:41 PM

    This is huge and probably the first time Meta has made things interoperable with external services.

    > Zuck: "Starting a test where posts from Threads accounts will be available on Mastodon and other services that use the ActivityPub protocol. Making Threads interoperable will give people more choice over how they interact and it will help content reach more people. I'm pretty optimistic about this."

  • by infotainment on 12/13/23, 6:23 PM

    I'm mostly excited to be able to follow Threads accounts from a non-Threads client.

    I'll be very curious to see how it works.

  • by verdverm on 12/13/23, 6:57 PM

    Is it bad if I now hope that Zuck beats Musk both in and out of the ring?
  • by ChrisArchitect on 12/13/23, 9:10 PM

    And the mainstream, even Threads users generally, says.. "Masto-what?"
  • by paleface on 12/14/23, 6:28 AM

    Strange he only mentions posts on Threads, being available on Mastodon, but nothing about Mastodon posts being available via Threads…

    Perhaps I’m too cynical?!

  • by lucasyvas on 12/14/23, 3:14 AM

    Embrace
  • by reaperman on 12/13/23, 7:21 PM

    *Zuckerberg