There’s been a lot of speculation around what Threads will be and what it means for Mastodon. We’ve put together some of the most common questions and our responses based on what was launched today.

By Eugen Rochko (CEO/Founder @ Mastodon)

Today, Meta is launching its new microblogging platform called Threads. What is noteworthy about this launch is that Threads intends to become part of the decentralized social web by using the same standard protocol as Mastodon, ActivityPub. There’s been a lot of speculation around what Threads will be and what it means for Mastodon. We’ve put together some of the most common questions and our responses based on what was launched today…

  • Enitoni@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Yep. Nothing will change without actual government regulations. People just don’t care, and sadly that’s the reality. People will continue to not care as long as it doesn’t affect them in any way. It’s the same reason people with a lot of money vote for parties that enable them to have more money whilst not caring about how it affects people of lower “class”.

    I’m not going to even consider Threads though, because I quite like Lemmy and even if Lemmy and Mastodon, etc gets “extinguished” by Threads, I will stay here. I assume a bunch will do the same.