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[–] deedan06_@lemmy.dbzer0.com 34 points 4 months ago

Guess all those blocks had a reason after all.

[+] Kirk@startrek.website 26 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

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[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 35 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Nahhh, Meta sucks ass and will screw you over in a heartbeat. What's in it for them is the question.

[–] MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 23 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Data. User data. Always has been.

FB right now is probably 90% bots and AI. The Fediverse isn’t—for the moment being. I’m sure they found a way to tap into it by keeping a door open while pretending to help aerate the room.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 16 points 4 months ago (1 children)

They also want to control the headlines that make it to the front page like other major instances do.

[–] MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 9 points 4 months ago

Oh yes you’re right—forgot about that

[–] kobra@lemmy.zip 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

But what data would federating give them that they couldn’t just get on the public internet right now? They could already scrape all of this from mastodon already if data was all that they’re after.

It’s not just data they’re after.

[–] chortle_tortle@mander.xyz 4 points 4 months ago

They also learn how their users interact with it.

[–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Tumblr is being reworked to have a Wordpress backend right now, and Wordpress already has well working ActivityPub support, so yes, Tumblr will very likely happen once they made the switch.

I suspect the technical debt in Tumblr was larger than expected when the first announce federation support, and now it became nearly a full rewrite, which takes time.

[–] irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 months ago

Tumblr also downsized to 25 employees (including T&S). I don't expect anything groudbreaking from them soon.

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 2 points 4 months ago

Got it, very interesting! I look forward to it being worked out soon, Wordpress federation is awesome.

[–] Stillwater@sh.itjust.works 26 points 4 months ago

The fediverse feed isn’t algorithmically ranked, or subject to any of Threads’ rules or moderation; it’s just a reverse-chronological feed of stuff you follow.

'Member when Facebook was like that? You know, the way people want it?

[–] irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm surprised they're still interested in ActivityPub.

Hot Take: This is good because its easier for people to leave threads, since they can still contact their friends on threads. I do think having most instances block them is also good, so people can have a choice (I personally don't want threads).

[–] MimicJar@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

I'm not surprised, but I agree with the hot take, so maybe it's only warm.

I think they keep interest in ActivityPub in order to keep regulators concerned with Antitrust at bay. The Fediverse isn't a real threat in Meta's view and keeping an engineer or two on it in order to stay invested is worth the cost.

Threads can say they are making an honest effort to work with the larger open source community and open federated internet. As an added bonus, it isn't actually a lie. Now the effort they're putting in is the absolute minimum, but it's there.

Now I still do think this is a positive. While most people on Threads will probably never leave, it does introduce them to the wider Fediverse. It makes the Fediverse a less scary thing.

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 4 months ago

Ewww

[–] fujiwood@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

Shit.

[–] FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

so?

[–] atlien51@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

Honestly

[–] Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 months ago

Should I feel grubby?

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