Mark Zuckerberg (@zuck) on Threads
www.threads.net
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.

I have my problems with Meta, but I’m hoping this will help Mastodon grow

  • Neato
    11•11 months ago

    Why would they self-host and do work when they could just use Threads? It’s not like FB gives a fuck about treasonous political parties.

    • 520
      6•11 months ago

      The same reason Trump has his own social network.

      Own instances give a lot more control. They can be as outrageous as they like, full on Trumpian, even. They can also control what gets said in that space much more effectively, seeing as how they are the mods and admins. And they don’t have to worry about Meta or Reddit (I doubt Musk even cares) getting media backlash and removing them from the platform entirely.

      Sure, Threads can defed from any controversial instances but it will be trivial to create a mirror that effectively refederates the problem instance.

      • Neato
        2•11 months ago

        The same reason Trump has his own social network.

        Didn’t that only start when he was threatened for being kicked off Twitter?

        But the other points for censoring ideas make sense.

        • 520
          2•11 months ago

          Didn’t that only start when he was threatened for being kicked off Twitter?

          Exactly. No one is gonna kick you off your own platform, or in fediverse terms, your own instance. The most others can do is defed from you, but that’s easy enough to get around if you’re determined.

    • FlaxEnglish
      1•11 months ago

      Trump being deplatformed, while having good reason, could have likely concerned cabinets and governments worldwide that they may as well “just in case”. Also, having something like “[email protected]” or “[email protected]” seems more legit then “[email protected]” or “[email protected]”. It’s a similar idea why they don’t use gmail/outlook addresses

      Keep in mind, I’m talking governments and media organisations. They could likely just ask an intern to do it for them lmao. The benefits outweigh the cost. Even plenty of tech nerds have personal instances.