Threads has begun connecting to the fediverse.
    • katy ✨@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      0·
      3 years ago

      Meh. Threads is quite busy on my feed. I loved chatting during Doctor Who just like I used to when Twitter was around. I use Lemmy, Mastodon, and Threads, personally. I find Threads to be super wholesome and positive and it can only help the Fediverse thrive with mainstream users much like Gmail did with email.

      • wahming@monyet.ccEnglish
        0·
        3 years ago

        Gmail did with email.

        That might be the worst example you could have chosen, given that Gmail is largely responsible for the current technical impossibility of self hosted email.

  • Margot Robbie@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0·
    3 years ago

    Threads federation is mostly targeted towards Mastodon than Lemmy, so I highly doubt it will make much of a difference whether any Lemmy instance federates or not, since Lemmy is purely group based and does not federate well with even Mastodon to begin with as there is a huge difference in design philosophy. (Which means I can stay under the radar a bit longer.)

    However, I don’t think Facebook will stop at Threads, they are using Threads as a preliminary test, and if it goes well, I think the next step they could do is to get Instagram itself to federate.

    So here is a thought: suppose reddit or Instagram are open to federation, would you say federating with them and getting all their content will be worth it?