Meta’s Threads text messaging service has taken the next small step toward announced connections with Mastodon and Fediverse. Outside the EU, users can now follow a limited number of accounts that were created outside of the thread – this specifically affects Mastodon. However, the connection only works rudimentarily at the moment, so posts made from there don’t automatically appear in threads on the timeline.
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Apple Intelligence in China: Is Apple allowing other language models on iPhone?This was announced by Meta boss Mark ZuckerbergWhich indicates that as of now you can only follow accounts that have interacted with threads, i.e. left a like or reply on a profile linked to Fediverse, or followed one. But even if this barrier is removed, following threads does not work normally. To view the posts of such a profile, you will have to go directly to it. Threads boss Adam Mosseri said you may be notified of new posts from such a profile.
The end of walled gardens?
It doesn’t work in Europe yet, as confirmed by Threads developer Peter Cottle. Just a few weeks ago he had assured The launch of Fediverse connections in Europe remains at the top of the priority listOverall, Meta is intent on opening up threads to competitors in a way that no major social network has yet done. Bluesky and Mastodon are already connected to each other, and now the two are growing even closer with Threads.
FedEx’s promise of an interconnected network, in which accounts retain control over their connections, has attracted considerable interest recently, particularly in the United States. More and more services have launched or are working on the connection. For example, the magazine app Flipboard has begun to federate its content, that is, linking it to the Fediverse. You can already follow the first accounts, For example also from heise onlineBlogging and newsletter platform Ghost is also working on a connection that WordPress blogs have long had. For example, entire Ghost articles may soon be shared through Mastodon and then retrieved directly into BlueSky or Threads.
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