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I've read that threads is using ActivityPub but what does that mean exactly?

Can we as Lemmy users subscribe to communities or follow users on threads instances? Do they even have communities/instances? I don't quite understand

Thanks 🙏

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[–] ritswd@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Threads isn’t currently using ActivityPub, but vocally expressed that they are planning to in a future release, in order to “join the fediverse”. They have not expressed when, or what people will and won’t be able to do, or what the business goal is.

About the latter, some are speculating that this is a typical attempt of a closed-source editor to pretend to join an open-source effort in order to destroy it, as has happened in the past. It could realistically be that, or something else, no one knows; but that explains why people are calling to defederate Threads when that becomes real.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

It could realistically be that, or something else, no one knows

Based on literally every other move Facebook has ever made, it's pretty safe to assume it's that.

[–] chrizbie@lemmy.nz 4 points 1 year ago

Thank you so much for your explanation

[–] DougHolland@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Threads is not involved at all with the Fediverse, but Facebook/Instagram/Threads top schmuck Zuck says he wants Threads intertwined.

Let's hope he'll be shown the door and booted. His only goal would be to monetize us.

[–] chrizbie@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 year ago

Yes well he clearly doesn't have enough money