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Adam Mosseri spells out Threads’ plans for the fediverse | The head of Instagram says a full integration with the fediverse could take ‘the better part of a year’ (www.theverge.com)
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[–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

idk, the primary motivator is probably PR, but there is a chance that there's still a trace, a glimmer of empathy and excitement for innovation, hidden way down somewhere in that human.

Don't count on it, though.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    the primary motivator is probably PR

    They could go a bluesky route and build their own protocol so they could have more control over it. I don't think non-techy people would care about federation to be honest.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    Fair point, but they also have to please the EU, which won't buy them creating a new protocol with two existing ones gaining major traction, of which one is w3c standard.

    e: typo

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