This is what Instagram’s upcoming Twitter competitor looks like
www.theverge.com
Meta says people want a communications platform that’s “sanely run.”

Here is what we know about it so far:

  • It will most likely be called Threads.
  • It is not known what domain it will use for usernames.
  • In mockup screenshots, a user replies to someone using an @mastodon.social handle, it’s very likely that they will federate.
  • It will be side app of Instagram. It’s not clear how much of the new network will be baked into the main app.
  • Your username and verification status will carry over, so early adopters won’t have an advantage for their preferred username.
  • Your followers will not carry over but there will be an easy way to pick and follow people on your Instagram list.

Personal observations:

  • Many people that I talked to about it think that this will be Meta’s attempt at an “EEE”.
  • Some Mastodon instance admins that I chatted about it say that Meta will “likely attempt to pull their user data”, and they “will defederate immediately”.
  • operator@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    AHAHA i can already see whats gonna happen.

    1. Meta pouring millions of dollar into the development
    2. Meta releases their new network
    3. Most instances, especially the big ones, defederate(*)
    4. Metas app fails due to failing content and engagement.

    The only option they have is forcing everyone from insta & co over to Threads.

    *) I am not a fan of defederation, but I’d rather defederate Meta than freely give them all the data. Makes it harder for them to crawl^^

  • DataVortex@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Since I already have an Instagram account, I will probably try it out, mainly because I’m curious about how will it work and look. I want to see what their take is, and how they approach certain things. But that’s about it. I won’t be using it past that, because I’m already on Mastodon using Mona and that’s where I’m staying at.

    In any case, I guess that I could follow some people over there from my Mastodon account.

  • BarrierWithAshes@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Like most of Meta’s recent projects I don’t expect many to care for it, let alone for it to survive. Especially if it gets defed’d immediately (which I am fully expecting). Bluesky has a better shot than this.

  • jcrm@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I don’t see this as a bad thing. I hate Facebook with a passion, but if it means more money going into UX development of federated services, I’m all for it. To me that’s the biggest problem with them right now.

    The concerns about data use are worth noting, but I don’t think are to be worried about. They can get the data anyway, and what we really need is better data privacy laws in place in general.