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#Threads won’t support Activitypub or the Fediverse at launch, but it’s apparently still coming.
“We’re committed to building support for ActivityPub, the protocol behind Mastodon, into this app. We weren’t able to finish it for launch given a number of complications that come along with a decentralized network, but it’s coming”
https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/05/adam-mosseri-says-metas-threads-app-wont-have-activitypub-support-at-launch/
#Meta
Also there’s one great feature #Threads is shipping with that #Mastodon doesn’t yet have: control who replies to your posts.
“Instagram head Adam Mosseri posted that users will be able to decide who can reply to posts — everyone, profiles they follow, or mentioned accounts in the post.”
(If you want feature that here, go upvote it here https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/8565)
The feature is actually already on the Mastodon roadmap under 'exploring', so that's encouraging. https://joinmastodon.org/roadmap 
@realcaseyrollins Indeed, and that may be one reason why they're delaying federation. Won't be a fun experience for their users if they set limited replies and then get replies anyway.
@Brendanjones An easy solution would be for their software to just hide responses to posts people shouldn't be able to respond to tho...that doesn't sound hard to do, but I'm not the one doing the work lol
@realcaseyrollins @Brendanjones They apparently chose another "solution": posts with limited replies won't be shared to the Fediverse at all
@tf @Brendanjones Oh that's interesting! What's your source for this?
@Brendanjones they didn't wait too long to switch from "embrace" to "extend"...
@corpsmoderne True, but on the other hand this feature is already desired on the Fediverse (it's on the Mastodon roadmap), so we're not being extended in any way we don't want to be. Maybe Threads having the feature will put some fire under the butts of everyone here to make it happen, which ain't a bad thing. So long as we make sure that Meta don't shape the process ...
@Brendanjones@fosstodon.org
But why? This is pointless and would be very broken across different instances.
@dushman How so? It's being done at the protocol level https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/fep-5624-per-object-reply-control-policies/2723
@Brendanjones@fosstodon.org
This is a bad idea imo. Anyone should be able to reply to any public post, if you don't want that then just make a followers only one. I installed Misskey on here and if they ever implement this I will manually patch it out on here. This would just encourage echo chambers and para social relationships, at least in my view.
@Brendanjones@fosstodon.org
I would not want to be told that I cannot reply to a post because the OP is too high and mighty to see replies from the plebs.
@Brendanjones@fosstodon.org @karson777@mstdn.starnix.network @EricZhang456@pl.starnix.network
I think freedom of expression is at the core of what makes fedi great and this would ruin it.
@dushman I respectfully disagree. I think the conversation in the issue is well worth a read in order to see the benefits, but especially this one: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/8565#issuecomment-417947576
