Step 1: don’t tell the whole internet that you’re trying to create a torrent site.

Adam Mosseri (the actual person behind Threads) in the podcast that I linked in a different comment said that’s one of the goals of Threads.

I doubt it’s going to happen in the next week or two but it seems like they are embracing activitypub.

It’s a pretty solid interview. It’s a podcast called hard fork.

Of course Adam knows how to PR and take some of the things he says with a grain of salt but he seems pretty candid.

I think initially there will be some limitations. And there are definitely flaws and limitations with activitypub. Maybe this will push the protocol forward to be better.

But if they really break it, why not fork it and not worry about Threads?

I think it’s funny that people think that Meta will kill the Fediverse. Just like Google “killed” xmpp. I think neither is true.

I’m all for shitting on big corporations but the fact that they wanted to create a platform based on activitypub is interesting.

Adam Mosseri seems to have good intentions with Threads (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hard-fork/id1528594034?i=1000619512224). But Zuck/Meta is most likely going to derail that at some point.

I honestly don’t care for Threads in the long run. My only hope is to follow some people on Threads from a different Mastodon instance. Whatever else they want to do, I don’t care about.

People should be skeptical but competition to Twitter is good. And even better if that product is built on the Fediverse.

Your first point is an "initial limitation".

Your second point:" This is presumably due to most fediverse services not yet supporting reply restrictions."

Not sure why you are using select quotes without giving the full context to make a point that is actually not there.

At least the promise with Threads is that you can move your account and who you follow to a different Mastodon instance in the future.

Fediverse has a lot of them too

This is simply not true. Meta is not duplicating accounts into Threads. Your Threads and Instagram account are the exact same account. You delete one, you delete the other. There is no way to create a Threads account without first creating an Instagram account. And Threads is an opt-in application so you won't have it enabled for your IG account unless you sign up for it.

I definitely don't need more reasons to eat more cheese.

Love Fastmail! I used Protonmail for a while but their development is soooo slow and they never seem to be able to deliver things on time. Promising features that are years late.

No and no as far as I know. But why would you want multiple accounts? Just use one account and subscribe to all the communities that are on different instances. You can even create + comment on posts with your account even if you aren't part of the instance.

The only real thing that you will miss out on is if you want to create a community on a different instance. I think you can only create communities on your local instance (Unless you sign up for an instance that restricts that feature).

Cyberpunk!