It has been known for some time that Threads would be joining the Fediverse, but parent company Meta provided a preview of how it would work.
The concept of Fediverse is to network individual social media platforms so that you can post once on one of them and share it on other services.
Overview of Fediverse
Fediverse (short for “federated universe”) represents the idea that different social media platforms can be independent and interconnected at the same time.
The term was first used for social networks that used a specific sharing protocol called OStatus, of which Mastodon was the main proponent, but this has largely been superseded by ActivityPub. This allows you to post and read on one social network, but also allows you to share posts with others and receive updates from those platforms.
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Engadget We report on the presentation shared by Meta at the online Fediverse conference FediForum.
Instagram engineer Peter Cottle gave a short presentation on “Threads in the Fediverse” at FediForum, a virtual event for decentralized social media enthusiasts. During the demo, Cottle explained how Threads users can opt-in to Fediverse sharing and provided insight into how Meta thinks about its role in the Fediverse.
In a short video demo first spotted by The Verge, Cottle shows off a new account setting called “Fediverse Sharing.” As the name suggests, this menu allows users to view posts from Mastodon and other platforms that use ActivityPub. […]
Visually, the Fediverse is represented on the thread by an icon that slightly resembles a planet (this symbol was previously included in the app's code). Cottle explained that users who have enabled Fediverse sharing will see a symbol on their profile, and whether a post will appear on his Fediverse will be shown in the app's composer.
Cottle also confirmed that only public accounts can be shared to Fediverse. He also said that because Threads cannot guarantee that deleted Threads posts will also be removed from Fediverse, users will have five minutes to make changes or edits before publishing their posts.
Meta is testing limited Fediverse support for a small number of accounts, but there's no word yet on when full two-way support will roll out to all users.
Trending posts start to roll out in the US
One of the big omissions when Threads was first released was the trending posts feature. Many X users rely on it to quickly stay on top of the important issues of the day, but Threads initially declined to offer its own version.
That all changed last month when the company began a small test, with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealing it would be available to all users in the US.
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