“Threads is deepening its ties to the fediverse, also known as the open social web, which powers services like X alternative Mastodon, Pixelfed, PeerTube, Flipboard and other apps. On Wednesday, Meta announced that users on Threads will be able to see fediverse replies on other posts besides their own. In addition, posts that originated through the Threads API, like those created via third-party apps and scheduling services, will now be syndicated to the fediverse. The latter had previously been announced via an in-app message informing users that API posts would be shared to the fediverse starting on August 28.”

    • 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      Threads has about 200 million monthly users, 33 million daily users. The fediverse has just under 1 million monthly users. Do you really think that 0.5% has any relevance to Meta?

      Do you really think they would care about those users when they extend and extinguish the Fediverse?

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      1 year ago

      The 0.5% on fedi are more likely to be the technical users that actually produce usable content.

      How many thread users are bots or passive consumers? They may be good for serving ads to, but they’re not so food at retaining and attracting users