😠Meta just showed off Threads’ fediverse integration for the very first time😠

MentalEdge , 3 months ago

Opt-in only?

Also only really discusses outbound federation, how is inbound content going to work?

thingsiplay , 3 months ago

To be fair, it is understandable decision, as it would copy and connect data / posts to other servers automatically. On the other hand most people don’t care or understand what this is about and probably never enable it. Still better than nothing in my opinion. Hopefully all new users get a notification and popup to ask if they want to join the Fediverse too. And new user account registration will probably show an option too at registration time.

helenslunch , 3 months ago

Seems unlikely. This is Meta’s malicious compliance with MDA or whatever from the EU.

thingsiplay , 3 months ago

At what exactly do you refer to? Meta does not need to federate with the Fediverse. I am not aware of any law that would force Meta doing this.

Lionir , 3 months ago

The DMA (Digital Markets Act) has clauses that force big companies that are considered “gatekeepers” to allow interoperability with other services.

thingsiplay , 3 months ago

Good to know! I guess that’s why Apple is forced to communicate with Android.

helenslunch , 3 months ago

Yes, also why Apple is going to allow sideloading (even though they also are complying maliciously) and also MS now allows you to uninstall Edge.

All of this, of course, only applies in the EU.

jarfil , 3 months ago

How is it “malicious”?

helenslunch , 3 months ago

We don’t know yet the full answer to that but I’d say being “opt in” without any sort of prompt ( especially when every other fucking Meta feature is “opt out” ), or having unidirectional federation would qualify as malicious.

BraveSirZaphod , 3 months ago

Meta will probably be pretty cautious and strict about what inbound content is allowed, since they have a global quagmire of laws and regulations to comply with and cannot just open up the firehose without significant legal risk. I'd imagine they'd only accept content from vetted instances that agree to some amount of common policy.

jarfil , 3 months ago

The whole thing is a preemptive move for EU laws requiring “gatekeepers” to allow interoperability with their ecosystem. Facebook is likely to accept any EU registered instance that is also subject to EU laws… and they may not bother with instances from regions that don’t require them to do so.

autotldr Bot , 3 months ago

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Click here to see the summaryDuring the FediForum conference on Tuesday, Meta’s Peter Cottle showed off a brief demo of how users will eventually be able to connect their accounts and posts to the fediverse. As you can see in the video below, which FediForum shared with The Verge, Cottle can navigate to his Threads account settings and toggle on an option called “fediverse sharing.” Meta will then show a pop-up explaining what exactly the fediverse is, along with some disclaimers Meta will flag to users so they know what they’re getting into. First, Meta notes that users will need to have a public profile to toggle on the feature, something Instagram head Adam Mosseri has already mentioned. In other words, your post may still be visible on, say, a linked Mastodon server, even if you decide to delete it with Threads. “I think this is a downside of the protocol that we use today, but I think it’s important to let people know that if you post something and another server grabs a copy, we can’t necessarily enforce it,” Cottle says. The FediForum is an online event that gives developers the opportunity to show off what they’re working on in the fediverse. — Saved 66% of original text.