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Instagram Users Shown Transphobia As Promotional Tool To Join Threads (neuromatch.social) Polish

Crosspost from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/6861256...

Threads is oficially starting to test ActivityPub integration (www.threads.net)

Mark Zuckerberg: Starting a test where posts from Threads accounts will be available on Mastodon and other services that use the ActivityPub protocol. Making Threads interoperable will give people more choice over how they interact and it will help content reach more people. I'm pretty optimistic about this.

Delete Your Threads Profile and Stay on Instagram - Here's How (www.macrumors.com) Polish

When Meta launched Threads in July, one of the complaints users had about the platform was that it was impossible to delete your Threads profile without also deleting your Instagram account.

Meta given 30 days to cease using the name Threads by company that trademarked it 11 years ago (www.techspot.com)

What just happened? In what is another case of a tiny company suing an internet giant for allegedly using a trademarked name, a British software firm has told Meta it's got 30 days to stop using the term Threads for its latest social media platform in the UK as it owns the trademark.

Twitter is threatening to sue Meta over Threads | Semafor (www.semafor.com)

The threat suggests that Threads is the most serious rival yet to Elon Musk’s chaotic social platform.

Meta’s Twitter rival Threads not yet launching in the EU (www.politico.eu)

Alternative to Elon Musk’s social media platform will launch this week in US, UK.

How to sign up for Threads, Meta's new Twitter competitor (www.cnbc.com)

Meta will officially release Threads, its text-based Twitter competitor, on Thursday, but you can access your invitation now using Instagram.

Threads, an Instagram app - Share ideas & trends with text | Product Hunt (www.producthunt.com)

Threads is the platform where communities unite to discuss current interests and upcoming trends. Connect with favorite creators and like-minded individuals to explore shared passions, and share your thoughts, ideas, and creativity.

What we know about Threads, Meta’s new app to rival Twitter (www.euronews.com)

Elon Musk’s changes to Twitter have led to a demand for an alternative - and Meta may be about to provide it.

Pamela Paul: Is Threads the Good Place? (www.nytimes.com)

An alternative to X, it turns out, is just another battlefield....

Threads will allow you to follow Mastodon users by year-end, according to Meta meeting details | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)

Threads' roadmap for integrations with the fediverse, aka the network of decentralized apps that includes Twitter/X rival Mastodon and others, has been

Threads' federation is already using a deny list. And Authorised Fetch.

Soapbox lead developer, Alex Gleason discovered, that at least 5 Fediverse instances are blocked by Threads. These are:...

Threads' federation will be opt-in, at least for now (www.threads.net) Polish

@mosseri: The current plan is you'll have to have a public account and explicitly opt in to your content being available on other servers. This is consistent with what other large players like WordPress are doing, but somewhat controversial within the Mastodon community. If we end defaulting people in, we'll absolutely offer an...