timothyjchambers

timothyjchambers, 12 days ago to random

“In 2024, for the first time, it finally feels like we have a critical mass of people and platforms who are interested in rewilding the internet to bring back what we lost, and create something new.

In the past week alone, we've had conversations with Mastodon, Flipboard, The Verge, Buttondown, WriteFreely, and several co-authors of the ActivityPub spec.” Fediverse Threads

https://activitypub.ghost.org/day-0/

timothyjchambers, 13 days ago to random

From my main Mastodon account. All the various types of accounts I list in that post will all be first-class accounts on Threads too, once it fully federates. To the great benefit of all the platforms that connect to each other.

Fediverse Threads

timothyjchambers, 13 days ago to random

@rfk.jr.brain.worm - you have to turn on Fediverse sharing for your Threads account - there are over 11 million folks on Mastodon and other networks that would love to follow your account too. With one click your posts would go there too.

Here is how: https://www.theverge.com/24107998/threads-fediverse-mastodon-how-to

https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/21/24107881/threads-fediverse-beta-launch-mastodon

timothyjchambers, 13 days ago to random

@scottderrickson - could you go to threads setting and turn on Fediverse sharing ? With one click that will allow your posts to be seen across Mastodon, Flipboard and other open social web platforms too. Many of us there would love to follow this account that way also!

Here is how: https://www.theverge.com/24107998/threads-fediverse-mastodon-how-to

timothyjchambers, 14 days ago to random

For day two of the TrumpTrialNY and I continue to find breaking news and real time updates working just fine on Threads.

Perhhps it helps that I follow and engage with posts from @gtconway3 @gtconway3dg @katiephang @norm.eisen @weissmann11 @yonetteajoseph and follow almost every mainstream news source on Threads.

timothyjchambers, 15 days ago to random

I see people conserned about Threads for breaking news, but again, the play by play of the TrumpTrialNY here from journalists and political observers seems pretty up to the minute to me.

timothyjchambers, 20 days ago to random

Hey @rfkjr.facts - please turn on Fediverse sharing! Guarantee you a lot of us on over there would be very up for following and sharing your posts over there, too.

Here is how: https://www.theverge.com/24107998/threads-fediverse-mastodon-how-to

timothyjchambers, 20 days ago to random

Good quote from @reckless1280 I missed earlier, with additional comentary from @laurenshof ....

"'At this point I’m not sure any social platform that launches without an eye towards federation stands a chance, really.'

I agree, but I think the example of Ghost provides an example new and interesting phenomenon: using ActivityPub as a differentiator to compete with existing products, in this case Substack’s news reader." Fediverse Threads

https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-66/

timothyjchambers, 26 days ago to random

“Our commitment to the fediverse is here to stay.
…And we are even growing the team behind our Mastodon presence, increasing efforts to engage with your comments on our posts.

We are fully committed to being a real part of the conversation in the fediverse.

Interested in our next steps? Follow us as we take on this new chapter.”

Fediverse Threads

https://social.network.europa.eu/

timothyjchambers, 27 days ago to random

“In my perfect world, the ‘Fediverse’ would kick into gear and allow people to just interact across different platforms,” Darcy said. In the absence of that infrastructure in place, Reliable Sources currently posts to Threads, Instagram, and Linkedin.... "

Here is for building for that perfect world. Fediverse Threads ...

RE: https://www.threads.net/@oliverdarcy/post/C6OyaatuxXE

timothyjchambers, 28 days ago to random

Hey CanadaThreads - this needs your voice:

https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/6/24122765/canadians-are-asking-their-government-to-federate

timothyjchambers, 29 days ago to random

“The answer is no, according to three agency executives who say it’s time to start exploring contingency plans that don’t hinge on any of the walled gardens of social media titans like Meta, X or TikTok. Looking for the next frontier, some are pointing toward the fediverse.”

Fediverse Threads

https://digiday.com/marketing/as-tiktok-ban-threatens-stability-in-social-media-ecosystem-some-brands-settle-into-the-fediverse/

timothyjchambers, 1 month ago to random

Fully agree. Well done, @johnonolan and team. Can't wait to see what you are cooking up.

RE: https://www.threads.net/@ben.werdmuller/post/C6ETQhxr9IZ9GlPqsiZGQRU5QzQY9VIbIXiLmU0

timothyjchambers, 1 month ago to random

Sad to see Post.news shutting down. They had adding ActivtyPub support on their roadmap but the company did not survive long enough to get there.
Feels clear now that that any new social player HAS to be Fediverse enabled - or tie into existing social graph like IG - or do both - to have a chance at this point.

They had a lot of good ideas and hope other Fediverse based networks pick those up.

cc: @profgalloway @karaswisher

https://post.news/@/noam/2fJw4PYRFjya343RpiToiyEQr0x

timothyjchambers, 1 month ago to random

Via Garbage Day:

"I’ve come across 3 projects/essays...that have started to make me very excited about the fediverse ... First...“The Fediverse Of Things” by Terence Eden... The next project was @quillmatiq’s essay about trying to connect his Threads account to Mastodon....& finally...I found a podcast tool built on ActivityPub called Podcast AP, [via] Tim Chambers....
The reason I find all of these exciting is because they offer a vision of a very different kind of internet experience..."

https://www.garbageday.email/p/new-dinner-party-simulation-app-dropped

timothyjchambers, 1 month ago to random

OK this is one of my new Fediverse apps in a while.

It opens almost every major podcast into the Fediverse, making federated podcasts at scale a usable thing. Incredible to see it in the wild even in beta.

When Threads fully federates all these can be followed here.

Huge credit the team at PodcastIndex for the app and the fediverse bridge that undergirds it. Early days but hugely impressive.

@imdavidpierce consider this for your next Installer.

podcastap.com/

http://podcastap.com/

timothyjchambers, 1 month ago to random

Fully agree. We need to "rewild the Internet." And Fediverse Threads is a part of that as is the lager indieweb and openweb and larger fediverse effort as a whole...

https://www.noemamag.com/we-need-to-rewild-the-internet/

timothyjchambers, 1 month ago to random

Great discussion here:

Fediverse Threads

RE: https://www.threads.net/@johnonolan/post/C5ygJRVL9WPcWyPDvxZlxRMHEcUoOkJC1bazho0

timothyjchambers, 1 month ago to random

@jbouie - Would love it if you would consider turning on Fediverse sharing for your Threads account settings - I know lots of folks like myself on the larger Fediverse would love to follow your posts there too!

https://www.theverge.com/24107998/threads-fediverse-mastodon-how-to

timothyjchambers, 1 month ago to random

Thank you @barackobama for turning on Fediverse sharing - much appreciated!

timothyjchambers, 1 month ago to random

Thanks to the eclectic mix of accounts - @eleven_films @lucas_a_meyer @chancerydaily @technicallymims @ben.werdmuller @theconversationdotcom - for turning on fediverse sharing ... Much appreciated!

timothyjchambers, 1 month ago to random

Thanks to @arcinternet @radiofreetom @semafor @brendan.j.nyhan @willoremus @notionhq @couriernewsroom and @realjuddlegum for turning on Fediverse sharing ...

timothyjchambers, 1 month ago to random

@flipboard like @threads is Federating out content from it's profiles...here are the details.... once Threads fully federates in and out, the content from both networks will make both more valuable to both sets of users... (And to everyone else on the Fediverse to boot...)

Fediverse Threads

https://medium.com/fedi-curious/what-does-it-mean-to-federate-your-flipboard-profile-cb6f5783957c

timothyjchambers, 1 month ago to random

Wow. That is a thing. Welcome to the Fediverse, Mr. President.
@potus

RE: https://www.threads.net/@quillmatiq/post/C5RXwAXPY7g

timothyjchambers, 1 month ago to random

@verge continues to cover all things Fediverse Threads well....such as a step by step guide as to how to turn on Fediverse sharing....

https://www.theverge.com/24107998/threads-fediverse-mastodon-how-to