- cross-posted to:
- fediverse_press@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- fediverse_press@lemmy.world
Meta is treading carefully, doing a phased implementation while continuing conversations with Fediverse leaders. This will give the company more time to iron out some of the integration kinks. “Do we adapt the protocol to be able to support this?” Lambert asks. “Or do we try to do some kind of interesting, unique implementation?” For example, Threads supports audio posts, a feature not currently supported within ActivityPub, so Meta is experimenting with “federating” a text transcription of the original post instead of the audio version.
It was never a good idea federating with Threads
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Are these audio only posts? That sounds like a terrible direction for the fediverse to go. We already have enough videos of people staring at their phone while talking.
Did everyone forget how to read?
Yes, I read the bit about transcription.
the cool part is we dont have to care about the audio piece. its not being federated: i dont give a shit.
Oh no, I totally agree.
My comment is more on the trend of where general social media seems to be heading.
That said, as long as we can continue to ignore… great!
Even Misskey is allowing exact audio object type.
Fediverse leaders? Like John Mastodon?
The article’s paywalled, but presumably they’re talking to active developers and people who run large instances.
Lots of furries in their future I’d suppose
How is audio different from other media types (e.g. images, videos, etc) that it isn’t / couldn’t be supported by activity pub?
I don’t know. Mastodon already supports audio posts, how does that federate? Why can’t Threads do the same thing?
it’s EEE. want to see all of your friend’s posts? sign up for Threads by Meta today!
Pretty sure it’s not. Wired is just talking about the wrong thing. Currently threads voice posts federate fine.
I keep seeing people hating on the EEE crowd. Finally meta makes a move that proves we were right.
EEE?
Edit: When did people start referring to embrace, extend, extinguish as EEE? I’ve heard of the term plenty for the past ~24 years but never seen this acronym before? Ah well…
Embrace, extend, extinguish
embrace, extend, execute
What Microsoft tried to do to Java in the 2000’s
What google did with the precursor of matrix. Forgot the name.
xmpp? i just needto say that xmpp is still around, and i strongly prefer it over matrix.
The precursor of reddit is also still there. Google kicked it out of relevance all those years back.
I read about it since I have a matrix instance and shopped alternatives. What would you say are the points it has over matrix?
It just seems faster in every client that I’ve tried. There’s also a lot of software that’s built around it, and crucially, my xmpp bridge isn’t banned from joining Libera IRC channels.
Interesting! Thanks for mentioning it.
im gonna be a facebool conspiracy theorist here : reddit mabye got meta to EEE the fediverse
Yeah, right. And they come in on flying saucers.
i guess ill say it again. meta hasnt modified the protocol, and the bells and whistles they feed their own users on their own instance means nothing to the rest of the 'verse. calm the fuck down
calm the fuck down
What, and miss out on the delicious dopamine that comes from being part of a mob gripped by righteous anger? This is a chance to be mad at the same thing that everyone else is mad at, risk-free.
you think facebook is announce bad intentions beforehand
did you have anything technical to add to the discussion, or just your ephemeral fear?
do you learn from history
if you have something to add, add it. if youre going to go throw more moral arguments against billion dollar companies maybe go bark up a more sympathetic tree. im looking for technical information, not moral indignation.
am convince that tech bros are beyond help
Another big, lingering question is why Meta wants to do this in the first place. Lambert says Meta wants to give users more control over their posts and followers, with easier avenues to engage across platforms.
So will they be implementing a method to export this data in ways that could be imported to other platforms? Otherwise I don’t see where federation fits in here all that much.
Extending reach isn’t really the same as control imo.
“Meta will play nice” the shills said.
“They won’t EEE you’re being paranoid”, they said.
“They’ll follow the standard”, they said.
Besides the obvious repulsion for anything Meta, that’s a novel thing to see, I’m kinda curious to see what happens with the user reception of these audio posts
It sounds annoying as fuck. I hate when my friends send audio messages in messaging apps.
Yep, think the same, too many voice messages are a pain, though adding a transcription sounds like a good deal, which also makes discoverability possible
Sorry for the n00b question, but how does a more “redditesque” Lemmy work with a more “twitteresque” service, and vice versa?
Both use activity pub protocol. Mastodon and lemmy already work somewhat well together.
It doesn’t, this is pretty much just for them linking with Mastodon.
Actually pretty well. I’ve seen mastodon users around a few times.
