There’s been a lot of speculation around what Threads will be and what it means for Mastodon. We’ve put together some of the most common questions and our responses based on what was launched today.
Mets is not different than any other person entering the fediverse. They are ultimately a company and will do what they need to be profitable. Ultimately they advertise social connection, and that’s their business model.
Why is everyone acting like meta is different than anyone else, they’re not special.
Because decentralized social networks don’t need to be profitable. That’s the whole point of this. Spread out, smaller instances, there is absolutely no need to for an instance to become so massive that it requires profitability to continue.
Rochko has demonstrated to be either foolish or naive, and both are bad.
I’m not betting on him to having been bought, out of a minimum of trust, but it wouldn’t surprise me if that’s the case.
XMPP did not exist on its own outside of nerd circles, while ActivityPub enjoys the support and brand recognition of Mastodon.’
Is he foolish? I can’t tell, mastodon is massive. Look at mastodon.social, there’s already plenty of people here.’
Mets is not different than any other person entering the fediverse. They are ultimately a company and will do what they need to be profitable. Ultimately they advertise social connection, and that’s their business model.
Why is everyone acting like meta is different than anyone else, they’re not special.
Because decentralized social networks don’t need to be profitable. That’s the whole point of this. Spread out, smaller instances, there is absolutely no need to for an instance to become so massive that it requires profitability to continue.
I see meta no different than the company behind mastodon