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   Andy Baio (andybaio@xoxo.zone)'s status on Sunday, 16-Jul-2023 06:35:10 JST Andy Baio

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   I'm skeptical that Threads ever meaningfully integrates ActivityPub, personally. Mosseri repeatedly said before launch that account portability was a top priority for Threads, but I think the moment they exploded in popularity, that was dead in the water. The Threads social graph is basically the Instagram social graph, and the idea that Meta would freely let that go seems pretty unlikely.

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     Andy Baio (andybaio@xoxo.zone)'s status on Sunday, 16-Jul-2023 06:35:11 JST Andy Baio

     When Meta's Threads launched, The Verge's Alex Heath reported they planned to integrate ActivityPub "three months after the initial release." But I noticed Instagram's Adam Mosseri stopped mentioning it since Threads blew up. His latest video update has a long list of planned features, but ActivityPub isn't on there. https://www.threads.net/@mosseri/post/CumU7sGg3Y8

     Today, Heath reports Mosseri saying ActivityPub is a "long while" out, but still a priority. We'll see! https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/14/23795138/whats-next-for-instagram-threads-twitter

     Matthew Lyon repeated this.