Conversation

Notices

1. Embed this notice
   Tokyo Outsider (337ppm) (tokyo_0@mas.to)'s status on Saturday, 04-May-2024 20:19:55 JST Tokyo Outsider (337ppm)

   A lot of people have insisted #Meta isn't getting involved with the #Fediverse to embrace, extend and extinguish it...

   ... but even before fully implementing Fediverse interoperability in #Threads they're already talking openly about changing its protocols to add features like monetization. 🤔

   https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/25/why-meta-is-looking-to-the-fediverse-as-the-future-for-social-media/

   #fedipact

   • Embed this notice
     Tokyo Outsider (337ppm) (tokyo_0@mas.to)'s status on Saturday, 04-May-2024 20:26:32 JST Tokyo Outsider (337ppm)

     in reply to

     And aware, no doubt, that quote posts are a divisive, hot-button issue, they're already building into #Threads not only quote post functionality but more refined controls for it than I know of anywhere in the #Fediverse — a feature bound to attract attention and make people consider choosing Threads in preference to other Fediverse software that doesn't offer the same functionality.

     https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/25/threads-launches-a-mute-feature-for-words-teases-controls-for-quote-posts/

     This is all absolutely classic embrace, extend and extinguish.

     #fedipact #Meta

     Yohan Yukiya Sese Cuneta 사요한🦣 repeated this.
   • Embed this notice
     Tim Chambers (tchambers@indieweb.social)'s status on Sunday, 05-May-2024 09:57:28 JST Tim Chambers

     in reply to

     • vetehinen

     @vetehinen @tokyo_0 Yes, looks like they will be in Mastodon 4.4…

   • Embed this notice
     vetehinen@lethallava.land's status on Sunday, 05-May-2024 09:57:35 JST vetehinen

     in reply to

     • Tim Chambers

     @tokyo_0@mas.to it seems like the quote post controls are probably something they've been coordinating with Mastodon, actually. I think it was @tchambers@indieweb.social I saw say first that a very similar feature is coming for Mastodon and having followed the quote post discussions in the issue queues for Mastodon a bit I know these kinds of controls were extensively discussed there as a requirement for adding QPs in the past.

   • Embed this notice
     Only a :verify_anime: fl👀f. (me_the_fl00f@cybre.club)'s status on Sunday, 05-May-2024 14:42:09 JST Only a :verify_anime: fl👀f.

     in reply to

     @tokyo_0@mas.to Yep, as the people who are long here always say what will come. But good that there is ko-fi and onlyfans ;-) ... oh, Mastodon would get quotes, we (the rest of the fediverse) have them since long.

   • Embed this notice
     Yohan Yukiya Sese Cuneta 사요한🦣 (youronlyone@c.im)'s status on Monday, 06-May-2024 12:10:19 JST Yohan Yukiya Sese Cuneta 사요한🦣

     in reply to

     • Tim Chambers
     • vetehinen

     @vetehinen So, basically, both Threads and Mastodon are in it together? Which means, the rest of the fediverse software with quote-posts already, will be forced to implement the Threads+Mastodon method?

     @tchambers @tokyo_0

   • Embed this notice
     :mima_rule: Mima-sama (mima@makai.chaotic.ninja)'s status on Monday, 06-May-2024 13:55:29 JST :mima_rule: Mima-sama

     in reply to

     • Tim Chambers
     • Yohan Yukiya Sese Cuneta 사요한🦣
     • vetehinen

     @youronlyone@c.im I don't think they can force the rest of fedi to implement controls on quotes. I do think it's a bad idea to control who can quote post no matter if it's Mastodon or Threads doing it (or even Misskey). But it's just going to be circumvented/ignored easily, like how Masto's "opt-in search" has no effect on Misskey's note search per user.
     
     What fedi really should focus on is controlling replies. And while I have reservations on federating that control, I do believe it's important to give users the power to control how their posts look like in their own instances without having admin privileges. Because it's a (micro)blog.
     
     @vetehinen@lethallava.land @tchambers@indieweb.social @tokyo_0@mas.to