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   Eugen Rochko (gargron@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 05-Dec-2024 03:40:29 JST Eugen Rochko

   • かき@GNUsocialJP

   @mosseri just announced that #Threads users can finally follow fediverse accounts. Which means you can now reach 200M people from your Mastodon account without ever using Threads yourself. True decentralization happens on the fediverse!

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     Thomas Ricouard (dimillian@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 05-Dec-2024 03:41:08 JST Thomas Ricouard

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     @Gargron Huge W!

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     Tony 🐯 (txnytvng@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 05-Dec-2024 03:41:55 JST Tony 🐯

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     @Gargron Again, I gotta ask, can Mastodon get proper DMs soon? Bluesky is really overshadowing Mastodon with a better DM UI.

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     Robert Link (phaedral@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 05-Dec-2024 03:47:45 JST Robert Link

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     @Gargron https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish

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     Katzentratschen (katzentratschen@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 05-Dec-2024 03:48:03 JST Katzentratschen

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     @Gargron @mosseri That's great! But within Threads, it's still opt-in, and it was not launched for European users yet, right?

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     GK (gklka@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 05-Dec-2024 03:56:56 JST GK

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     • Thomas Ricouard

     @Gargron @dimillian @mosseri except in Europe

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     tsetiady (tsetiady@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 05-Dec-2024 04:04:53 JST tsetiady

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     @Gargron @mosseri in theory 𝘺𝘦𝘴, in practice only if a fedi account had interacted first, otherwise the account is near impossible to find

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     Andrii Sudak (andrii_sudak@infosec.exchange)'s status on Thursday, 05-Dec-2024 04:37:44 JST Andrii Sudak

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     @Gargron @mosseri Cool! Can I subscribe to a Threads account from fediverse?

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     Eugen Rochko (gargron@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 05-Dec-2024 04:37:44 JST Eugen Rochko

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     • Andrii Sudak

     @andrii_sudak @mosseri Yes, this has been possible for a while now. People have to opt-in on the Threads side though.

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     Ben Royce 🇺🇦 (benroyce@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 05-Dec-2024 04:42:44 JST Ben Royce 🇺🇦

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     @Gargron @mosseri

     eugen it's good news, but only in the scope of championing #activitypub

     i don't think when you made #mastodon 8 yrs ago you thought "yes! i get to work with #facebook someday!"

     i'm happy you're happy but i step back and see #threads #interop as sad

     what you and your team built is amazing and i appreciate all you've done

     because it is #decentralized

     it's not #centralized #socialmedia hell that is eating our psychology, our societies, our politics

     it should stay that way

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     Ben Royce 🇺🇦 (benroyce@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 05-Dec-2024 04:55:17 JST Ben Royce 🇺🇦

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     • Nux

     @Nux @Gargron @mosseri

     for everyone who appreciates that #meta #threads #facebook is the enemy, go into your settings:

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     Nux (nux@fosstodon.org)'s status on Thursday, 05-Dec-2024 04:55:18 JST Nux

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     @Gargron @mosseri there's going to a lot of crap there and I would not rely on it to work long term. Remember Google's xmpp service? If it stops benefitting Zuckerberg it'll be gone.

     Robert Link repeated this.
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     arahmanblue (arahmanblue@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 05-Dec-2024 05:05:16 JST arahmanblue

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     @Gargron @mosseri yes yes and yes!! 🙌

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     davecykl (davecykl@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 05-Dec-2024 05:28:19 JST davecykl

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     @Gargron @mosseri Interoperability as a general principle is a good thing (and if done on equal and equitable terms), but some of us would much prefer that our posts aren’t accessible by certain networks. Are #Mastodon posts inaccessible by #Threads by default (or would we sadly need to take some sort of definite action to prevent them from being able to access our posts)?

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     SSFC KDT 💚💙⚽🌹💻🍺✌ (ssfckdt@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 05-Dec-2024 06:21:05 JST SSFC KDT 💚💙⚽🌹💻🍺✌

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     @Gargron @mosseri So how do I do this? I can't find my Mastodon account on Threads nor my Threads account on Mastodon.

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     Manuel *hunting Eudaimonia* (mmorschel@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 05-Dec-2024 06:32:27 JST Manuel *hunting Eudaimonia*

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     • Adam

     @Gargron @mosseri Hear ya, hear ya!

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     Eugen Rochko (gargron@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 05-Dec-2024 07:52:34 JST Eugen Rochko

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     • Tamara Kaye Sellman

     @TamaraSellman @mosseri Your private information does not leave me.dm. If someone from Threads follows your account, they'll see your posts in their home feed.

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     Tamara Kaye Sellman (tamarasellman@me.dm)'s status on Thursday, 05-Dec-2024 07:52:35 JST Tamara Kaye Sellman

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     @Gargron @mosseri help me to understand this. Can Zuck access my data in Masto now? Because I came to Masto to get away from his data probing tentacles...

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     Éric Freyssinet (ericfreyss@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 05-Dec-2024 07:53:23 JST Éric Freyssinet

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     @Gargron doesn't work from a Threads account in Europe it seems @mosseri

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     DanielTaylor (danieltaylor@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 05-Dec-2024 08:14:41 JST DanielTaylor

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     @Gargron @mosseri
     I don't see this as a good thing. Facebook, Threads, Instagram etc. are so highly toxic digital spaces run by billionaires to further their own self-interests. Personally I'd prefer if the Fediverse could be run as a separate, better alternative to such spaces.

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     DanielTaylor (danieltaylor@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 05-Dec-2024 08:16:01 JST DanielTaylor

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     @Gargron @mosseri
     I don't see this as a good thing. #Facebook, #Threads, #Instagram etc. are highly toxic digital spaces run by billionaires to further their own self-interests. Personally I'd prefer if the #Fediverse could be run as a separate, better alternative to such spaces.

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     DanielTaylor (danieltaylor@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 05-Dec-2024 08:16:21 JST DanielTaylor

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     @Gargron @mosseri
     I don't see this as a good thing. Facebook, Threads, Instagram etc. are highly toxic digital spaces run by billionaires to further their own self-interests. Personally I'd prefer if the Fediverse could be run as a separate, better alternative to such spaces.

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     alyssa h milano (esvrld2@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 05-Dec-2024 08:36:12 JST alyssa h milano

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     @Gargron @mosseri now why would i want to do that

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     Aleksandra Lesya (girlintech@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 05-Dec-2024 08:38:22 JST Aleksandra Lesya

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     @Gargron @mosseri ... no since they scare their users with scare page on option (last time I checked before they auto ban my account that never posted anything and blackmail the account to have ID).

     Not really a win as nearly no famous people even enabled fediverse in the first place.

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     Eugen Rochko (gargron@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 05-Dec-2024 08:44:04 JST Eugen Rochko

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     • unlofl [Promoted Toot]

     @unlofl No

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     unlofl [Promoted Toot] (unlofl@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 05-Dec-2024 08:44:06 JST unlofl [Promoted Toot]

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     @Gargron Will mastodon.social's rules be updated to comply with the threads ToS?

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     Tony 🐯 (txnytvng@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 05-Dec-2024 08:49:25 JST Tony 🐯

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     @Gargron Eugen, what steps are being taken to give Mastodon mainstream appeal? Are traditional DMs still a part of that plan? What is Mastodon doing to attain comparable mainstream appeal to Bluesky (where quite a few major news outlets are moving)? Any insight on this would be helpful.

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     richardski (richardski@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 05-Dec-2024 09:13:05 JST richardski

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     @Gargron @mosseri Absolutely brilliant progress. Thank you.

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     Yaksh Bariya (codingthunder@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 05-Dec-2024 10:12:43 JST Yaksh Bariya

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     @Gargron @mosseri awesome, so I do not need to leave mastodon for literally anything now :)

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     Astrius 🌹 (darthastrius@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 05-Dec-2024 14:19:05 JST Astrius 🌹

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     @Gargron That is fucking EPIC!!

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     Blanker Hans 🇮🇱 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 (igel@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 05-Dec-2024 16:59:49 JST Blanker Hans 🇮🇱 🇺🇦 🇵🇸

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     @Gargron @mosseri Why can't I follow https://www.threads.net/@robert.habeck? #Habeck #TeamHabeck

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     The Nexus of Privacy (thenexusofprivacy@infosec.exchange)'s status on Thursday, 05-Dec-2024 17:57:32 JST The Nexus of Privacy

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     For those who are concerned about harassment, stalking, and data harvesting threats from Threads ... if you're on an instance that doesn't block Threads, the risks just increased substantially.

     How to block Threads on Mastodon - and a reminder that blocking on the fediverse only provides limited protections has instructions on how to block Threads, with screenshots -- although moving to an instance that does block Threads gives more protection. Here's a post with information about how to reduce the risks.

     And @Gargron @mosseri and everybody else who does see the connection with Threads as a good thing, please understand that some people are in fact at risk here. It would be great to. have official statements on this both from Mastodon and Threads for how people who do feel they're at risk can protect themselves. Until that happens, please share information from me or (if these links aren't to your taste) others.

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     Simon Wood (simonwood@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 06-Dec-2024 00:46:20 JST Simon Wood

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     • stux⚡

     @Gargron @stux @mosseri Are there really 200M users of Threads with federation turned on?