Notices by Alex Heath (alexeheath@mastodon.social)

@Gargron @Gargron ah, I see. yes, hopefully this is a rising tides lifts all boats scenario

for me, posting from Threads makes sense for foreseeable future unless everything becomes federated by default and audience size really is the same. I’m skeptical that will happen though

@Gargron right, ideally I will be able to control my federated account here as well as in Threads

Your challenge will be competing as an app experience with the greater scale Threads provides, I’m going to want to post on / through the network with the most eyeballs as will most people

@Gargron I don’t see reach being the same, Threads is much larger than this app. Ideally my accounts can merge over time and it doesn’t matter?

PSA: I have started federating my Threads posts via @alexheath, which means they should now be visible on here, though I can’t reply to / follow Mastodon users from Theads yet.

My posts will be at that profile going forward, and hopefully I’ll soon be able to redirect this account to avoid any confusion.

Here's the full transcript of Elon Musk and Linda Yaccarino's internal X all-hands that took place last Thursday, during which Musk said he wants the platform to compete with YouTube, LinkedIn, FaceTime, dating apps, and even your bank.

Also: his thoughts on sharing bad news in meetings and the state of journalism https://www.theverge.com/23940924/elon-musk-x-twitter-all-hands-linda-yaccarino-super-app

@Gargron @chrismessina @tonyg Eugen, has Meta reached out to you about this? Any concerns for a company this large coming onto the protocol?

Here is what Meta’s upcoming Twitter competitor looks like. The company is talking to Oprah and other celebs about being early users. It will also work with ActivityPub!

"We’ve been hearing from creators and public figures who are interested in having a platform that is sanely run” https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/8/23754304/instagram-meta-twitter-competitor-threads-activitypub

I’m at a Spotify event where CEO Daniel Ek just announced what he calls the “biggest change” to the app since launch of mobile over a decade ago.

It’s a TikTok-like visual feed with clips of music and other stuff, replacing the main tab. Thoughts?