Notices by Jamon Bull (jamonbull@mastodon.social)

@Gargron Sounds great, but @mosseri has recently said Threads is working towards its users having to opt in to Fediverse visibility. To me this is a total non-starter. 99% of users are not going to do that, especially if it’s a switch hidden somewhere in the settings menu.

@Gargron @carnage4life Don't you think this will be a common thing? I wonder if Meta sees the Fediverse as a potential future threat. They tend to quash threats early. E.g. Instagram & WhatsApp. They know it’ll be difficult to get Mastodon users to switch, so their plan is ‘interoperability’, AKA make 95% of the Fediverse Threads profiles. I predict they'll stop short of allowing algorithmic visibility for Mastodon posts, thus enticing a sufficient number to switch, and slowing Fediverse growth.

@roadriverrail @anildash @normis Meta sees the Fediverse as a potential threat. They quash threats early. E.g. Instagram and WhatsApp. They know it’ll be difficult to get Mastodon users to join them, so their plan is to make it all ‘interoperable’, AKA make 95% of the Fediverse Threads profiles. They’ll stop short of allowing Mastodon posts to be seen in Threads algorithmic feeds. This will entice a sufficient number of users to post from Threads accounts, thus slowing Fediverse instance growth.

@Gargron Hopefully it brings you some peace knowing just many people’s lives you’ve touched. I for one am so, so much happier being here than where I was before. Thank you. Health and family before work, though!

@Gargron Will Threads folks be able to see it if we @ them?

@Gargron Onwards and upwards!

@Gargron Thank you. Will check these out for sure. A regular show covering all the change going on in the social media space, with a focus on de-centralisation, would be so good right now.

@Gargron Are you aware of any podcasts out there that discuss Mastodon/Fediverse news and developments?

@Gargron Absolute gold! You’re amazing.

@Gargron And not $8 per month!

@Gargron Thank you for all you’re doing. You’re making a lot of people feel at home and happy.

@Gargron @ivory It’s so nice. Long time TweetBot user here who’s come over from the sinking ship that is Twitter. Very happy to be here.