Threads is officially starting to test ActivityPub integration
by David Pierce from The Verge - All Posts on (#6H48Q)
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg posted on Threads that the platform is beginning to test making Threads posts available on Mastodon and other ActivityPub-supporting services. Zuckerberg wrote that making Threads work with the interoperable standard will give people more choice over how they interact and it will help content reach more people."
Joining the fediverse - the decentralized world of social media that includes Mastodon, Pixelfed, and other services that all interoperate through ActivityPub - has been on the Threads team's to-do list since the very beginning. Instagram head Adam Mosseri told The Verge in July that he believed decentralizing the platform was key to making it relevant to a new generation of creators. I think we might...