Submitted 8 months ago by atomicpoet@atomicpoet.org to fediversenews@venera.social
So far, only 2,800 Threads accounts have turned on Federation. Of the ones I see, they’re quite active.
I suspect the reason for the minuscule federated accounts is because Threads users can’t see replies from the Fediverse yet. Why would you turn on federation if you’re oblivious to interactions from the Fediverse?
Nevertheless, we’ll see what happens once communication becomes two-way.
Still blocking Threads, Bluesky, and Twitter...
@atomicpoet @fediversenews I’m looking forward to filing #Threads accounts into #Mastodon lists other than my “Social Media Hackers & Wonks” group
@me @atomicpoet If I remember correctly, they get a message saying it's now available and there's a brief explanation attached.
@atomicpoet @fediversenews Since I am zero tech anything, I'm trying to figure out how to do the Fedi thing.
@AbortTheGQPNOW @atomicpoet @fediversenews Check out @FediTips for help, etc.
There are also quite a number of steps to turn on federation for a Threads account.
@atomicpoet @fediversenews Or maybe thread users don't know how to turn on federation?
@newmanth @fediversenews The normal user probably dont know/care about federation
@atomicpoet @fediversenews I am very confident that two-federation will be a massive shift in collaboration.
There are several peeps from Mastodon that left for Threads, and I can't wait for them to turn on federation.
Plus add in the fact it's Beta and the lack of knowledge of what Federation would actually mean if it was two way right now probably helps as well.
petrescatraian@libranet.de 8 months ago
@atomicpoet Threads only allows the Fediverse integration for public accounts. Why would someone get their content all in the public for something they don't know about?
Many people I know keep their profiles private on both Instagram and Threads, for obvious reasons (posting about their private life and whatnot). Switching to a public profile is a pretty high barrier of entry to the Fediverse for these people.