4/4 #ElonIsCreepy #ElonMusk #QElon

Vivian Jenna Wilson (Elon Musk's daughter) on #threads commenting and calling him a “heinous incel”. 🎯

https://www.threads.net/@vivllainous

Meta is an amoral vampire corporation, please defederate Threads 🙏

"On Wednesday, Meta fronted a parliamentary Select Committee on Adopting Artificial Intelligence and admitted it has used Australians' posts to train its AI models – and has done as far back as 2007 – unless they were denoted as private, or posted by users under 18 years of age."

"When pressed on whether that meant pictures of minors posted by an adult, (Meta) execs reportedly first said it wouldn't happen, then corrected their position and admitted images of minors could be ingested."

"That admission didn't go down well."

https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/13/australia_vs_big_tech/

#Meta #Threads

Australia’s government spent the week boxing Big Tech

With social media age limits, anti-scam laws, privacy tweaks, and misinformation rules Elon Musk labelled 'fascist'

^{Simon Sharwood (The Register)}

I don’t know about everybody else but have you tested that #Threads #fediverse sharing account options link? It just opens a browser for me.

I’m on the latest version of the Threads iOS app.

https://www.threads.net/settings/account/fediverse

Threads

Say more with Threads — Instagram's new text app.

^Threads

Meta finally got me. Signed up for threads. Is there an easy way to just make it mirror my masto feed maybe with my account info and a note to follow me here?

#Fediverse #Threads #Mastodon

Threads make it easier to show people how to turn on Fediverse sharing:

https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/12/threads-makes-it-easier-to-evangelize-the-open-social-web-with-a-new-direct-link-feature/

tl;dr just share this link with them:

https://www.threads.net/settings/account/fediverse

Very handy! Hope Bluesky do something similar.

#Mastodon #Threads #Fediverse #Bluesky

Threads makes it easier to evangelize the open social web with a new direct link feature | TechCrunch

It’s a small advance, but one that speaks to Meta’s enginerring team paying attention to how the fediverse community is trying to educate Threads users about the possibilities.  

^{Sarah Perez (TechCrunch)}

Content warning: TechCrunch: Threads makes it easier to evangelize the open... #threads #techcrunch #tech Reveal/hide

https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/12/threads-makes-it-easier-to-evangelize-the-open-social-web-with-a-new-direct-link-feature/

Threads makes it easier to evangelize the open social web with a new direct link feature | TechCrunch

It’s a small advance, but one that speaks to Meta’s enginerring team paying attention to how the fediverse community is trying to educate Threads users about the possibilities.  

^{Sarah Perez (TechCrunch)}

Peter from Threads just made a demo and simultaneously announced a new Threads feature where there is a dedicated URL on Threads for enabling the ability to be followed from the fediverse! So you can really encourage Threads folks to federate by sending them an easy link

https://www.threads.net/settings/account/fediverse

Great work and thanks to @pcottle

#Threads #Fediverse #FediForum2024 #CSAM #Admin

Threads

Say more with Threads — Instagram's new text app.

^Threads

WGN-TV is on #Threads, and I just went through the settings and turned on Fediverse-sharing.

--> @wgnnews <--

#Chicago #fediverse #threads #socialmedia #news

Meta is evil, see post above for proof.

Please defederate #Threads / threads.net

How the whole "open communication across platforms" is going...🤦‍♂️😩

#Meme #Memes #Fediverse #BlueSky #Threads #Meta #SocialMedia

Are there any decent, smaller, #Queer-friendly #Mastodon instances that don't block #Threads?

@fediverse@lemmy.ml @mastodon #socialNetwork #fediverse @fediverse@a.gup.pe #lgbtq

@justinf Yeah, for now. It's beta and progressing really slowly. I'm eagerly awaiting what the full integration will be like. A week ago we already saw a progress about two-way replies: https://www.threads.net/@0xjessel/post/C_Oeq5by64q/

#FediverseThreads #Fediverse #Threads #FediverseSharing

𝚓𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚕 (@0xjessel) on Threads

fediverse followers reply test! please reply if you are from the fediverse 👋 other threads users should be able to like and see your replies below now 🫨

^Threads

[Allegedly] [...] Meta is delaying Fediverse support for European Union Threads users due to the Digital Markets Act, which (for better or worse) complicates launching new technologies within the European Market for non-European companies.

https://darnell.day/threads-ignores-european-union-allows-everyone-else-to-embrace-fediverse

#SocialWeb #SocialMedia #Threads #Meta

Threads Ignores European Union, Allows Everyone Else To Embrace Fediverse

I was excited to find out Threads was finally allowing the rest of humanity to activate ActivityPub (which had previously been limited ...

^{Darnell (Seize The Day)}

Yeah. It is going to stay that way. People don't like setting things up. There will always be that 0.1% of nerds like me and you who love owning their own data, like configuring things and having their own setups. I'm sure the number will grow though.

I have my own home theater which works offline in case the end of the world happens, I host my own purchased audiobooks on open source platform etc... But most of the folks want to pay the monthly fee for corporations to do things for them, or create and account owned and exploited by Meta and not care about their content or individual rights. That's the way it goes I'm afraid.

Yet we do have this new strange hybrid where we once again have a choice like in the beginning of the Internet. Power back to the people. It's a very good thing and that's why I am an open Internet advocate. We should embrace it no matter what the majority will say. I like to be vocal about it anyway, because it makes sense to me.

#Internet #Fediverse #SocialWeb #SocialMedia #Bluesky #Threads

Bluesky grows to 9M+ users

In other words, the social platform’s user base has grown by around 50 percent in the week or so since a Brazilian court banned X (formerly Twitter).

The ban sent Bluesky to the top of the free iPhone app charts in Brazil, where it’s currently ranked number two, behind Meta’s competing app Threads.

https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/07/bluesky-grows-to-9m-users/

#Bluesky #SocialMedia #Threads

Bluesky grows to 9M+ users | TechCrunch

Bluesky keeps growing: The company announced that as of Friday morning, it had added 3 million new users, bringing its total user count to more than 9

^{Anthony Ha (TechCrunch)}

I am trolling #threads for bad medical takes with many likes and interactions.

Today's gem is this:

> So, Metformin is the new weight loss pill?? 💊 80x stronger than Ozempic ??? 🤔

Facts: no, it is not. It does have a mild effect on gastric emptying and some other weight loss features, but they're barely noticeable in non-diabetics, and there's no research to suggest, that this is a permanent thing. Metformin does have diarrhea as a known and common side effect, which may lower weight at the beginning. But, no, just no.

People complain on #threads that by federating, they can't control where their posts go. That it's dangerous. I guess with full federation, you can control who follows you using the protocol. That's nice.

But on most social networks, your posts are public. Even if people need to log in to see it, any user of that service can copy your posts to anywhere they want to. Bots can scrape them. Welcome to blogs and RSS.

Very few have thought at all about what #microblogging is. It's not a chat room.

Metan omistama Threads maksaa suosituista julkaisuista influenssereille riihikuivaa rahaa

Ongelmaksi muodostuu se, että suosittujen julkaisujen ei tarvitse olla totta, vaan hieman kiertämällä ilmaistu, verhottu "salaliittomainen" vihje jostain oudosta napsahtaa hyvinkin helposti viraaliksi... ja tuottaa rahaa.

https://dawn.fi/uutiset/2024/09/07/threads-maksaa-rahaa-suosituista-julkaisuista

#threads #meta #sosiaalinenmedia #uutiset

Threads maksaa rahaa suosituista julkaisuista - vaikka ne eivät olisi totta

Metan Threads maksaa suosituista julkaistuista influenssereille rahaa. Rahan jakaminen johtaa helposti epätotuuksien villiin leviämiseen alustalla.

^{Petteri Pyyny (AfterDawn)}

So Threads is paying “Influencers” up to $5000 to make viral posts. This will for sure increase the quality of their instance. Not.
(Don’t complain if you are on #instagram / #threads, you knowingly went there because of your secret desire to be “influenced”. No kink shaming though!)

https://werd.io/2024/threads-is-trading-trust-for-growth

Threads is trading trust for growth

Yesterday the Internet Archive lost its appeal in the digital lending case it’s been fighting for the last few years. In March 2020, the Internet Archive, a

^{Ben Werdmuller (Werd I/O)}

"Since June, users have been able to see fediverse replies on their posts if they enabled #fediverse sharing in the app’s settings. Once enabled, the sharing option allows users to syndicate their posts across the wider social web and then see how people on other services have responded. Now users will be able to see the fediverse replies on other people’s posts, too. This immediately brings more content into #Threads, even without a sizable increase in Threads users."

https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/28/threads-deepens-its-ties-to-the-open-social-web-aka-the-fediverse/

Threads deepens its ties to the open social web, aka the 'fediverse' | TechCrunch

Meta announced Wednesday that users on Threads will be able to see fediverse replies on other posts besides their own.

^{Sarah Perez (TechCrunch)}

Can someone on Threads tell this person that they don't have Fediverse turned on? They're trying to say Hi to us, but we can't respond here.

https://www.threads.net/@kukapishixdd/post/C_V1MSqsjpN

#Threads #Fediverse

kuka (@kukapishixdd) on Threads

woohoo, hi to the fediverse! threads, w for making that feature

^Threads

I'm thinking of temporarily removing threads.net accounts from the popular accounts list on #FediDB because their follower counts include non-federating accounts.

What do you think?

https://fedidb.org/popular-fediverse-accounts

#askFedi #fediDB #threads

FediDB, Fediverse Network Statistics

FediDB is a cutting-edge service providing detailed statistics and insights into the Fediverse network.

^fedidb.org

• Remove threads.net from the Popular Accounts (82%, 14 votes)
• Keep threads.net accounts (17%, 3 votes)

Now that #Brazil has banned Xitter, where are Brazilian people going?

Based on Google Trends, they’re mostly interested in #Bluesky, and to a (much) lesser extent, in #Threads

#Mastodon is nowhere to be found, which should immensely worry pro-Fedi people

1/4

Pretty interesting "podcast" here on Activity Pub, AT Protocol, and the Fediverse overall. I say podcast due to it really just being kind of a video essay with many segments and cuts. Talks about the Fediverse, how things came about, and where things are going. It's good to see more of this getting out to the masses. It's by @mkbhd, @andrew_manganelli, @davidimel, and @parmesanpapi17.

Here is the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R9CWq5CBlk

#youtube #video #bsky #fediverse #threads #activitypub #bluesky

Yet another reason to support #Mastodon and stay away from corporate-sponsored #Algorithm-driven, Ad-ridden social media 🤔

Threads blocks searches related to #Covid and #Vaccines as cases rise

“#Instagram’s text-based social platform #Threads last week rolled out its new search function, a crucial step toward the platform’s expansion and one that would give it more parity with #X

Not even 24 hours later, the company was embroiled in controversy. When users went to Threads to search for content related to “covid” and “long covid,” they were met with a blank screen…”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/09/11/threads-covid-coronavirus-searches-blocked/

Some dude is stating that sharing posts to Fediverse is "horrible" and "dangerous" because it is a breach of your privacy. He's saying this on Meta platform.

https://www.threads.net/@photeric/post/C_OtvnNyisJ/

#Fediverse #FediverseSharing #Threads

Eric Peterson (@photeric) on Threads

I’m sorry but this seems like an incredibly horrible and dangerous feature to use for your privacy. Why would anyone in their right mind do this???

^Threads

Wait...replies to Threads users are now public? As in, more than just the mentioned user can see them?!? At least they mentioned it, is it implemented yet?

Either way, this is GREAT! I've been griping about this for MONTHS.

WOOHOO!!!

https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/28/threads-deepens-its-ties-to-the-open-social-web-aka-the-fediverse/

#Threads #Fediverse #Fedi #ActivityPub

Threads deepens its ties to the open social web, aka the 'fediverse' | TechCrunch

Meta announced Wednesday that users on Threads will be able to see fediverse replies on other posts besides their own.

^{Sarah Perez (TechCrunch)}

WVFRM Podcast just published a new YouTube video called “Protocol Wars - The Fediverse Explained!” feat. @evan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R9CWq5CBlk

#YouTube #WVFRM #Podcast #Fediverse #WVFRMpodcast #MKBHD #Threads #Bluesky #Mastodon

Content warning: Uspol Reveal/hide

I saw this first on #Threads, but if you live in a #GOP controlled state like me, verify EVERYDAY if you are registered to vote 🗳️!

👉🏾 #Texas Removes Over 1 Million Voters from Rolls Since Passage of Anti-Voting Law https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/texas-removes-over-1-million-voters-from-rolls-since-passage-of-anti-voting-law/

👉🏾 Saw this on: https://www.threads.net/@barbaraj.sobel/post/C_JDff5pno9/

#Republicans are purging voter rolls in #Georgia & attempting to do the same for #NorthCarolina.

Texas Removes Over 1 Million Voters from Rolls Since Passage of Anti-Voting Law - Democracy Docket

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) said Monday the state has removed over one million people from its voter rolls since 2021.

^{Democracy Docket}

I just discovered that David Morley of @fediverseobserver fame added Active User stats to #Fediverse Observer! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

👉🏾 https://fediverse.observer/list

Fediverse Observer shows stats & ranks of most federated instances regardless of controversy.

The only major instances missing are:

👉🏾 @threads (#Threads)
👉🏾 https://flipboard.com (#Flipboard)
👉🏾 @minds (#Minds)

Note: FediDB (https://fedidb.org) by @dansup also provides active user stats.

FediDB, Fediverse Network Statistics

FediDB is a cutting-edge service providing detailed statistics and insights into the Fediverse network.

^fedidb.org

I’ve given up begging NPR, The Onion, and others on Threads to turn on fediverse sharing so we can follow them on Mastodon and beyond. Now resorting to memes and simply replying to people with the following link:

https://www.threads.net/@toddalstrom/post/C-7xbFsNS6b/

#Meta #Threads #Mastodon #fediverse #memes