A while back, I brought up the #Zot protocol as an alternative to #ActivityPub. It's interesting how I received quite an angry DM from someone who strongly opposed the idea of encouraging ActivityPub users to try out Zot. According to him, he didn't want anyone "basic" disrupting his community. He believed that Zot's relative obscurity was part of its charm and didn't want it tainted by regular Mastodon users.
However, it's amusing because I can actually see Zot gaining popularity. You see, Threads won’t function using Zot. So, if you're looking for a simple way to avoid Meta content in your feed, just switch to another protocol that's similar to ActivityPub. And that protocol happens to be Zot.
I apologize if this sounds surprising, but I have a feeling that even "basic" folks will start using Zot before long.
@atomicpoet have you managed to follow a threads account using calckey? I haven't managed to get it to work in Mastodon
@gr0k@social.gr0k.net Threads doesn’t federate yet. They will, I imagine, in a few months.
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that's clear then. They made all fediverse users connect to threads and then bye bye fediverse
@Suoko@misskey.social @gr0k@social.gr0k.net It seems like most people on the Fediverse aren't really interested in migrating to Threads. In fact, a lot of them are openly hostile towards Meta. Understandable, right?
Besides, even if Threads starts federating through ActivityPub, I don't see why anyone would feel the need to switch over. I mean, we would already receive all the Threads content through platforms like #Mastodon, #Friendica, and #Calckey. So, I wouldn't have to bother with creating a Threads account at all.
And honestly, if Threads were to turn off ActivityPub, I don't think it would be a big loss for me personally. I don't currently read anything from Threads, so if they stop federating, my experience would pretty much stay the same. And let me tell you, my experience right now is pretty good.
So yeah, that's where I stand on the whole Threads situation. If you have any thoughts or questions, feel free to share!
@atomicpoet @Suoko I think Threads federating properly with the rest of the ActivityPub network is a great thing! We can selectively follow the normies, and converting people FROM Threads to Mastodon etc will be much easier if they don't lose their audience, and can still interact with their friends. Also, once the federation happens, my normie friends and family from around the world will be able to follow me once again! (I quit Twitter/Facebook/Instagram etc in 2017)
