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Mastodon's official stance on Threads (blog.joinmastodon.org)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 52 points 2 years ago (7 children)

don't know about you folks but this sounded so arrogant to me:

There was a time when users of Facebook and users of Google Talk were able to chat with each other and with people from self-hosted XMPP servers, before each platform was locked down into the silos we know today. What would stop that from repeating? Well, even if Threads abandoned ActivityPub down the line, where we would end up is exactly where we are now. XMPP did not exist on its own outside of nerd circles, while ActivityPub enjoys the support and brand recognition of Mastodon.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 years ago

Same. This was an incredibly weak defense of why this is "totally not the same" as XMPP

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