There’s been a lot of speculation around what Threads will be and what it means for Mastodon. We’ve put together some of the most common questions and our responses based on what was launched today.
A lot of the people I follow are trying out Threads, but because of no federation yet, you need to use their app to see what they post there. It’s a bit clumsy and I don’t think that they launched without fed on accident.
I wonder if we’ll also see people posting on both Threads and Mastodon, which will mean having to follow two accounts for one person if I want to see both. Just seems odd to use both rather than migrate.
Trying to think positive about this, but just not seeing many upsides so far.
It’s a bit clumsy and I don’t think that they launched without fed on accident.
No, they defined a minimum valuable product and had to get a somewhat stable app out the door to capitalize on Twitter’s negative press. Deadlines are how features get cut. You see this in video games all the time.
A lot of the people I follow are trying out Threads, but because of no federation yet, you need to use their app to see what they post there. It’s a bit clumsy and I don’t think that they launched without fed on accident.
I wonder if we’ll also see people posting on both Threads and Mastodon, which will mean having to follow two accounts for one person if I want to see both. Just seems odd to use both rather than migrate.
Trying to think positive about this, but just not seeing many upsides so far.
No, they defined a minimum valuable product and had to get a somewhat stable app out the door to capitalize on Twitter’s negative press. Deadlines are how features get cut. You see this in video games all the time.