https://ploum.net/2023-06-23-how-to-kill-decentralised-networks.html
Many of us do not trust Facebook and anything it is associated with or swallows up.
EDIT:
"Instagram head Adam Mosseri said "
““Soon, you’ll be able to follow and interact with people on other fediverse platforms, such as Mastodon. They can also find people on Threads using full usernames, such as @mosseri@threads.net.””
“We’re committed to building support for ActivityPub, the protocol behind Mastodon, into this app. We weren’t able to finish it for launch given a number of complications that come along with a decentralized network, but it’s coming,” he said.
“If you’re wondering why this matters, here’s a reason: you may one day end up leaving Threads, or, hopefully not, end up de-platformed. If that ever happens, you should be able to take your audience with you to another server. Being open can enable that.”
Kbin does have private messages. Click on your profile icon/name and you should see “Messages” in the drop down menu.
I should have edited my comment. What doesn’t work yet is sending a private message to someone on another instance.
Gotcha! I thought something was up with that. I noticed it seemed to not work either. Good catch.
I wasn’t sure if you knew about messages or not because I’ve seen a lot of people miss features already. Even took me some to e to find a few lol