Re: Threads testing federation via ActivityPub

Seems like that is working now.

https://www.threads.net/@0xjessel/post/C010QLJrQCI/?

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On Thu, Dec 14 2023 at 6:12 AM, Cristiano Longo < cristianolongo@opendatahacklab.org > wrote:

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> On 14/12/23 02:43, Ben Savage wrote:
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>> Hi everyone,
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>> Ben Savage here from Meta. Just a few quick points:
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>> * This test is not yet started (debugging some last technical issues
>> together with Mastodon engineers)
>> * Only a few accounts will be a part of this initial test. My Threads
>> account ( https://www.threads.net/@btsavage ) will be one of those and I'm
>> happy to make test posts to help people who want to work on Threads
>> integration.
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>> * We will share details about how to test soon, once we iron these issues
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>> --Ben
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> But requesting content with activity+json mimetype  I get a redirect to https://www.facebook.com/unsupportedbrowser
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>> *From:* Kagami Rosylight <saschanaz@outlook.com> ( saschanaz@outlook.com )
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>> *Sent:* Wednesday, December 13, 2023 11:09 PM
>> *To:* public-swicg@w3.org <public-swicg@w3.org> ( public-swicg@w3.org )
>> *Subject:* Re: Threads testing federation via ActivityPub
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>> The page source does include application/activity+json: <link href="https:
>> //www. threads. net/&#064;zuck/post/C0zXcQmxO77"
>> type="application/activity+json" /> But curl doesn't work as you noted,
>> perhaps it requires
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>> The page source does include application/activity+json: < link href =" https://www.threads.net/
>> & #064; zuck/post/C0zXcQmxO77" type =" application/activity+json " / >
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>> But curl doesn't work as you noted, perhaps it requires some additional
>> things to limit it for internal test?
>> On 13/12/2023 21:35, Evan Prodromou wrote:
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>>> Mike Macgirving pointed out that I'm not using the right media type! I
>>> tried with ld+json and didn't get any traction, though.
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>>> ```
>>> curl -H 'Accept: application/ld+json; profile= "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams"
>>> ( https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams ) ' https://www.threads.net/@zuck
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>>> curl -H 'Accept: application/ld+json; profile= "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams"
>>> ( https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams ) ' https://www.threads.net/@zuck/post/C0zXcQmxO77
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>>> On 2023-12-13 2:07 p.m., Evan Prodromou wrote:
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>>>> I just saw this post on Threads:
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>>>> https://www.threads.net/@zuck/post/C0zXcQmxO77
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>>>> " Starting a test where posts from Threads accounts will be available on
>>>> Mastodon and other services that use the ActivityPub protocol. Making
>>>> Threads interoperable will give people more choice over how they interact
>>>> and it will help content reach more people. I'm pretty optimistic about
>>>> this."
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>>>> I haven't been able to probe WebFinger for threads.net accounts, nor do
>>>> Threads URLs reply with Activity Streams 2.0 content.
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>>>> ```
>>>> curl -H "Accept: application/activity+json" https://www.threads.net/@zuck
>>>> curl -H "Accept: application/activity+json" https://www.threads.net/@zuck/post/C0zXcQmxO77
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>>>> curl -v "https://www.threads.net/.well-known/webfinger?resource=acct:zuck@threads.net"
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>>>> https://www.threads.net/.well-known/webfinger?resource=acct:zuck@threads.net
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>>>> Has anyone else been able to find signs of this "test" going on?
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>>>> Evan
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