Re: Meta Unspools Threads

Melvin,
I don't quite understand what you mean when you say:

> They've divided the friendship graph and the activity protocol, unlike
> ActivityPub's combined approach


Can you elaborate a bit? Please forgive me if I'm being dense.

bob wyman

On Thu, Jul 6, 2023 at 8:35 PM Melvin Carvalho <melvincarvalho@gmail.com>
wrote:

>
>
> pá 7. 7. 2023 v 0:20 odesílatel Aaron Gray <aaronngray@gmail.com> napsal:
>
>> On Thu, 6 Jul 2023 at 12:08, Robert W. Gehl <rwg@yorku.ca> wrote:
>>
>>>  From what I understand, they don't support federation yet. It's a
>>> single node right now.
>>>
>>
>> Yes. I have looked at it and its a very minimal implementation, nothing
>> new or innovative at all.
>>
>
> We'll need to observe how the ActivityPub component is implemented, but
> the innovation potential is immense. They've divided the friendship graph
> and the activity protocol, unlike ActivityPub's combined approach, which
> often complicates scalability, interoperability, and extensibility.
>
> This separation could allow Threads to scale remarkably well with proven
> web architecture. We certainly need new ideas in this space, and Threads
> could be the game-changer, enabling the open social web to overcome its
> hurdles and compete with major players.
>
>
>>
>> I really dont know how they are going to police or look after that many
>> users suddenly joining.
>>
>> The way it is setup if you are on instagram or were on instagram it
>> encourages you to connect them or reestablish use of instagram or to join
>> instagram.
>>
>> Theres already talk of a legal case by Twitter against Threads :-
>>
>>
>> https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/twitter-lawsuit-threads-meta-app-b2370866.html
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Aaron
>>
>> Aaron
>>
>>
>>> - Rob
>>>
>>> On 2023-07-06 04:53, Melvin Carvalho wrote:
>>> > Some stats:
>>> >
>>> > Zuckerberg said on Thursday that the app had attracted 10 million
>>> > signups in just seven hours, sharing an emoji that suggested that his
>>> > mind had been blown by the reception
>>> >
>>> >
>>> https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/06/threads-delete-profile-instagram-meta/
>>> > <
>>> https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/06/threads-delete-profile-instagram-meta/
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > So, it's possibly the majority of the fediverse now.  Has anyone tried
>>> > federating with it?
>>> >
>>> > čt 6. 7. 2023 v 10:38 odesílatel Melvin Carvalho
>>> > <melvincarvalho@gmail.com <mailto:melvincarvalho@gmail.com>> napsal:
>>> >
>>> >     Seems a significant development
>>> >
>>> >     https://www.platformer.news/p/meta-unspools-threads
>>> >     <https://www.platformer.news/p/meta-unspools-threads>
>>> >
>>>
>>> --
>>> Robert W. Gehl (he/him/his)
>>> Ontario Research Chair of Digital Governance for Social Justice, York
>>> University
>>> Fulbright Scholar, University of Calgary
>>> www.robertwgehl.org | @rwg@aoir.social
>>>
>>> Sent from our OS on our Internet
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> --
>> Aaron Gray - @AaronNGray@fosstodon.org
>>
>> Independent Open Source Software Engineer, Computer Language Researcher,
>> Information Theorist, and Computer Scientist.
>>
>>