Re: Meta Unspools Threads

čt 6. 7. 2023 v 23:48 odesílatel Melvin Carvalho <melvincarvalho@gmail.com>
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> čt 6. 7. 2023 v 13:08 odesílatel Robert W. Gehl <rwg@yorku.ca> napsal:
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>>  From what I understand, they don't support federation yet. It's a
>> single node right now.
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> Seems so.  Reports are that ActivityPub supportis planned.
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> Up to 46 million users now, expected to reach a few hundred million this
> month, stats can be tracked here:
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> https://www.quiverquant.com/threadstracker/
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Threads just became the "fastest growing app of all time".  I've had some
feedback about whether or not this is significant in a decentralized
system, which is a valid question.  Without making a value judgment, I
would suggest that going from c. 1M users to C. 100M is a game-changing
event.

"Instagram Threads hits 100 million users, becoming easily the fastest
growing app ever"

HN thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36665481


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>> - Rob
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>> On 2023-07-06 04:53, Melvin Carvalho wrote:
>> > Some stats:
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>> > 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
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>> https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/06/threads-delete-profile-instagram-meta/
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>> https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/06/threads-delete-profile-instagram-meta/>
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>> > So, it's possibly the majority of the fediverse now.  Has anyone tried
>> > federating with it?
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>> > čt 6. 7. 2023 v 10:38 odesílatel Melvin Carvalho
>> > <melvincarvalho@gmail.com <mailto:melvincarvalho@gmail.com>> napsal:
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>> >     Seems a significant development
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>> >     https://www.platformer.news/p/meta-unspools-threads
>> >     <https://www.platformer.news/p/meta-unspools-threads>
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>> Ontario Research Chair of Digital Governance for Social Justice, York
>> University
>> Fulbright Scholar, University of Calgary
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