Meta announced that users on Threads will be able to see fediverse replies on other posts besides their own. In addition, posts that originated through the Threads API, like those created via third-party apps and scheduling services, will now be syndicated to the fediverse.

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[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Do regular Mastodon instances and clients play nicely with Threads?

I’ve been on Mastodon for a while and never seen a Threads user.

[–] RandomStickman@fedia.io 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

On paper it should play well, it appeared as Mastodon would on my Mbin instance. A lot of Mastodon instances have preemptively defederated from Threads though, so you need to shop around.

[–] JayTreeman@fedia.io 15 points 2 months ago

Or just don't federate with threads. Embrace, extend, extinguish is a thing

[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 5 points 2 months ago

meta has not made using threads very easy for its users. only the technical or high visibility accounts seem to have cared to jump through the necessary hoops.

[–] Fitik@fedia.io 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yea, they play fine, I use Misskey fork as my main instance, and it even supports quotes

Maybe your instance have defederated from them? Also the Fediverse sharing is opt-in in Threads, so like 95% or more Threads users haven't turned it on, cause they have no idea it exists

[–] finickydesert@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Which fork?

[–] Fitik@fedia.io 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Sharkey, but Threads quotes show up in basic Misskey as well

[–] finickydesert@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I tried regular misskey but I can't read Japanese

[–] Fitik@fedia.io 2 points 2 months ago

Understandable, I can't neither, that's why I use English-speaking instance

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Do regular Mastodon instances and clients play nicely with Threads?

You can't connect to Threads using a Mastodon client but you can follow select Threads accounts from the Mastodon instance your client is connected to. Threads is still in what is basically a public beta. That's why there are currently no ads there either (but they were announced recently).