For Immediate Release, April 1, 2025: University of Michigan Press will publish all of the content on Meta platforms as a series of printed books.
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/charles-watkinson-7553a257_amphibians-and-reptiles-of-the-great-lakes-activity-7312775744932179968-sLSu

Among the surprising blocks:

- tech.lgbt and bark.lgbt (not all LGBT-related instances are blocked, toot.lgbt, blahaj.zone, lgbtqia.space are not blocked for example), but those two specifically are.

- mstdn.jp I can understand why, but that’s a pretty big instance. Threads blocked very few big instances. This is one of them.

- mostr.pub momostr.pink (and a few other nostr bridges)

Among the surprising non-blocked:

- cyberpunk.lol and the vast majority of servers from the fedipact

#fediverse #threads #threadsapp #meta

RE: infosec.town/notes/9v14rvs8j7kjk2yh

I see mostly two reasons to be blocked by Threads. Nazis and nudity.

If you’re not a nazi and your instance was blocked, it was probably the nudity.

#fediverse #threads #threadsapp

I was eagerly waiting for this not gonna lie. We already had a list of servers that blocks threads since a long time ago, but much more interesting, we now have the list of servers that META wants to block.

www.threads.net/moderated_servers

This is an incredible ressource for admins if they want to take this as inspiration for their own blocklists. It’s a very long list.

Meta also has an appeal form, which is something fediverse admins should think a little bit more about.

Now, for the easiest way to get blocked by Meta real quick. It is, without surprise, to post unflagged porn and nudity!

#fediverse #threads #meta #threadsapp

I checked out #threadsapp for a few minutes. It's basically Twitter. My suggested feed looked nice enough but I didn't see it filling a niche I haven't filled here. Except people I know IRL are on it. And I'm never gonna be the one to convince them to leave where it's easy to be. I've learned that lesson a million times over the years.
I do hope it federates eventually and I can connect to them. But it's already uninstalled.
Meantime, I left a bio with my address here.
#threads #federation

Instagram Threads, the messaging app, is reportedly working on introducing a "Trends" feature, according to Instagram head Adam Mosseri. The feature aims to surface popular topics and discussions on the app, allowing users to discover interesting and relevant conversations in real time.

Threads has faced criticism for its "For You" algorithm, which some users feel prioritizes creators and displays older posts. The introduction of Trends could provide users with a new way to engage with trending discussions on the platform, making Threads a more competitive offering in the real-time news and information space.

An important & thought-provoking #thread about #Threads, addressing #OpenSystems vs #ClosedSystems, from @mike .

Be sure to read through the replies, especially those from @mastodonmigration -- and especially if (like many of us) you've been worried about the consequences of opening the #Fediverse to Threads and other commercial closed systems.

What protections & precautions can we take?

What protections & precautions SHOULD we take?

How should #TheFediverse deal with other Open-Closed systems interactions in the future?

#Federation #Federated #MastodonMigration #ThreadsApp #ThreadsInTheFediverse

https://flipboard.social/@mike/111622858642554872

Interesting observation of different twitter alternatives, inclusion #Bluesky #mastodon #threadsapp and #twitterdumpsterfire

@Jackthelad @Gargron @mastodonmigration

My thinking is that posts which are actually ads could be sent to accts in #TheFediverse. With the use of #AI, Fedi accts that #Meta's data mining have collected, can have a post written & tagged w/ our account name. We would see it in our regular alerts, like any toot from any friend or other acct.

Because it would show up in our normal alerts, there would be no way to filter out #spam (like we filter it out in emails).

Product #ads could be mass-posted to social media similarly to how junk emails are sent out-- the company keeps a list of account names for various products, then posts the ad with a custom address tag in each.

I don't know that #Threads or anyone else would do that, but it seems possible for them to do so eventually. Of course, if a small server did it, they would quickly get defederated & blocked. But Meta being so huge, that might be less likely to happen.

Mastodon founder touts Threads’ federation, saying it makes his X rival ‘a far more attractive option’
#Mastodon #threads #threadsapp #Fediverse

https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/14/mastodon-founder-touts-threads-federation-saying-it-makes-his-x-rival-a-far-more-attractive-option/

Social media managers hanging by a #thread already

*𝙋𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙚𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙤𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙖𝙥𝙥 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙜𝙚*

MAJOR NEWS ON THREADS!

What's better than Instagram's #ThreadsApp arriving in Europe? A Threads Scheduler arriving globally!

We're so excited to announce that you can finally schedule your Threads in advance - via #Publer!

Connect your #Threads account to Publer now to avoid all the manual threading chaos and get ahead in your Threads game!

Excited? Learn more
https://publer.io/blog/schedule-threads-with-publer

When #ThreadsApp becomes available in Europe AND #Publer starts supporting Threads scheduling on the same day:

Sharpening up our threading skills for tomorrow

For any of you out there who want to connect with me in a slightly different Twitterlike fashion... I'm also on Bluesky and Threads. (And technically "X," but I'm not at all active there.)

https://bsky.app/profile/cliffjones.bsky.social
https://www.threads.net/@cliffjonesjr

Fedi users not really doing Fedi itself any favors sending around "condolences" cards to people over their #Bluesky and/or #ThreadsApp account

You do realize that's the reason people don't feel welcome here and get the impression that the #Fediverse is full of elitist pricks, right?

Knock that shit off!

I am sad because of #twitter becoming what it's becoming since #Musk #twitterx, I wanted to reopen my shop but with people (including me) moving to 48292919 different #SocialMedia, most of them prioritising #Instagram who's algorithm and hashtag system being really bad for artists. Making Instagram my main is not an option, I feel I would be way less stressed about the situation if #threadsapp #threads #threadsapp was available in #France and #Europe. I feel a lot of them could #migrate there.