I'm fairly convinced that this is Zuckerberg's plan to subsume #Mastodon.
https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/13/24000120/threads-meta-activitypub-test-mastodon
@kel That's possible, but it's also possible that they could see benefits to extending their (users') reach into other platforms without taking over.
Threads is meeting user needs better than many other platforms, yet if it (or rather Meta) took over Mastodon, there would be a revolt from the people who left corporate control (X-Twitter) to go there.
@kel I take some comfort in knowing that there is a perpetual revolution underway.
No co-opted protocol lasts forever.
Nothing lasts forever. We're sad about that when we consider where we invest our love, but it's a relief when it's comes to things which *need* to end.
@sumpnlikefaith Zuckerberg's endeavors to date have 100% eliminated any benefit of any doubt. He's straight-up evil.
The users of bygone protocols also revolted when Silicon Valley absorbed them, and to no avail. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯