This is what Instagram’s upcoming Twitter competitor looks like
www.theverge.com
Meta says people want a communications platform that’s “sanely run.”

Here’s everything we know about it so far:

  • It will use ActivityPub.
  • It will be a side app of Instagram.
  • It will most likely be called Threads.
  • Your Instagram verification status will transfer over.
  • There will be easy discovery tools in place: Your Instagram followers will be able to follow you on Threads as well (they won’t transfer over automatically).

What do you think?

    • jimmyjoners@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      2 years ago

      I don’t want corporate social media full stop. As soon as there is a profit motive things will always slowly decay.

      I just hope it’s viable to survive on grants/donors a la Wikipedia. Add some “awards” like on reddit, and that should help as well.

      • Hutch@lemmy.caEnglish
        0·
        2 years ago

        Aye, but these things need running like a business. They are too expensive and too complicated, they need oversight, planning, and proper governance if they aren’t single user personal instances. Opencollective seems to work well for Mastodon for funding and might work for Lemmy too.

        • rewddit@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          2 years ago

          Yeah, personally I would’ve gladly paid a few bucks a month for an unlimited API key that I could’ve used in Apollo for the utility I got out of Reddit if they also had some sort of data privacy policy. Casual users could’ve continued to use the site or the official app that dealt out ads.