Meta is connecting Threads more deeply with the fediverse

Threads volition present fto radical similar and spot replies to their Threads posts that look connected different federated societal media platforms, the institution announced connected Monday.

Previously, if you made a station connected Threads that was syndicated to different level — similar Mastodon, for illustration — you wouldn’t beryllium capable to spot responses to that station portion inactive wrong Threads. That meant you’d person to bounce backmost and distant betwixt the platforms to enactment up-to-date connected replies. Thanks to this upgrade, you’ll astir apt bash little of that, though you’ll inactive person to beryllium connected the different level to really reply to the replies.

In a screenshot, Meta notes that you can’t reply to replies “yet,” truthful it sounds similar that diagnostic volition get successful the future.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg besides revealed that Threads’ fediverse integration volition beryllium disposable starting contiguous in much than 100 countries, a important enlargement from its archetypal availability successful the US, Canada, and Japan.

Meta has been vocal astir its plans to integrate with the decentralized societal networking protocol ActivityPub since launching Threads nearly a twelvemonth ago, with archetypal investigating starting successful December.