care to explain what you mean by full federation? Implementing all of ActivityPub?

I think people are writing it off because for so many it’s theoretical. You can use threads now, and a ton of other people are using it. Unless you were part of a comparatively small sign up group, you can’t even see what’s on bluesky.

@manton sorry if you’ve answered this already but will you offer cross posts to Threads (and maybe federation) or are you strictly against this? It seems like micro.blog has been platform agnostic

@indw No, full federation with the AT Protocol that Bluesky uses. I already support full ActivityPub federation. So basically following people on Bluesky or Mastodon from one interface.

@FreezePeach I’m not against it. Unfortunately I don’t think Threads is going to allow cross-posting. If they do, I’ll support it immediately. You’re right that our approach is supporting any platform that fits with the open web.

@manton odd if they’ve made statements against cross posting if they are paying lip service to federation

@FreezePeach To be fair, they haven’t made statements. I just have low expectations based on how difficult it is to have automated posting into Instagram and Facebook. They could support federation without allowing third-party clients, for example.

@jcsackett That’s a good point.

very hard to get excited about being tied to another thing from Meta.

I’d love to see full federation. Connect all the things!

Micro.blog does not implement all of ActivityPub, which is why I asked.

@indw Anything in particular you’re thinking of that we haven’t implemented? I feel like all the important stuff is there, but happy to be proven wrong if I’ve overlooked something.

Federation with Bluesky would be 💯. If Threads actually implements ActivityPub, the I could get what I need from government and political “Twitter” without leaving Micro.blog.

As you well know, quantity isn’t everything. Big services attract big social problems, not always solvable with automation, or even a fleet of moderators. Bad actors love bigger megaphones, especially adversarial state actors, since Americans will no doubt be the majority of active users.

oh, I don’t need anything more from your service or out of ActivityPub, I just didn’t know if you were saying you were planning on changing something with the current setup. Exciting times.