Tech Desk 
Dec 05, 2024
Meta-owned social media platform, Threads has received a new update, letting users connect more with the fediverse, which is also called the open social web and includes services like Flipboard, Mastodon, Pixelfed, PeerTube, and more.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed that users are now allowed to follow profiles from other fediverse servers. Beginning today, users who have enabled sharing to the fediverse can follow people from other fediverse servers who have liked, followed, or replied to federated profiles on Threads.
Threads chief Adam Mosseri stated: “You can see their posts by navigating to their profile, and you can also choose to be notified when they post on their server. More interop features are on the way, stay tuned.”
When scrolling through Threads, users can visit someone’s profile and see all their posts on other servers, along with they can also be notified on Threads when that person posts on their server.
This announcement is part of Meta’s ongoing efforts to achieve full interoperability for the platform. The aim of this update is to make users able to flawlessly engage with other users on Mastodon or other sites that use ActivityPub.
