Threads now lets you share posts to Facebook in the latest beta version

Madrid, March 22 (Portaltic/EP) –

Goal Launched cucumber Share content on fediverso In the latest beta version of Threads, So users can cross-post and see “likes” from other platforms integrated into the ActivityPub protocol, e.g Mastodon.

fediverso is a term associated with a concept Open Server Federation Used by social networks dedicated to “micro-blogging” or publishing content on websites.

With this structure Each server in the social network is independent from the rest of the servers. despite everything The cases end up forming the structure of a global social network. It also promotes decentralization, as each of these servers is created to bring users together based on common interests and their own rules.

From this standpoint, and in order to introduce topics into the festival, Meta has begun work on integrating the social network into the ActivityPub protocol In December of last year. This means that the open social network protocol created by World Wide Web Consortium To communicate with other fediverso servers that use it.

Since then, the company has operated in this capacity, starting at the beginning of March of this year Try cross-posting of threads to Mastodon With the new beta program.

This way, just as can be verified ActivityPub developer and co-publisher, Evan Prodromou, The social network has begun allowing content to be published from Threads to Mastodon, through New “share fediverso” option from account settings.

now, Meta allows more users to cross share posts From the “app” to other social networks integrated into the ActivityPub protocol, such as Mastodon, with a beta version of Threads.

This is what he announced The company's CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, Through a Post on social network From the “micro-blogging”, in which I identified users accessing this beta version They will be able to “choose to consolidate their posts.”

That is, they will be able to publish content from Threads to other social networks that are part of the ActivityPub protocol, such as Mastodon. Likewise, they will also be able to access other functions such as “Likes” on other federal platforms, Which will appear in topic posts.

As Meta pointed out in his book Support pagefor now, this Beta this Available in Some Countries such as the US, Canada, and Japanny, specifically, an exclusive option for People over the age of 18 with a public profile.

For his part, he said: Head of Instagram, Adam Mosseri It has been explained through Another post on topics Which Not available yet Some capabilities, such as the display option Replies to posts Or the Number of followers Through other social networks in fediverso. In the same way, It doesn't guarantee that either. That when Deleting a post shared on Videoverso from Threads is also deleted on other platforms in which it was shared.

As for Users who use other social networks integrated into the ActivityPub protocol, Al-Musari pointed this out They will be able to follow users of the topics Which has a trial version, in addition Interact with content They publish and share it with anyone inside or outside their server.

exactly like Zuckerberg previously confirmedMaking threads interoperable “will give people more Choices on how they interact will help your content reach more usersAfter this line, the company explained that its vision is those threads Allow users to communicate with people on other servers that they do not control or own.

With all this, to activate sharing with fediverso, users must have the trial version Enable this option in the “Fediverse Sharing” section of your Threads account settings.