Why isn’t anyone talking about this? It looks like Meta wants to compete with Twitter with a new Instagram microblogging app which will probably be compatible with Mastodon

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*“Soon, our app will be compatible with certain other apps like Mastodon,” Instagram’s slide says. “Users on these other apps will be able to search for, follow and interact with your profile and content if you’re public, or if you’re private and approve them as followers.” *

The Verge - This is Instagram’s new Twitter competitor

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    1 year ago

    My guess is that meta sees another one of their social media sites go down the drain and this time they want to try something to stop it.

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      1 year ago

      My guess is that they want to use the already established userbase of Mastodon as a starting point. There’s going to be more content from the start and also more users. If they would make a new app with no users they would need to start from scratch which is more risky.

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        1 year ago

        I feel like for a venture capitalist it’s better to start an app from scratch than have fediverse users connected to it xD