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C.W. Smith | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 [@BeAware](https://social.beaware.live/@BeAware)

... What even is this comment anyways?
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BeAware :veriweed: | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 they're saying we're bullies....
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C.W. Smith | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 [@BeAware](https://social.beaware.live/@BeAware)

... Well... That's rather abusive of them.
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BeAware :veriweed: | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 haha, right? And if that person would speak for Threads as a whole, they'd need to look in the mirror....thankfully theres a few hundred million there and this one asshat doesn't nearly reflect everyones opinions.
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C.W. Smith | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 [@BeAware](https://social.beaware.live/@BeAware)

Frankly, the only thing that worries me about Threads is the chance of Meta's Community Guidelines breaking containment.

Otherwise, later tonight I will be sharing my federated accounts with FB friends.
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BeAware :veriweed: | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 big words are hard.

LOL. Sorry, what do you mean "breaking containment"?
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C.W. Smith | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 [@BeAware](https://social.beaware.live/@BeAware)

You know how Facebook Community Guidelines violations seem to pop up for any damn thing on there?

My rules on my instances aren't necessarily Meta's, so my are my Threads followers at risk of seeing something like "This post was blocked because it goes against our community standards?"

That sort of thing.
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BeAware :veriweed: | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 probably, yes. They're just like a normal instance so they can have their own rules and block any account/post that doesn't abide by them.🤷‍♂️
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C.W. Smith | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 [@BeAware](https://social.beaware.live/@BeAware)

Part of the fun of Federation.

Already turned it on on my Threads account so I can at least test on my own stuff.

I should be able to search for my instances from Threads I hope.
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BeAware :veriweed: | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 not yet at least. Apparently Fedi content being able to be seen from Threads is one of the last features that will roll out.
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C.W. Smith | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 [@BeAware](https://social.beaware.live/@BeAware)

OK, so I can see them but they can't see me at the moment.

Turned on Fediverse beta and tried to search my accounts, nothing but a bunch of random stuff.
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BeAware :veriweed: | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 where are you located? only people in US, Canada and Japan can turn it on right now. Otherwise, it might just take some time.
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C.W. Smith | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 [@BeAware](https://social.beaware.live/@BeAware)

Texas. And I enabled the beta almost immediately once I heard it was doable.

I just use it for testing right now.
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BeAware :veriweed: | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Yeah, it might take some time because I would think the "jobs" would be backed up because of the sheer amount of people turning it on at once.🤷‍♂️
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C.W. Smith | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 [@BeAware](https://social.beaware.live/@BeAware)

I will just come back to it later than.

I wonder how far this will extend into Meta if this is successful. We are restricting ourselves to talking about Threads because that's what is being used, but what would we see if this was implemented across their entire ecosystem.

Federated Facebook and Instagram...

Could be interesting.
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BeAware :veriweed: | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I think this might be the plan eventually. They already use instagram accounts for Threads on the backend.
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C.W. Smith | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 [@BeAware](https://social.beaware.live/@BeAware)

I installed and set it up just for Testing, haven't found reason to post to it really.

But having that option will make it interesting if more sites implement ActivityPub as well.
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C.W. Smith | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 [@BeAware](https://social.beaware.live/@BeAware)

Update.

I can search and find [@cwsmith1701](https://threads.net/@cwsmith1701/) from this instance. So that part is working.
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BeAware :veriweed: | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 well, the only other parts that work right now is you'll be able to see your posts and if you like it, your threads account will see that a Fediverse user has liked it.