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Meta recently introduced a new microblogging service called Threads. What’s important about this platform is that Threads wants to become part of the decentralized social web by leveraging Mastodon’s ActivityPub protocol. Currently, there is a lot of speculation about the future of Trades. We have tried to answer some of these questions here.

what we know

Trades is an independent application from Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, which means that its user base will be separate. Of course, Instagram users can log in using their account. But it is still not available in the European Union due to some existing laws.

Will it receive or track my meta data in Trades?

Trades, like Mastodon, will not publish your private information such as email and IP address outside the server where your account is registered. Threads and Mastodon are built on the premise that third-party servers cannot be trusted. Therefore, a server you are not registered on will not have access to your private data and will not be able to track you on the web. The only thing it can access is your public profile and public posts, which are visible to all users.

Can Trades show me ads?

In Threads as well as Mastodon, no one can insert ads into your user interface outside of the server where you are registered. These two platforms do not have any option to display ads by default. So you won’t see any ads on Trades, and no third-party servers will be able to serve ads on your feed, because your feed is powered by your main server. Also, if the person you follow publishes an ad and you don’t want to see it, you can unfollow it.

Will Meta affect smaller servers by joining Mastodon?

Mastodon basically works based on follow relationships. So when you first follow someone on another server, your server will subscribe to that user. That way, even if there is a server with millions of people on the network, you won’t get updates from millions of people unless you follow all of them. This feature will make it possible to manage traffic and memory across the network. So smaller servers will not be affected at all.

Can Meta drop the ActivityPub protocol?

To answer this question, it is better to compare the ActivityPub protocol that Meta uses for Threads and the XMPP meta protocol that has been used for the Messenger service for the past decade. Facebook and Google Talk users used to be able to chat with each other and with people from XMPP servers, but now this is not possible. What can prevent this from happening again? So even if Threads drops ActivityPub, we’ll be exactly where we are now. XMPP alone won’t do, but ActivityPub has Mastodon support.

Trades collects a lot of data from users. Is this not a problem?

According to the App Store listing, the Trades app collects different data unlike Mastodon. Data collection affects only those who download and use the Trades app, or become a Trades user through other means. But if you follow a Trades user through your Mastodon account or send him a message, Trades will not be able to collect your private information except for the message you sent.

Can Trades users communicate with Mastodon users?

It seems that eventually Mastodon and Threads will cooperate and technically the users of these two platforms will be able to follow each other and exchange messages. It depends on your Mastodon server operator to allow communication with Trades. If you are not satisfied with their decision, you can transfer your account to another Mastodon server and don’t have to worry about keeping all your followers. Mastodon is an open source program and you can even host your own server and take responsibility for it.

Will Meta apply a content moderation policy on Trades?

Just like Mastodon, Threads will have its own content moderation policies and Meta can choose what content to block on its platform. However, Meta’s decisions will only affect its own platform. Only those who can set moderation rules for Mastodon are its server administrators and only you can if you are the host yourself. On the other hand, different Mastodon servers do not need to agree on all moderation policies to cooperate with each other, but they can partially block certain content, and Threads will not be different from Mastodon in this regard.

However, we advocate the interoperability of different social platforms, and since most major platforms have adopted the ActivityPub protocol, we expect to see a move towards decentralized social networks in the near future.

Source: Joinmastodon