Threads has begun testing federation over ActivityPub. And they have blocked two important servers I administrate. The first server is the Mostr Bridge. The Mostr Bridge connects ActivityPub and Nostr together, so people can communicate across protocols. The second server is Spinster.xyz, which is arguably the largest independent feminist community online.
the author, Alex Gleason, is a notable bigot - he was “chief of technology” for Donald Trump’s “truth.social”, Gleason’s spinster.xyz is the usual anti-trans / nazi-adjacent crossover special, and Soapbox is notorious on Mastodon for being almost entirely used by actual fascists.
blocking his bullshit from Threads is an incredibly rare Facebook W for its users, IMO - although really I wish Alex all the best working around whatever defederation FB is doing, truly he and Mark Zuckerberg are a great match.
the author, Alex Gleason, is a notable bigot - he was “chief of technology” for Donald Trump’s “truth.social”, Gleason’s spinster.xyz is the usual anti-trans / nazi-adjacent crossover special, and Soapbox is notorious on Mastodon for being almost entirely used by actual fascists.
blocking his bullshit from Threads is an incredibly rare Facebook W for its users, IMO - although really I wish Alex all the best working around whatever defederation FB is doing, truly he and Mark Zuckerberg are a great match.