Convener: Georgia Mountford-Blake (@georgiagemo@mastodon.social)

Discussion notes, key understandings, outstanding questions, observations, and, if appropriate to this discussion: action items, next steps:

Evaluation of Threads as a gateway to fediverse

Reasons to encourage mass adoption:

1. early adopter / first mover advantage (less saturation/competition)
2. easier content format for creatives & activists (text-based, multi format, img/vid/links)
3. easier engagment (conversation centric + active user-base)
4. direct reach (freedom from algorithms)
5. “own” your audience (export/import your social graph)
6. freedom from destruction (not beholden to ONE entity)
7. freedom from censorship (instance-specific community guidelines)
8. openness / cross-comptability (open APIs?)

Drawbacks preventing mass adoption:

1. lack of active userbase “my audience / my friends arent there”
2. technical barrier to entry “it’s confusing / nerdy / difficult to get started”
3. poor/boring/overwhelming initial experience (ie. fire-hose & rabbit holes)

Comparing fediverse platforms

• Threads:

  • has 1, 2, 3 (maybe 5,6 in future) - [NOT 4,7,8]

• Mastodon:

  • has 1,2,4,5,6,7,8 - [NOT 3 (yet)]
  • but also A, B, C <— note: “Mammoth” app helps with C

• Bluesky:

• Twitter: