[Allegedly] [...] Meta is delaying Fediverse support for European Union Threads users due to the Digital Markets Act, which (for better or worse) complicates launching new technologies within the European Market for non-European companies.
https://darnell.day/threads-ignores-european-union-allows-everyone-else-to-embrace-fediverse
@rolle Serious question: are ppl really using threads actively? I remember it taking off initially, then dying (in terms of active users) fairly quickly.
@justinf @rolle depends on if algorithms feeding you posts that you're completely uninterested in, is worth it to you.
That's pretty much the only big difference besides the amount of people to engage with.
It's still very hard to get actual engagement on your own posts unless you're talking to the algorithm.
I prefer to talk to people, not the algorithm. That's why I'm here and will stay here until Mastodon eventually completely takes over. Then I'm out. But I'm here till then.
@justinf @BeAware I've been using it out of curiosity and because most of the Finnish people settled in. There are some thousands of Finnish nerds on Mastodon as well but mostly Mastodon is an international playground for me. Finland is a small country (5.6 million people) and so far those that I follow have adopted Threads.
I hope in some form we get these worlds combined in the future through the Fediverse sharing feature when it opens up. But even if we won't, I'm quite happy with these two platforms. Using X and Bluesky are not an option for me. 2 is definitely max.