Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta, recently announced through his Threads account that they have started testing the ability to display posts from Threads on Mastodon and other services that use the ActivityPub protocol. This allows Threads to be compatible with other platforms and makes the content more accessible to a wider audience.
One of the selling points of Threads when it was launched in July was its promise to support ActivityPub, an open standard. However, at that time, it was not specified when this support would be implemented. This announcement brings clarity to the situation and assures that it will indeed be implemented.
Meanwhile, Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, provided further information stating that they have begun testing the ability for users to follow Threads accounts through ActivityPub clients. Similarly, Threads users can also follow accounts on the ActivityPub network.
TLDR: Mark Zuckerberg announced that Threads is now being tested to display posts on platforms using the ActivityPub protocol, increasing its compatibility and accessibility. Adam Mosseri confirmed that users can now follow Threads accounts through ActivityPub clients, expanding their reach.
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