Doesn’t Threads use AP?

I’m getting Google+ vibes.

Because there’s VC money behind it.

I assume so. There’s a download and setup instructions here.

Apparently the instances are connected to a central hub.

It reminds me of what Google tried to do initially with Google+. They copied Diaspora’s concept of aspects, calling them “circles”. Over time, though, using the circles became more and more janky until they removed them entirely. Then, of course, Google+ got shuttered completely over security issues.

Likewise, “federation” and “decentralization” are the new hotness in social networks, so here’s a big corporation looking to cash in on that. Of course, real decentralization would take too much power away from the corporation, so they have to half-ass it somehow.

Are you one of those people who seriously thought that Harris was going to do anything to help Palestine? If so, you bought into something much dumber than Russian disinfo.

If you’re seeing ads on YouTube, you’re doing it wrong.

Would the relays be connected, though? Or would each one be an entirely different ecosystem?

I don’t know about that. The big issue, for me, is that it isn’t actually decentralized.

Instances are run through a central “relay” which is controlled by Bluesky HQ, so it isn’t decentralized like, say, Mastodon is.