Instagram chief Adam Mosseri said Tuesday that users who connect their accounts to the Fediverse, also known as the open social web, will be able to see who follows them from other Fediverse servers such as Mastodon and PixelFed. It has been announced that you can now check whether your posts are liked.
The company said users will also have up to 15 minutes to change or edit posts on the social network.
Tap on a post's activity or follower list to see a complete list of followers and likes from other fediverse servers. You must click on the “Fediverse Followers” or “Fediverse Likes” section to see the list.
The announcement comes as Threads has gradually deepened its relationship with Fediverse over the past few months, after first allowing users to connect their accounts to Fediverse in March.
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For example, the company a few weeks ago began allowing users to see Fediverse replies to other people's posts and incorporating more content into threads. It is worth noting that since June, users have been able to see replies to their posts on fediverse. Threads users will not be able to respond to replies from other servers, but the company that owns Meta said this feature is in development.
According to Meta, Threads is the largest social network powered by ActivityPub, a decentralized social networking protocol that connects the Fediverse, with approximately 200 million users. fediverse itself has over 12 million users in total.
Regarding the increased time limit for post editing, Threads now allows users to change or edit a post for much longer, whereas previously users only had 5 minutes to change or edit a post.
Mosseri pointed out that if you have connected your account to fediverse, posts in the thread will be shared to fediverse 15 minutes after the editing window is closed.
Threads first rolled out the ability to edit posts a year ago, but unlike X (formerly Twitter), users don't have to pay extra to access this feature. However, X allows users to edit posts for up to an hour after they are shared, giving users much more time to edit their posts.