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(Opinion:) You're So Vain, You Probably Think This App Is About You: On Meta and Mastodon

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Coyote Cartography - You're So Vain, You Probably Think This App Is About You: On Meta and Mastodon

Those of you not plugged into the Mastodon community may not be aware of the predominant reaction to Instagram Threads. This started when it was merely rumored, reaching a crescendo with reports that Meta had been talking to a few of the larger Mastodon instances under NDA, presumably to encourage them not to “defederate” with Threads when it came online.1 Let me describe that reaction for you, with only mild exaggeration:

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Coyote Cartography - You're So Vain, You Probably Think This App Is About You: On Meta and Mastodon

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You're So Vain, You Probably Think This App Is About You: On Meta and Mastodon

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