Instagram Threads won’t share a timeline for account portability

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Will Instagram Threads truly integrate with the fediverse, also known as the open social web, to allow its users not only to interact with people on other services like Twitter alternative Mastodon but also to move their account elsewhere if they decide that Meta’s policies are no longer to their liking?

These changes could prompt users to reevaluate their relationship with Meta, and possibly consider relocating their accounts to other services — something Threads said it eventually plans to allow.

At the same time, Gen Z users are so fed up with Meta’s monopoly over social media that instead of returning to Instagram Reels in preparation for the U.S.’s ban of TikTok, they’ve moved en masse to another Chinese social network, called RedNote (Xiaohongshu).

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Author / Journalist: Sarah Perez

Category: Technology

Markets: United States

Topics: Account portability Mobile apps Social media Mastodon Meta Social apps Apps Federated apps Fediverse Threads Social networking Social

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Published On: 2025-01-16 @ 17:58:27 (11 hours ago)

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