"The fact that Threads has joined the space has made it really interesting for other companies. Threads is bringing a really big audience, as well as big names - like @POTUS is on the fediverse...So that makes this process a lot more interesting for other organizations - both for publishers who want to reach those audiences, as well as for existing social networks who want to have those influencers and celebrities available to their users."
"Given that Meta recently adopted ActivityPub for its latest app, Threads, an X competitor built by Meta's Instagram team, the time was right for such an effort... Thanks to the tech giant's involvement, there are now over 200 million new potential fediverse users, dwarfing the adoption of other popular federated apps, like Mastodon, which today claims around 7.49 million registered users and under a million monthly actives."
"The Social Web Foundation will focus on expanding the fediverse, improving ActivityPub and the user experience, informing policymakers, and educating people about the fediverse and how they can participate."
"The Social Web Foundation (SWF) has some backing from Meta, as well, alongside other major implementors of the ActivityPub protocol, including the social magazine app Flipboard, newsletter platform Ghost, Mastodon, and others. The Ford Foundation has also offered the organization a large grant to get the project started."
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