Meta Allows Threads Users To Track Who Follows And Likes Their Posts From Other Fediverse Servers

Tech giant Meta is adding another unique feature for its Threads users. The head of Instagram just confirmed that all users who have accounts connected to the fediverse will now be able to see who follows, likes, and shares their posts across the different servers. This includes Pixelfed and Mastodon.

This is not the only good news as the company also revealed how edits are now possible. Users will be given the chance to make edits in up to 15 minutes since it was published on the social media app.

If you want to see your list of followers or see the post’s activity, all you need to do is press on the tab for fediverse likes and the whole list will be published. The same will be the case for Fediverse followers.

The news comes as Threads slowly but surely strengthens its relations with the fediverse which has been gaining momentum for the past few months. This was right after users linked accounts to the fediverse in March.

We saw the platform allow users to witness replies on different posts a couple of weeks back. This brought more kinds of content onto the app. We also like to mention that users have been allowed to see Fediverse replies on their posts since the start of June this year so it’s all very new.

While Threads users cannot reply to what’s being published from different servers, the app is working on making this a possibility.

Today, the social media network is the biggest platform to take on ActivityPub that’s more decentralized in terms of social networking that links the fediverse as it tries to hit the 200M user mark as per Meta. The fediverse alone has a user base of 12M users in total.

In terms of the greater time limit for making edits to posts, the app says it wants users to have the freedom to change or edit content which was not possible before. Even if it was introduced, the limit was 5 minutes after which nothing could be changed.

Adam Mosseri mentioned how users linked to the fediverse will have their content shared with users there, after 15 minutes. It’s a smart call as it enables the edit window to pass.

We saw Threads first unveil the chance to make edits to online posts one year back. It was not like archrival app X which made users pay for the survive. On Threads, the editing feature is for free. On the other hand, X does give users a much longer editing window period. Users get up to one hour after posts are published to make a change.

We think users will like both of these new changes made by Meta to Threads. They have been in demand for a while now and seeing the platform take feedback positively will certainly make users happy.

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