Chris Messina / is on Nostr

Inventor of the hashtag
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Website: https://chrismessina.me
Book a call: https://chrismessina.me/call-me
Threads: https://threads.net/@chris
GitHub: https://github.com/chrismessina

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2024-06-27 22:51:31

I don't care what anyone says. It's awesome to see fediverse replies appear on a Meta property.
Considering Threads isn't even a year old, this is enormous progress over anything Twitter ever did.
Jack claims that "Twitter should have been a protocol", but here we're seeing #ActivityPub interop being achieved as we live in breathe.
https://6-28.mastodon.xyz/media_attachments/files/112/691/022/276/961/973/original/84ea213717e33cba.png

2024-06-25 18:28:37

Threads just enabled bi-directional commenting with the fediverse.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/25/24185226/meta-threads-fediverse-likes-replies
#NewThreads

2024-03-27 14:27:27

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to be clear, even without linkification, the hashtag is preserved as long as there's a # prefix. If you use a Threads-native topic tag, which can include spaces and other characters, it'll be treated as plaintext elsewhere.
At least if you use conventional hashtags on Threads, they'll be searchable as text on the fediverse.

2024-03-26 20:45:59

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If you use fully expressed hashtags (i.e. not Threads's #frankentags), then they'll pass through.
See this:
https://6-28.mastodon.xyz/media_attachments/files/112/163/942/952/861/423/original/62b5a516099b562a.png
https://6-28.mastodon.xyz/media_attachments/files/112/163/943/102/330/935/original/c1f2ddad4a078f18.png

2024-03-21 20:36:33

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More details:
https://6-28.mastodon.xyz/media_attachments/files/112/135/595/036/126/301/original/d17309283d9e53cb.png

2024-03-21 19:46:41

Threads has entered the fediverse. (Yes, it's opt-in by default)
https://engineering.fb.com/2024/03/21/networking-traffic/threads-has-entered-the-fediverse/
https://6-28.mastodon.xyz/media_attachments/files/112/135/403/837/487/762/original/4df6d87a792784ac.webp