Last year, Mastodon came as a social network to compete with Twitter, which with all of Elon Musk’s ups and downs leaves him in a very fragile position. Meta is behind the launch of a decentralized social network to rise above Twitter and even be interoperable with Mastodon.
[El cofundador de Twitter lanza una nueva red social que es básicamente el Twitter del futuro]
Meta ready to offer an alternative to Twitter
Via Engadget, we know that Meta is reportedly set to offer a Mastodon-like alternative to Twitter, as collected from MoneyControl and Platformer. The social media giant said it was in the early stages of developing an app with code name P92.
This would allow users to post text statuses and support Mastodon’s social networking protocol. named ActivityPub. A decentralized social network in which the company owned by Facebook already operates.
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He clarifies that they are working on a social network to share text updates and sees this as an opportunity for a separate, independent space where creators and public figures can share updates on their interests.
P92 will carry the mark the instagram and will allow users to register and log in with those credentials. Even Instagram bio details can be used to complete the profile of this new decentralized social network.
Own servers with their own rules
Another important point to understand the concept of this new social network is that P92 will not share user data to collect only the essentials. In fact, the same users can create your own servers to impose its own guidelines for the moderation of the content generated.
Another important aspect is the connection with the Mastodon protocol so that states can be shared and even with other decentralized applications that use the aforementioned protocol.
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Entre algunas de las características más llamativas de esta nueva red social se encuentran la capacidad de incluir enlaces para las publicaciones con previos de los mismos, compartir imágenes y vídeos al igual que las insignias de verificación.
Más funciones son la habilidad para dejar comentarios e incluso enviar mensajes privados, aunque en la primera versión de la aplicación habrá ciertas limitaciones para que, a través de nuevas actualizaciones, lleguen todos estos aspectos que han dejado caer en el anuncio.
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Lo que queda bien claro es que la llegada de este competidor para Twitter va a ser bien importante e incluso ejercerá más presión sobre todos los movimientos que está realizando Elon Musk en una red social que es capaz de que incluso los enlaces ni funcionen.
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