Darnell (Seize The Day)

While traversing the Fediverse I encountered this post by @gabek@social.gabekangas.com who lamented that @zuck@threads.net & @mosseri@threads.net held the number one & three top positions in the Fediverse, respectively, according to FediDB.

Before distressed or excited tech pundits begin typing up headlines like:

• Threads To Internet: All The Fediverse Now Belongs To Us
• Mosseri Makes The Fediverse Threads Again
• Threads To Fediverse: Zuck You!!!!

...they should realize that these Fediverse followership numbers are misleading.

Meta Mind Trick‽

Meta is reporting the Fediverse the total followership numbers of Threads accounts, & is not reporting how many ActivityPub enabled accounts are following a Threads user. An excellent example of this would be Flipboard.

Previously, Flipboard reported total followership numbers, which impressed me months ago. I did not realize until later that Flipboard was reporting total user numbers, creating confusion on the Fediverse Ranking Charts.

Fortunately, after much discussion, @mike@flipboard.social provided clarity by separating total Flipboard follower numbers from total Fediverse follow numbers.

See For Yourself

If one visits Zuck & Mosseri's Threads accounts, & clicks on their follower's section, they will quickly realize that most of their followers have not yet activated ActivityPub on their accounts.

Threads users who have activated ActivityPub will see a Threads.net near the user's name, while those who have yet to embrace the Fediverse will not see that link near their username.

Scrolling through most of Zuck's & Mosseri's followers reveals that the vast majority (I would say 95% based on my anecdotal scrolling) are not on the Fediverse.

Make Threads Accurate Again

Meta should consider mimicking Flipboard & provide a Fediverse followers list, which could include ActivityPub enabled Threads accounts & other Fediverse accounts.

This would allow users to truely understand how popular their account is beyond Threads (at least from within the Fediverse).

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