So about a month ago, Threads decided to block Minds after the former could not detect the latter's public feed.

This obviously upset @mark@minds.com and @john@minds.com, who both issued statements regarding the domain block.

⚠️Threads.net has blocked us from federating with them. Can't say I'm surprised, but it does expose their federation push to be a charade. Same old facebook, censoring free speech!

#activitypub #federation #censorship #minds (Mark Harding on Minds)

Note: Mark is Minds's Chief Technology Officer (CTO).

Threads has blocked Federation with Minds... FB and Instagram are a fail. So weak! (John on Minds)

Note: John is Co-founder of Minds.

After seeing their reactions, I commented on John's post to provide context for why Threads was blocking Minds and suggested they appeal.

Basically, all instances Threads connects to must have a publicly accessible feed. Pixelfed instances are muted for this reason (as they lack one). Misskey instances get domain blocked by Threads routinely for the same reason, but usually after contacting Meta the block is removed (as Threads has trouble automatically locating it).

Previously they blocked the flagship Mastodon & Misskey instances, but after many users (myself included) contacted them, they were able to resolve & remove the block (Mastodon Social was blocked for the same reason for what it is worth).

I suggest reaching out to them, as they will probably remove the block once they can identify a public feed for Minds. (@darnellclayton@minds.com on Minds)

Minds co-founder John later on replied that he would look into it, & it appears that my Minds account can once again federate with Threads again.

Meta maintains a public Threads block list, which lists reasons why specific sites on the Fediverse are blocked or defederated from Threads.

Most sites blocked by Threads are for legitimate reasons (illegal activity, promoting sexual assault content, etcetera). Many sites are also blocked because Threads can not automatically locate a public feed of the instance.

This seems to plague Misskey powered sites more than Mastodon powered sites, but either way if an instance owner finds their domain listed on Meta's bad list, they can appeal to have their site unblocked (just like Minds did).

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