Claimed my name over at threads.net/@howardvtayler, and promptly discovered that I cannot post to Threads from a browser window on my PC.
They expect me to install a Facebook (err, Meta) app on my main machine in order to do socials? Nope.
Nope nope nopety nope-nope.
Nope on a rope.
Not gonna happen.
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@HowardTayler why would you do that?
The whole point of federation (once they activate it) is that you can chat/follow without having to create a new account on each service.
Like, if you already have a personal email, do you also sign up for Outlook, Gmail, etc?
Signing up a new account at Threads is pointless. You should use your current Fediverse account and interact via federation. (When they add it, of course)
@sgryphon dunno whether actual federation compatibility is coming. With billionaires in charge of both bluesky and threads, I have doubts.