Meta has been steadily improving Threads’ compatibility with the fediverse over the last year, and now the company is taking another significant step with an update that allows users to see more details about their followers and interactions with people from other servers across the fediverse. Up to now, Threads has surfaced replies from Mastodon and other servers, as well as alerts users to likes on their posts from other fediverse apps, but there was no way for a Threads user to see details about their followers from those services. With the new update, users who have opted-in to fediverse sharing on Threads will be able to see a detailed list of their followers from other servers and view their profiles, giving them a better sense of their reach and audience on Mastodon and other apps. However, Threads’ fediverse support is still somewhat limited as users can’t reply to replies from outside apps, can’t search for people on other servers within Threads, and there is a 15-minute delay in cross-posting. On the other hand, a new app called Croissant enables cross-posting to Threads, Mastodon, and Bluesky all at once, offering functionality similar to enterprise social media management apps like Buffer.
