A decentralised Twitter rival is under development, according to Meta.
March 11, 2023Tweet
Facebook parent company Meta is building a decentralized, text-based social networking platform, code-named P92, which is a radical diversion from the company's namesake Metaverse project. P92 will run on the ActivityPub protocol used by Mastodon, the Twitter competitor praised by tech influencers and celebrities displeased by the changes made to that platform by new CEO Elon Musk. It will allow users to broadcast posts to people on other servers, as Mastodon does, and may also allow users to follow and view content on other servers. Other likely features include links with content previews, usernames and bios, verification badges, shareable images and videos, followers and likes, and commenting and messaging. Users will log in with their Instagram credentials and P92 will use all of Instagram's data "for the purposes of analytics, product improvement, and ranking," including that of users who haven't signed up to the new network. Decentralized platforms are touted by some for their resistance to censorship, as groups operating on different servers could theoretically adopt different moderation policies.