How to cross-post your Threads posts to the fediverse

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It looks like the fediverse is opening up. In late March, Meta’s Threads introduced a beta feature that allows users from the US, Canada, or Japan to cross-post and view likes from Mastodon and, presumably, other federated social networks.

If you’re a Threads user from one of these three countries and want to give this beta a try, it’s not difficult. You can do it from the mobile app or the web version:

  • On Threads’ mobile app, tap your profile icon in the lower right corner, tap the two lines in the upper right corner, and select Account > Fediverse sharing.
  • On the web version, tap the two lines in the upper right, then select Settings > the Account tab > Fediverse sharing.
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