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Thedecline of X(formerly Twitter ) under Elon Musk has boosted engagement with alternative social networks like Bluesky , Threads , and Mastodon , but it has also challenged other adopter who now have too many places to post . course , some entrepreneurs are working to solve this job with apps that let you hybridize - post to multiple weapons platform at once . One of these apps , Openvibe , is now making itself even more utilitarian with its late backup for Meta ’s Threads , the X competitor from Instagram .
set up in the first place this summer , Openvibe ab initio made it possible to outride connect with friends and followers across Mastodon , Nostr , and Bluesky , by allowing you to consider Post in a combined timeline and cross - post to the different networks at once .
alike to how an app calledTrillianonce aggregated instantaneous message meshing like AIM , ICQ , Yahoo ! , Google Talk , and others in one place for leisurely chatting in the former 2000s , Openvibe does the same for the many societal networks that want to become the unexampled position to “ tweet . ” According to Openvibe CEO Matej Svancer , the company ’s mission is to volunteer a friendly , “ wanton - to - use gateway ” to the open social World Wide Web , which today spans mesh built on different protocol , likeActivityPub(Mastodon , Threads),AT Protocol(Bluesky ) , andNostr .
While there are some exist bridges being build up across these web , they may demand additional servers , mirror accounts , and exploiter opt - atomic number 49 , Svancer explain . He conceive this was n’t the skillful path forward , and that a round-eyed transversal - post app would be a estimable solution to lower the roadblock of entry for new user .
“ I believe the open societal outer space can dispute legacy social medium , but only if it ’s joined , ” the beginner earliertold TechCrunch .
With the accession of Threads support , which rolled out to Openvibe this week across iOS and Android , users can now sign in with their accounts and transverse - post and reply across Threads , Mastodon , Bluesky , and Nostr . They can also follow mass in unified feeds from all the networks and see suggested followers from each web , Svancer says .
He notes that , while the Threads API is still “ quite limited , ” Openvibe worked to take full advantage of the functionality it offered to make a exploiter - friendly experience , where the app presently remains liberal to practice and free from advertising . More feature article will be added over time as the Threads API itself evolves and better , the founder note .
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Since launching backing for Threads , some user cover having trouble have the app to work , but Openvibe has pointed them to their troubleshootingdocumentationfor aid . This guide suggests that OAuth will sometimes not officiate in good order and need a serial of specific pace to fix . ( We were able-bodied to add Threads without exit , when test , however . )
The fresh sack that include backing for Threads also includes a few bug fixes and an updated post - composition flowing that offers a “ smoother , more reliable experience , ” Openvibe claims .
The app is a free download oniOSandAndroidbut later plans to experiment with a desktop version . To get tax income , the app will later precede a subscription plan , but that has yet to make it .
Openvibe is n’t the only thwartwise - posting app to deal the problem of the alt - Twitters . In increase to more professional solution aimed at social media marketer , Croissant is another consumer - facing app that tolerate cross - posting to Threads , Bluesky , and Mastodon . However , it already has a subscription plan implemented , take up at $ 2.99 per month .
