Meta will bring Twitter’s competitor ‘P92’, will be interoperable with Mastodon

Facebook and Instagram’s parent firm Meta is planning to build a standalone text-based content app. The special thing is that this app will support ActivityPub. Along with this, this decentralized social networking protocol will also provide strength to Twitter rival Mastodon and other federated apps.

Sources informed that the app will be Instagram-branded and will allow users to register/login to the app through their Instagram credentials. Some details about the working of the app and various product features have also been revealed. However, till now it is not known whether this app codenamed P92 is still in the idea stage or the development has started on the app. According to a source it is still a work in progress.

While Meta informed that we are exploring a standalone decentralized social network for sharing text updates. On behalf of Meta, we believe there is an opportunity for a separate space where creators and public figures can share timely updates about their interests.

Significantly, this development has come at a time when technology companies and startups are looking for opportunities to capitalize on the growing trend of Twitter users. At the same time, the social media is struggling to deal with the chaos under the leadership of Elon Musk, the new owner of the platform. It has also come to the fore that within a few months of Musk coming on Twitter, several rival platforms have started working to attract these people.

In December 2022, Meta-owned Instagram launched a new feature called Notes that allows users to share short posts of up to 60 characters using only text and emoji. According to a report in The New York Times, the company is considering turning the feature into a Twitter competitor. Initially the plan is that the minimum viable product will allow our users to broadcast posts to people on other servers.

The app will initially be made shareable on early versions of the app, including user bios, usernames, verification badges, tappable links in posts along with images and videos, among others. The new app will feature followers and likes, but it’s unclear whether the first version of the product will have commenting and messaging features. Although it is likely that these will be included later. The team is also discussing whether there should be a Twitter-like resharing feature in addition to business and creator accounts.

According to sources, the P92 team plans to follow a “fork” approach with the MVP, so users will initially sign up and log in to the P92 app using their Instagram login information and their profile with their account details. (eg name). , username, bio, profile photo, followers). The app will be offered under the company’s existing privacy policy with a supplemental privacy policy and terms of service specific to the app, which will call for cross-app data sharing, according to the product brief.