After Facebook and Instagram, a new network social Meta is under development. Called P92, according to Moneycontrol, the new platform will use a decentralized protocol and will focus on a text format. The technology used will be ActivityPub, which is the Mastodon Meta protocol, Mark Zuckerberg’s company, is running. on the new network social. According to sources shared by Moneycontrol, in addition to Facebook and Instagram, the group may soon offer a new platform codenamed P92. New network social which will highlight text like Twitter and support a decentralized protocol like Mastodon or BlueSky (an app recently launched by Jack Dorsey, founder and former CEO of Twitter). Without giving details, Meta has already confirmed that this new platform is indeed in development. “We are studying the network social offline decentralized to exchange text updates. We believe there is an opportunity for a separate space where creators and public figures can share news about their interests in a timely manner,” said a Meta spokesperson, quoted by Moneycontrol.
Mastodon technology in the Meta product?
In particular, the P92 will support the decentralized ActivityPub protocol, which the network is also based on. social open source and decentralized Mastodon. The advantage of decentralization is the interconnection between services. Thanks to this, it possible view and interact with the publications of users of other servers (for example, other than Meta servers). The functioning of these decentralized networks is often compared to email: a Gmail user can communicate with an Outlook user or a person who hosts their emails on son own server. The P92 will be developed by the Instagram team and according to the Platformer site, the work will be overseen by Adam Mosseri, CEO of Instagram. By the way, Moneycontrol assumes that when P92 is launched, the user will enter the application using son Instagram account.
Decentralization, a recent trend?
It is important to note that decentralized social networks are not new. The mastodon, for example, has been around for many years. However, since Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter, demand for alternatives to the little blue bird has skyrocketed. Mastodon, for example, observed a significant increase son Number of users. More and more existing platforms are also interested in decentralization. Medium, for example, has created a Mastodon server that it offers to its members. And in December, Tumblr announced support for the ActivityPub technology. Now the giant Meta is also interested in technology. And this is not so surprising. The meta is often on the lookout for trends, and when it sees a competing app or service become a hit, it can draw inspiration from it (Snapchat Stories, TikTok videos, etc.). But at the moment, on not sure when the P92 app will be available.
