Does it work the other way? Can I follow Threads users without being on threads.net myself?
Yes. Has been for a while. But only if Threads users opt into it. Of course the things Meta doesn't actually want you to do is opt-in, and everything else is either opt-out or not an option at all.
Which instances federate with threads? Is there a list?
As far as I know, there's only a manually-configured list of instances that DON'T federate...
mastodon.social, the "default" instance federates. If you have an account there you can see zuckerberg's profile with this link: https://mastodon.social/@zuck@threads.net/ without an account this redirects to threads
On other federating instances just search for @zuck@threads.net
Does it work the other way? Can I follow Threads users without being on threads.net myself?
Yes. Has been for a while. But only if Threads users opt into it. Of course the things Meta doesn't actually want you to do is opt-in, and everything else is either opt-out or not an option at all.
Which instances federate with threads? Is there a list?
As far as I know, there's only a manually-configured list of instances that DON'T federate...
mastodon.social, the "default" instance federates. If you have an account there you can see zuckerberg's profile with this link: https://mastodon.social/@zuck@threads.net/ without an account this redirects to threads
On other federating instances just search for
@zuck@threads.netIt's opt-in because it's a beta