Mark Zuckerberg must have seen an opportunity. Meta, the company behind Facebook and Instagram, is working to create its own microblogging social network, the company explains to Platformer.

It will rival Twitter in that it works based on small public text messages, but the system will be more similar to what we have with Mastodon. “We explore an independent, decentralized social network sharing text updates” is how they describe it from Meta.

“We believe there is an opportunity for a separate space where creators and public figures can share timely updates on their interests,” they say in a statement that clearly explains how Twitter works.

Not many details were revealed about this new Meta project beyond the fact that it was in its early moments. yes it is reported It will not be Zuckerberg who will make it happen, but Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri. and very active in responsible social networks.

What does network distribution mean? on the one hand they will be administrators of each server who can create moderation-level usage rules. This has an advantage for Meta itself, who won’t see how all the responsibility falls on them.

It is unknown which decentralized protocol they will use, but there is another advantage to betting on this type of social network. To be can work with other services, thus opening up a possibility that the European institutions demand of them. Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp are completely closed applications. This may not be the future Meta microblogging network.

We will have to wait to find out to what extent Meta has invested its resources in this new social network or whether it remains an experimental project. The rise of Mastodon and Fediverso is an opportunity for many to reinvent themselves. From his appearance, even the great world ruler of social networks sees him with good eyes.