Almost twenty years after the launch of Facebook, Meta would be working on a new 'decentralised' text-only social network.
The news, first reported by the Indian site Moneycontrol, then rebounded on various international media including Reuters online.
"We are exploring a self-contained decentralized social network for sharing text updates. We believe there is an opportunity for a separate space where creators and public figures can share timely updates about their interests," a Meta spokesperson told Reuters. .
A decentralized social media platform is a platform that does not depend on a single company's own server, but leaves it up to individual users to set up their own independent servers and set server-specific rules for content moderation.
A model already adopted by Mastodon, a rival Twitter platform that has seen many users flee after the arrival of Elon Musk.
The new app Meta is working on is currently codenamed P92, and Adam Mosseri, currently the head of Instagram, is taking the lead.
According to rumors, Meta's new content app will support ActivityPub, the decentralized social networking protocol that powers Mastodon.
"It is a project still in its very early stages and we don't know if it will ever see the light. I think it is normal and right for large companies to invest in frontier projects so as not to be caught unprepared should users have new needs - explains Vincenzo to ANSA Cosenza, social media expert - In this case there could be an attempt to study a minimal 'text based' social network that gives more freedom to users and lightens the content moderation load that Meta now bears, which is a source of problems. it can also be a more political objective: to be perceived as an "open" company and attentive to users' choices".