Only needed one sentence there to know all I need to. “Currently there is no way to only see people you follow.” Lol so more bullshit like Facebook and Instagram where you get friend, Ad, sponsored post, you might like this, group post, friend, Ad, Ad…
Just another way for Facebook to feed you non stop adverting in between tiny bites of content. We talk about how terrible Reddit is…I don’t understand how my wife uses Facebook at all.
I feel bad for people who will get sucked into this nonsense and enjoy the fediverse through an app that is basically malware come to life.
As far as I’m aware. No big youtuber has mentioned the fediverse in their posts or videos about threads. It’s either they don’t know or don’t care. Unfortunately we might need to battle threads alone
Gen z and lower don’t use the internet like millennials and above. My cousins and sister are all under 20 and use group chats, dischord, Snapchat and tiktok because they want connections with their groups of friends not strangers online.
My daughter is 15 and you’re exactly right. Demographic wise…who do guy think the target audience for threads is and how is meta going to stay in business if Gen Z uses NONE of their apps?
I think it’s like that now cause they rushed release, given Twitter’s recent issues.
As of now, there are no ads. The main feed is essentially a jumbled mess of your followers and random popular posts. They say they don’t plan to monetize until it’s more fleshed out, so we’ll see how long that takes.
It’ll happen when they capture the biggest portion of Twitter’s users. As soon as that happen enshittification shall descend upon it.
I think if somebody wants that kind of content they are well served already by Reddit, Facebook etc.
Please don’t go to Lemmy and try to turn it into that.
I mean it’s Facebook, why would anyone expect anything but diarrhea from a laxative loaded sandwich?
Reading Threads made me feel like I had shit myself
I’m so happy I don’t have any desire to see it.
The joy of missing out!
Me before reading this article: “I’m never going to install or use Threads, and I’m not remotely interested in it.”
Me after reading this article: “Ok, now it has my attention, but only in the same way that seeing a multi-vehicle pileup in an ice storm does: You can’t help but wonder how many more cars are going to plow into it.”
This is overly pessimistic IMO.
Yes, it’s full of brands and influencers posting inane things. It’s also only been open for what a day or two? It’s new and the first big name replacement for Twitter that has momentum.
Remember back when Twitter was new? When everyone cool was saying it was full of inane influencers and randoms posting about their lunch or stupid observations? It took years to be as big as it is (which isn’t that big to be fair) and so useful for things like news, politics, communities, etc.
The internet has speed up since Twitter came out so I think we’ll see what Threads ends up being by the end of the year. So far it has insane hype behind it, something no other Twitter like service since has had. Let’s see if that becomes something more.
Such angst and yet no mention of Mastodon as a FOSS alternative.
Threads has committed the worst crime you can possibly commit on the internet. It’s boring.
I enjoyed the authors metaphors
They certainly painted a picture, lol
Spot on with Twitter having Berlin 1937 vibes
Not only enjoyed them but I had memories and emotions from them
It reminded me of Regular Car Reviews, if you’ve ever seen that.
That article was a fun read. Now I won’t be trying threads but I wasn’t going to before too.
Threads is the Good Morning America of social media.
Haha, wow. This is a perfect metaphor. Well done.
Facebook, whilst it is full of people I know doing nothing interesting, has a place. There are many good and useful communities on there.
Instagram is handy but ultimately full of influencers who have created a lifestyle of looking cool and being paid by thirsty brands, fuck you gymshark!
Twitter is, well full of people talking crap.
Threads would appear to take the worst of all of them and mash it together. I’m tempted to install it but not yet. How long do we give it until it dies off?
Note that the data it collects is the maximum possible - every data -oriented privilege possible. And note that you can’t remove it without deleting your Instagram account.
To me, installing Threads to see what it’s like is like having unprotected sex with a crack-addict in an alley to see what it’s like: I’m not curious enough to take the risks and I’m guessing the experience isn’t that great anyways.
Much like having unprotected sex with a crack addict, it will probably leave you full of regret and probably a burning sensation in your gentlemen parts for some time.
I think I’ll give it a miss for a while.
Wow fuck that.
This was well written and encapsulated a lot of things I’ve found off about Threads. It desperately needs a timeline that only shows the people you follow
It feels so manufactured and fake.
Like LinkedIn
I mean I’m too old to “get it” too, but this blog post just reads like an old man yelling at kids to get off their lawn lol
