• Tyson712
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    22 years ago

    Because no lifers have taken it over already. Trolls, influencers and everything in between was always going to be the first to adopt it because they have the time to do it. Just cut all that crap out of your life, you don’t need it

  • @[email protected]
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    22 years ago

    Twitter thrived with its own micro-celebrities, many of whom were anonymous Socialists with the word “boner” in their handles. It’s not clear if they’re coming to a Mark Zuckerberg-owned social network.

    Twitter’s best service was instant takes on breaking news. Are bland, micromanaged Instagram celebs suddenly going to have something interesting to say during a presidential debate?

    That pretty much sums up why I never used Twitter. That sounds horrible.

    • Move to lemm.ee
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      22 years ago

      Is there something else of value that you think micro-blogging can provide that causes people to login to it on a daily basis?

      The entire point of micro-blogging is essentially “this is my opinion on x” shouted into the algorithm where the algorithm then picks up what is popular among the userbase. Invariably the only thing that provides something constant and new to talk about every single day is breaking news.

      • @[email protected]
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        32 years ago

        I think it’s a horrible form factor for expressing your opinion. The text limit inherently causes reductivism and “hot takes” which lack nuance and spread misinformation. I think it’s a shitty form factor for serious topics. If it’s something relatively harmless like jokes and memes then I don’t think it’s too harmful.

        • Move to lemm.ee
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          12 years ago

          The text limit inherently causes reductivism and “hot takes” which lack nuance and spread misinformation.

          I’m confused. Are you trying to imply that long articles do not do the same thing? Everything on the internet is clickbait and outrage fuel these days. Not just on Twitter. It’s prevalent on reddit, which I would say has been the epicentre of much more serious problems than twitter ever caused: theredpill manosphere community which has evolved into Andrew Tate today, incels, pizzagate, etc.

          I think if we compared the damage done by every platform out there Twitter would actually be at the lower end. It’s great at causing a lot of extremely minor drama and arguably creates a lot more minor shit than other ones (which probably drives its high activity), but has generally avoided causing extremely serious shit unlike other longform platforms.

  • fox2263
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    92 years ago

    It feels so manufactured and fake.

    Like LinkedIn

  • @[email protected]
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    82 years ago

    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

  • @[email protected]
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    12 years ago

    I mean it’s social media, it is what you turn it into. I haven’t been here long enough to get the vibe of this place to tech compared to Reddit, which fucking hates all things tech, but I feel comfortable enough here saying Threads is fine.

    Social media can have its purposes beyond chasing hate and baiting rage, my dudes.

    Sports, science, news, local info and topical conversations…we don’t need to ham-fistedly slam things we don’t know anything about.

    Believe it or not, you can find good and bad pretty much everywhere you look.

    • @[email protected]
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      32 years ago

      Mastodon (and other FOSS ActivityPub platforms) aren’t just great because they are open source, they are great because they are distributed.

      The Internet was designed to be resilient, famously designed to withstand (a nuclear) attack. The World Wide Web started to make it monolithic and Web 2.0 resulted in a more centrally controlled infrastructure.

      When an attack comes from above (like Musk, /u/spez, Meta and Google) one (group of) individual(s) can take our whole swathes of content in one policy change.

  • @[email protected]
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    172 years ago

    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.”

  • @[email protected]
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    122 years ago

    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.

  • @[email protected]
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    72 years ago

    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?

    • AFK BRB Chocolate
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      122 years ago

      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.

      • @[email protected]
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        22 years ago

        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.

  • NoiseColor
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    272 years ago

    I’m so happy I don’t have any desire to see it.

    The joy of missing out!