Threads already has over 95 million posts
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Are you on Threads?

Instagram’s new Twitter competitor, Threads, is off to a rocket start. Mark Zuckerberg announced 30 million activated profiles, while internal data shows over 95 million posts and 190 million likes in less than one day,

  • @[email protected]English
    48•1 year ago

    A new social network from Meta, without any privacy, with algorithms to show us what they want?

    No, thanks. I love Mastodon.

    • Flying SquidEnglish
      22•1 year ago

      Yeah, I really don’t get it. I understand people staying on Twitter because that’s sunk cost. They don’t want to lose their notoriety. But what the hell is the point of using Threads? Everything I’ve read about it makes it sound awful.

      This article said all I needed to know:

      Imagine an active comment section on an Instagram post on someone you follow. Not great, eh?

      Now imagine that same comment section, make it infinitely long, AND give users the ability to include images, videos, and links that you can’t avoid seeing.

      That’s Threads.

      • @DrQuintEnglish
        7•1 year ago

        What’s there to not get. To you, the word “Privacy” is a concern. To most people, it’s “that shit that never bothered me, why care?”.

        You’re here, on this platform, you’re already not most people.

        • Flying SquidEnglish
          4•1 year ago

          It’s not just the privacy though, I get that a lot of people don’t care about that. It’s that it sounds like a total dogshit of a social media platform.

          • @DrQuintEnglish
            2•1 year ago

            Yeah, but it’s the NEWEST dogshit platform made by <company with sizeable marketing budget>. It could be the next big thing, dogshit or not! How can you or the likes of (checks notes) AOC possibly miss out???