Will people here use/try Meta's #threads when available? Would love to know the reasons or if it would be just for fun/curiosity.
The amount of data collected is insane imo.
Only if I can burn them
this post was submitted on 05 Jul 2023
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I think I'm a bit of an outlier here, because I tried it (I already had an IG account) - but the bombardment of influencer-types, big-name brands, and having zero-control over my feed gave me more than enough reasons to leave for good.
Hell no, I'll be avoiding it like the plague, just like the rest of facecuck's services.
I am on kbin.social. I worry that if kbin doesn't defederate from Threads, maybe kbin's servers will be flooded with Threads data (i am not techy, so maybe this would be a minor issue). Also, if someone in the Fediverse but outside of Threads starts communicating with someone who has a Threads account, will the non-Threads person now have all of their data that's now on Threads servers collected?
I really hope we defederate from Meta, it has evil intent.
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I’m interested to see how Threads connects with other social media platforms (like Mastodon), but I’m not using an app with such an invasive privacy policy.
Depends on how many of those data slurping categories I can disable on iPhone. I would at least like to try it.
no
I can`t, even if I wanted to. Thanks, EU!
Njet.
In case you're curious about it: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.instagram.barcelona
I find it weird that no one is linking it. I literally had to find it on APKMirror.
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I still don't know what this threads thing even is, aside from being bootleg Twitter...
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I am. I'm a digital marketer by trade. Gotta try everything. Am I going to stick with it? Who knows!
Can you just let me know what it’s like and I can pretend to be in the know when my boss learns about this shit?
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I'll try it. I don't really care about data privacy very much and neither do a lot of other people until the data receiver is someone they dislike.
How much data is Reddit, Tumblr, Uber, Snapchat, WhatsApp, AirBnB or any other app getting? Who cares as long as I don't hate their CEO.
This is a pretty moronic take. "All of these other companies have already stolen my privacy, so what's one more? It's not like this specific company has helped undermine democracy in a world superpower the last two elections!"
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I won't but I also cannot, because EU and stuff...