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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.
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.
I’m not going to install or create an account in threads, howver, I will be quite non-discriminatory to thread users when they become federated.
I personally hope that Instagram users start to use Threads instead.
Adam Mosseri claims that they are not going to try to prevent Thread users from churning to other instances.
https://www.threads.net/t/CuRtcYTNY3J
Whether they follow through with their commitments is yet to be determined.
I'll probably go and look at it just to see what it's like, but not make an account. I have never used Twitter or Instagram and have no desire to, Lemmy and the few others I am on are enough for me.
I went on Threads and it is really, really fucking stupid. Five stars.
Not until they add some basic features and we get some answers on the data collection.
It doesn't even offer a reverse chronological list of posts with only people you follow. That is basic, day 1 level functionality for me.
I don't think I'll use it in any serious way. I left Facebook years ago now. I have an Instagram but never use it. I'm just not a user of Meta's products. But I'll reserve my handle and if Twitter itself finally craps the bed at least I'll have one more off ramp.
I'm already on there
Only if they pay me ;)
I said I would never join facebook. Or msn messenger. Or Discord. Or Twitch. Or Twitter. But then everyone and their grandmas started using them. And despite knowing already back then they would use me as the product, I hesitantly joined.
So if they manage to release an EU-legal version, and everyone-ish joins, and mastodon becomes barren, I might join. Again. Its not like they dont know everything about me already.
The cynic in me have realized most people jumps on whatever is advertised to them and is cheap, and call anything that isnt advertised enough or too expensive for "difficult" or "looks stupid". Those who claims ads doesn't work on them are extra prone to jump on anything commercial while downtalking better and free'er options. So we can't win this way.
Never. Fuck Meta. Fuck Zuckerberg.
