Anybody using Threads yet?

[pete284]

I won't be signing up for a social media platform where you can't delete your account.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

I won't be signing up for a social media platform where you can't delete your account.

Fun fact. Even if you dont have an account on Facebook, they create a shadow account for you using the information from other people in order to monetize you.

Zuck- Hey, did you hear about the google motto?

FB Employee- Um, do you mean, “Don’t be evil.“

Zuck- Yeah, that! I love it! Let’s use it! Except the whole “don’t“ part.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I won't be signing up for a social media platform where you can't delete your account.

I think this is a little misstated/misunderstood by everyone. There are no Threads accounts -- this is a second way of expressing your existing Instagram account. You can certainly delete your IG account.

 

[Ondath]

I opened an account for the podcast I run with a friend, but I didn't create a personal one. I mostly have privacy concerns, and I refuse to regularly use a social media website that shoves down algorithm-picked posts from accounts that I do not follow down my throat. If they get good enough privacy to launch in the EU and give the option to see a normal, chronological timeline with only posts from accounts that I follow, I'd consider opening a personal account.

What I really want to get into is Bluesky, but I couldn't find any invites for that one...

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

More sensible timelines are promised and they want to be in the EU, so I would expect a big patch in the next few weeks for Threads addressing a lot of concerns.

 

[gamerprinter]

I don't use Twitter, why would I use Threads?

 

[overgeeked]

I’m not trying Threads until they fix their privacy problems.

Meta's Threads app is a privacy nightmare that won't launch in EU yet | TechCrunch

Meta's planned Twitter killer, Threads, isn't yet publicly available but it already looks like a privacy nightmare...

techcrunch.com

 

[Ondath]

Apparently Threads has a feed only of people you follow now. I think I'll commit to the switch once the app comes out in the EU, especially since TwitterX decided to speedrun its collapse.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Apparently Threads has a feed only of people you follow now. I think I'll commit to the switch once the app comes out in the EU, especially since TwitterX decided to speedrun its collapse.

What Twitter will be called is a good question, though, since apparently both Meta and Microsoft have claims on the X trademark for different uses. Musk can apparently only use it for banking which Twitter is ... not.

 

[Ondath]

AFAIK Microsoft only has it in association with Xbox and the gaming industry, so they're probably safe from that. But if Musk ends up being unable to use his pet domain name because Zuckerberg owns the trademark in social media, it'll be funny. The fact that our entertainment comes from seeing billionaires fight petty battles is cyberpunk dystopian-levels of sad, but that's pretty funny.