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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.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Nope. Never had a Twitter account either. The whole concept is stupid and just brings a lot of noise from the type of people you'd never hear from in years gone by.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

While I'm on the microblogging side of fedi I'm gonna be staying far away from Threads, I like that there's more attention on ActivityPub now, and they're free to make it if they want, but I just can't see myself using it really.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

One word : enshittification

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Absolutely, yes. I almost always try the newest networks/apps because I like to see for myself whether I think they're going to be a hit and/or worthwhile.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

I'd rather eat surstromming.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Not released in EU. So can't ;(. Wait, that might be a good thing?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

All the people I know that use Facebook are old(er) people. Not looking forward to old people twitter 😅

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Not even available here in Italy, so no. But don’t care at all, all these massive companies should just die

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Can't even install it. (Apple) App store said it's unavailable in my country. Fortunately. I hope it's not just the app which is unavailable.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

No. I don't even have a facebook/meta/instagram account. fuck Zuck.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

I’ll try it.

Contrary to the majority consensus here, I already utilize Instagram so this data has already been collected for years. (An unfortunate “what’s new”)

We’ll see if it catches on at all…it will be nice once we can see “Threads” from Mastodon so that I can use any of the more privacy respecting apps out there, but until then I think it’s worth seeing how things work.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I might use it for notifications, which basically what I did with Twitter, follow certain accounts that provided realtime updates on something, like for example game stores for preorders. Basically the alternative to the ,much missing in some pages, RSS.

Commenting, submitting or simply scroll it ,nope, I didn't do it on Twitter except once or twice.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

nope, everyone I follow has moved to mastadon.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

I hate meta and honestly don't think Threads will bring anything new that other fedi software already has. I'm also quite happy with all the software available so don't see a reason to use Threads. I am curious to see if people who previously didn't use the fediverse or found it too confusing etc will like Threads.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Thanks, I'm good. I don't even want to know what that is.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Unpopular opinion: It's actually kinda nice, I don't mind it.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

I don't use Twitter, so no. But normies will finally have a potentially credible Twitter replacement that's open to the public, so good for them.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I think it's exciting. I don't hate Twitter, but a competitor with big money back in that's potentially going to integrate with the fediverse? That's fucking exciting.

Will they actively contribute or fork it? Who knows.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They will actively contribute while growing their userbase. When they hit critical mass they will cutoff the fediverse and take their users and their content with them. It happened before.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

That’s a hard “no” from me.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Wouldn't touch it with a 10 foot pole.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Are you going to try Facebook's threads FTFY

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Absolutely not, Meta can get screwed. The sooner the company crashes and burn, the better. It caused too much damage worldwide.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

I hang onto Instagram begrudgingly, definitely won't be trying anything new from Meta.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Have never had a Facebook account. Have never had an Instagram account. No, I'm not about to sign up to Threads.

I do have WhatsApp, it's the main messaging app that everyone I know uses, so I don't have much choice.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

No, won't sign up on that privacy nightmare. Though, once it does support ActivityPub, I'll probably follow people who are not on Mastodon yet.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Nope. As it will just end like reddit or meta. And i dont want anything to do with that

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

The zuck can go suck a fuck. Dude must be salivating at how much more data Meta can steal off people with Threads

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Nope, I hate Meta and everything it stands for. I will never use their products.

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