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Meta’s Threads Could Make—or Break—the Fediverse in c/technology@beehaw.org

[–] ggadget6@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

I mean yeah you're on a Lemmy instance which means you probably wouldn't see much from threads anyway. It's really Mastodon users who should be having the conversation

YouTube wants to hear your complaints about its Premium subscription in c/android@lemdro.id

[–] ggadget6@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Lol YouTube as a business is basically impossible to run. There isn't going to be a place to move on to.

Instagram’s Threads surpasses 100 million users in c/tech@kbin.social

[–] ggadget6@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What they're doing is making it very easy to sign up. You just need to go to your Instagram and click a few buttons and you've created a threads account.

Full, expanded list of all the data points and their purposes that Meta's Threads collect and link to user accounts. It's even more insane than you might've thought. in c/fediverse@kbin.social

[–] ggadget6@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Correct. I don't care because I already use Facebook messenger and Instagram which do exactly the same things. However if there's another good option of interacting with threads users without using the app that would be nice

Have you replaced your iPhone battery, and was it worth it? in c/apple_enthusiast@lemmy.world

[–] ggadget6@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

How do you see the number of cycles?

Threads passed 10 million sign-ups in its first four hours in c/tech@kbin.social

[–] ggadget6@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

No. Instagram has over a billion users (maybe 2 billion at this point). Threads "only" has 10 million. They've just made it really easy to sign up from your Instagram account.

Question: Why are some instances defederating instances which don't sign the fedipact? in c/fediverse@kbin.social

[–] ggadget6@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

I agree. I think people who support the fedipact greatly underestimate the network effect. To be honest, I think this place is never going to get big--it has the same issues that Linux desktop has. It'll only ever be used by a small niche group. I still have some hope but it's quickly draining.

There's More to the Reddit Meltdown Than Meets the Eye in c/technology@beehaw.org

[–] ggadget6@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago (5 children)

We are absolutely not over forums especially for niche communities. They're the best source of information on many topics

The Lemmy User Experience is Better When Centralized into Fewer Instances in c/technology@beehaw.org

[–] ggadget6@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

If the instances are federated with each other you don't need to do that. You can access other instance's content even while logged into your own.

95% down <3 I love the coordination and hate all this situation at the same time... in c/RedditMigration@kbin.social

[–] ggadget6@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

there are a lot more than 8800 subreddits though, where is this number from?

kbin.social is.. fast again? in c/kbinMeta@kbin.social

[–] ggadget6@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

How can I join the kbin matrix?