Meta’s Twitter competitor launches on July 6th, according to the App Store

nightscout, 10 months ago

And I hope it fails as miserably as Twitter is failing. I’m so tired of these companies doing the crap they’re doing simply to earn a buck from people. It’s pure greed and I hope they all go under and end up failing.

Clairvoidance, 10 months ago

Twitter has shown that there is an audience for companies (and apparently presidents) engaging via public social media.
Corporations rely on algorithms to get attention on their eyes, and it's especially convenient to have everyone on the internet on a 'central hub', where you can make sure the most people have a chance to get hooked on what you do (this is also the case for smaller creators like digital artists)
as Twitter proves unreliable I imagine corporations as well as smaller freelancers will work to give Meta's alternative some legitimacy in the public's eyes so that they're not shit out of luck
Though Meta's bleeding money as it is, they might not be the horse worth betting on anyway.

PabloDiscobar, 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago)

This will be the Holy land of astroturfing.

And expect a lot of AI posts generated by meta to "prime the pump" (do you like the expression? I invented it)

This is their communication:

Threads is where communities come together to discuss everything from the topics you care about today to what’ll be trending tomorrow. Whatever it is you’re interested in, you can follow and connect directly with your favorite creators and others who love the same things — or build a loyal following of your own to share your ideas, opinions and creativity with the world.

Buzzwords, buzzwords everywhere.

trending, connect, community, creator, love, loyal, following, share, discuss, care

What it doesn't say is that the core of the system will be to feed you ads, the right ads, for the political party that want to connect with you. You will never know whether or not the person you follow is a human, or if his followers are human. This will be an industrial secret.

"I love Meta because this is where my friends are" --bot_22567443

HarkMahlberg, 10 months ago

You will never know whether or not the person you follow is a human, or if his followers are human.

Anyone foolish enough to use this platform, is foolish enough to never even question who they're talking to.

Ignacio, 10 months ago

So, Threads is an Instagram app for messaging in Twitter-style? Inside the fediverse?

Are you saying that the fucking Kanye, and the big-butt Kim and her sisters are coming??? Damn, that's a more dangerous stuff.

Deceptichum, 10 months ago

There already here, in so far as they already use the same open Internet standards we do.

Metas shit might be using ActivityPub but that doesn’t mean it’s going to be “here” any more than Peertube or any other AP service is here with us.

Let’s see if Meta actually embraces the Fediverse or simply does it’s own thing on the side using the same basic underlying language.

Ignacio, 10 months ago

As long as Kanye, the big-butt Kim, her sisters and other shithead people (CR7, Bieber, Georgina, etc.) are far away from my sight, I welcome Threads... with surveillance CCTV and other detectors 24/7.

DragonFruit, 10 months ago

Seems like a viable competitor with the instagram install base and the existing brand relationships.

djquadratic, 10 months ago

I predict this being looped into the instagram app and being just as out of place as reels are … but they’re going to force influencers to use them and thereby minting its success

HidingCat, 10 months ago

And I hate that, because last thing I want is Meta getting even more marketshare and online space.