@atomicpoet@fediversenews I feel like Bluesky waited for too long, and now they're going to be overshadowed. As much as I hate Meta, I think it's better to have an ActivityPub-compatible platform from them, than a platform endorsed by Dorsey and full with crypto-bros.
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There are hundreds of Tweets today from users (bots) with 0 followers saying they tried Threads, hated it, and have come back.🤔
@atomicpoet@fediversenews could it also just be that Threads is an awful app (it is). Also, most Bluesky people don't even care about the protocol lol.
@atomicpoet@fediversenews what they do care about tho is algorithmic choice. It's hard to go back to a feed like Threads when you can have the highly custom feeds on Bluesky.
@ekana I've legitimately tried to use Bluesky more often, but I just can't find anything worth reading and the algorithms aren't helping me. Mind you, I prefer reverse chron over everything else.
@atomicpoet that's fair the culture is different although plenty of intellectual people post often over there but the vibe is definitely more casual.
I for one can say that the custom feeds have been incredibly helpful in chatting with other black users. Someone set up a feed called Blacksky and I've made some very nice connections there, a real community. And some people have made some very funny hyper specific feeds as well. Overall it's just nice having more flexibility.
@atomicpoet@fediversenews The admin for universeodon.com, after meeting with Meta, suggested in a reply that InstagramThreads was also looking to connect with AT protocol too. This would be very smart in my opinion, but after seeing all the algorithm nonsense in their app, I wonder if they will get in their own way leaving the spaces to be bridged by the small/indie web here still.
I've got a funny little story for you. So, a while back, someone was all like, "Hey, #Mastodon and #ActivityPub are totally done for because Bluesky is this massive gorilla with loads of cash!" And you know what? I've been saying for ages that if Bluesky is a gorilla, then #P92 (or #Threads, as the kids now call it) is a ginormous whale! And guess what? Tonight, my friend, I've been proven right!
Hold on to your hats because Threads has gone from zero to millions of users in less than a day!
About the quick numbers from 0 to 2 million, a "flying start" I read that many services in the first months inflate their numbers. Just a normal thing. But now days, it's unnecessary.
Im assuming many Instagram users who join #threads dont care about being scraped. Sorry if my terminology is not correct, im referring to the permissions, see images
@atomicpoet@harriettmb at the minute you can't delete your Threads account without also nuking your Instagram account.
It sounds like something that wouldn't meet GDPR policy on honoring delete requests.
I have to say I'm a bit surprised at reports that dogpiling of minorities seems to have already started happening on Threads, with known harassment groups making their presence felt.
@davey_cakes@atomicpoet I have an instagram that I haven’t used in years. The reason it’s still there is it’s a bitch to delete. Irritating that it’s so easy to set up SM but really difficult to get rid of them. Thank you Davey that #threads are not coming to this instance.
Yep #BlueSky is the big loser here amongst the would-be sharks circling #twitter. But nothing to do with protocols @atomicpoet. Simply for those that want a Twitter replacement #Threads has got what no other has - millions of real users hence more content. That's what holds everybody else back.
#BlueSky has no USP now. Weirdly #Mastodon USP is doing microblogging/discussion DIFFERENTLY from the Twitter model.
@atomicpoet@fediversenews yeah, i saw that. Still, those 5 millions on meta are users, time will tell if all those stories maker also share written content.
To me, if they were interested into that, they would have open a twitter or fb account, not an ig one
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