So let me get this straight… #Threads collects massive amounts of data, the platform is full of brands and celebrities, AND it uses an algorithm-driven feed. It tracks users, serves ads, and has quickly filled up, according to reports, with trolls, Nazis and the far right. Oh, and the site makes a shadow account for everyone with an Instagram profile, whether they want to participate or not. But still new users are flocking to the platform?? It’s a case of FOMO, and I don’t think it will last. F*ck Zuck and the corporate trojan horse he rode in on. Very disappointed in those I know who have bought the BS. That’s all I have to say on the matter. #TwitterMigration#TwitterMigrants#SocialMedia#Meta#Zuckerberg
@CharlieMcHenry Moreover, I just find all the posts on threads to be relentlessly inane. Like the thirty second instagram reels. They're a special kind of boring.
@CharlieMcHenry Easy to get huge numbers of new users shortly after launching when you sign them up yourself.
What I don't understand is people using the excuse they're looking for something better than FB or Instagram - why would you go to the same developer that makes the product you're not happy with? People don't do this when buying cars, or other products. 🤦♂️
Much of that, I believe, is incorrect. There are no ads, though obviously that won't last forever. I have personally not seen any trolls, nazis or haters in general. (There has been at least one case of a large hate account, LibsOfTikTok, having threads taken down.) This story of shadow profiles is, I think, merely rumor, perhaps to explain the high signup numbers.
I've got family & friends on Instagram. Meta is pernicious, but if they do federate, that may not matter.
@richardgrant I was premature in suggesting the site serves ads now, but as you grant, that will surely follow. I have testimony via my feed from an Insta user who discovered he had a profile on Threads that was already being suggested as a follow (makes sense, why not move if you’ve already got followers?). He found out from his girlfriend who signed up and was presented with his profile as a suggested friend. As for the nazis, haters and trolls, I got that from the article below. But for me personally, the fact the platform is not only corporate, but Meta owned, is reason enough to avoid it. I acknowledge there are other points-of-view. https://www.mediamatters.org/facebook/far-right-figures-including-nazi-supporters-anti-gay-extremists-and-white-supremacists-are
@CharlieMcHenry@richardgrant the haters and trolls are definitely a problem…i wonder how meta’s gonna deal with all of that
but their whole story is more like since your insta and threads are linked (for now, that may change but i honestly don’t think it will), it allows you to “pre-follow” people you follow on insta, so when (if?) they make a threads account they then get the “oh hey some of your insta friends are already here and think you’re important…
@CharlieMcHenry I'm sure a good number of initial #Threads accounts are curious users who are jumping in to see what the big deal is, and then never logging in again. Aside from the number of registrations, a much more interesting metric for me is daily/monthly/weekly average users. Eventually you'll start observing a downwards trend. It doesn't sound like a good experience at all.
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