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Re: Threads has passed 2M sign ups in the first 2 hours

#21
Network Effects > Privacy

With all the privacy invasive things that Threads tracks people with on its app, this is still proof that network effects trump privacy any day when it comes to social networks.

Privacy as a feature that Mastodon touts is simply and clearly not enough to sway normal users to use it, after many Twitter fuck ups by Elon and over 6 years of Mastodon's existence.

Re: Threads has passed 2M sign ups in the first 2 hours

#27
post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, but they have meaningful verification (apparently), while Twitter doesn't.

What does that mean? Doesn’t the blue tick verification on Twitter require a valid credit card ?

Twitter had verification based on the account's noteworthiness, and now it doesn't. That was one of the main features of Twitter, and now Threads.net has it.

Re: Threads has passed 2M sign ups in the first 2 hours

#29
post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What does that mean? Doesn’t the blue tick verification on Twitter require a valid credit card ?

Twitter had verification based on the account's noteworthiness, and now it doesn't. That was one of the main features of Twitter, and now Threads.net has it.

What does "noteworthy" mean? Who decides what's noteworthy?
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