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All of the dark patterns are already there. No timeline control, no web UI, everything is aimed at data harvesting and it brings absolutely zero new innovation.
It's kinda sad that we can't make a better Twitter. Is that really it?
Seems like it might be starting to fall over, trying to load https://www.threads.net/@zuck times out.
Surely this is due to Zuckerberg’s poor leadership and inevitable upcoming demise. I say this sarcastically because that was the narrative whenever Twitter has had load issues.
Has anyone tried using it in browser? Does it work well or they force app download onto you like they do with Instagram? I think Meta felt the pressure, seeing people might move to Mastodon (happy user from today) and wanted their piece of cake
I'm not going to download this because there's no web application. It's clear that they intentionally did not release a web application in order to maximize app installs and thus maximum control over their users (eg. scrape your contacts, push notifications, and most importantly to show you ads). In 2023 nobody wants to install yet another app, so this is a clever strategy to optimize for app installs. Not going to w…
Deny access to contacts and push notifications, use DNS based ad blocker should take care of those problems. Are people actually typing thought provoking, in-depth analysis into Twitter?
Seems like it might be starting to fall over, trying to load https://www.threads.net/@zuck times out.
Surely this is due to Zuckerberg’s poor leadership and inevitable upcoming demise. I say this sarcastically because that was the narrative whenever Twitter has had load issues.
Not saying people saying that where correct but it wasn't just people randomly blaming the CEO for no reason.
I'm not going to download this because there's no web application. It's clear that they intentionally did not release a web application in order to maximize app installs and thus maximum control over their users (eg. scrape your contacts, push notifications, and most importantly to show you ads). In 2023 nobody wants to install yet another app, so this is a clever strategy to optimize for app installs. Not going to w…
Deny access to contacts and push notifications, use DNS based ad blocker should take care of those problems. Are people actually typing thought provoking, in-depth analysis into Twitter?
To put the numbers into perspective, 0.2% of Meta's users signed up for Threads. Meta has 3.59 billion active users: https://www.investing.com/academy/statistics/facebook-meta-f...
user =/= user account. One user can have multiple accounts.
I'm not going to download this because there's no web application. It's clear that they intentionally did not release a web application in order to maximize app installs and thus maximum control over their users (eg. scrape your contacts, push notifications, and most importantly to show you ads). In 2023 nobody wants to install yet another app, so this is a clever strategy to optimize for app installs. Not going to w…
I am unlikely to join. So, I ask from a distance: Have meta defined any public interest oversight What are they doing about hate speech, CSA and crime Do they have a penalty box or exclusions policy for politicians and political hacks and what appellate process exists Do they recognise the force of national laws in any specific jurisdictions beyond the USA How does meta intend dealing with Iran and china
I suspect they will reuse moderation fromFB and Insta on Threads so more of what they have been doing. They are a known quantity at this point.
Given that Threads requires an app, and the app requires obscene permissions (health, etc) ... its hard not to think that Meta can't escape their set ways and this app is doomed to fail. The app serves Meta more than it does the public.