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A twitter clone with a different, less impulsive weirdo CEO at the helm.
Are you implying Linda Yaccarino is a weirdo? Oh wait, the chip on your shoulder is so big you can't even differentiate opinions anymore.
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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?
The moment you want to upload a simple screenshot, they will demand access to all your files. That's how today's OS security works.
I say this as someone who loves twitter: it's cooked. I spent time on threads earlier today and it is the answer people have been looking for. Nobody has a better track record of giving the users the features they want, even if that means cloning them wholesale from competitors. And more importantly, nobody does hyperscale content moderation better than Meta. If you're a public figure and can get the same/larger enga…
Some very obvious features are missing, but for a v1 launch the app runs smooth, feels clean, is easy to get started, and has a jovial early internet feel.
Meta will ship most every feature the average Twitter user would want in the next month or so and then it's game over.
Aside, it's amazing how Elon's antics over the last year (or many years) have somehow made Zuck seem both personable and competent
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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?
The moment you want to upload a simple screenshot, they will demand access to all your files. That's how today's OS security works.
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…
People have no problem installing new apps if they actually offer something.
Just like people have no problem installing new software on Windows or buying new games for their PlayStation.
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…
Since Threads is basically another view into your Instagram account, it makes some kind of sense to start with mobile.
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Instagram doesn't require an app. But I get your point, I doubt people really care.
I doubt they will keep it app only. If they want to attract news outlets from twitter they will need to support embedding somehow
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user =/= user account. One user can have multiple accounts.
Don't they aggressively fight this? I think all your accounts can get banned if you use multiple accounts. I know they demand a working phone number and other identification data. Not saying there are no multiple accounts, just that it is not a wide-spread thing like on reddit/twitter/mastodon.