Seems like it might be starting to fall over, trying to load https://www.threads.net/@zuck times out.
well, works for me, but a bit slow
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#112It's pretty refreshing to see your Instagram follower/followees in a new light. Photo-centric Instagram felt a little stale with the same-old selfies and food selfies. Meanwhile, Thread texts seem to display more of their personality.
The problem is, will people keep posting text?
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#113Earlier quoted context omitted.
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
threads already have embedding, on web click on share button and there is a "get embed code" button.
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#114Given 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.
There's a reason they don't offer this in the EU. Their internal lawyers likely put their foot down and told them that this product is just setting them up for expensive fines. It wouldn't surprise me if that happened pretty late in the development process too.
That tells me this is a rush job. Probably it's because they were afraid that the small opportunity in the market for someone to compete with Twitter might be very short lived. I think they are right and that they are late to the party.
Let's see what happens but I think this will indeed fizzle out pretty quickly. It will be interesting to see if they'll ever even bother with an EU launch of this thing. Without a strong story on privacy any attempt to launch in the EU is in any case doomed. So, this is looking like it's off to a lack luster and weak start.
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#115Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
All the operational decisions are still being made and announced personally by Elon.
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#116I 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
> Do they recognise the force of national laws in any specific jurisdictions beyond the USA
Yes: they recognize the GDPR and are therefore not launching at all in the EU.
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#117I 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…
> nobody does hyperscale content moderation better than Meta
This is not the glowing recommendation some might think, it's more of a condemnation of the state of moderation.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/dec/06/rohingya-...
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#118I'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 actually far prefer for companies to be straight up with their "Here are our hard requirements on how you use our service, take it or leave it" over the previous iteration which was "We're going to do whatever you want us to do until we have leverage and then we're going to screw you". This is exactly the pain point that reddit continually goes through where the company is laissez faire, the shit hits the fan, they change the rules and everyone screams. I'm fine downloading an App, I used the twitter App, one in one out seems fine to me.
Oh and also, the vast vast majority of the time there was no thought provoking in depth analysis on twitter. That's not what's driving engagement in these sites.
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#119Seems like it might be starting to fall over, trying to load https://www.threads.net/@zuck times out.
FWIW, it loads just fine for me.
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#120I 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…
Exactly! I'm sure lots of people will stay on Twitter. But ad buyers, celebrities and brands are not very interested in the niche communities, and thus Twitter as business will be extremely hurt.
Given how many social networks have launched, for me the interesting questions aren't "what technology" or "what policy", but "what people are using it" and "what are they using it _for_".
This may take some time to evolve. Indeed, sometimes it evolves with the platform; Instagram basically _created_ "influencer" as a job description. Youtube created its Youtubers. So what's happening on Threads? Anyone got any good launch content to post here?