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Re: Threads.net

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Post by fiddlerwoaroof »

nvy wrote: post #17
re wrote: post #6

With Firefox "Enhanced Tracking Protection" turned on, the requests to fbcdn.net domains are blocked and I just get a blank page. With it turned off, it's just an abstract splash image with a 2-day countdown and a QR code that opens links to the mobile app stores. Presumably at some point the trackers list Firefox uses will be updated to mark Threads as a Facebook property and allow those [fbcdn.net] resources to be…

I feel like "allowing Facebook properties" and "Firefox tracker protection" are fundamentally at odds.

It depends on what the goal is: in this case, fbcdn is first-party for the threads website (because they’re both owned by the same company) and blocking it makes for a worse experience.

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Post by leonidasv »

zzzeek wrote: post #19
leonidasv wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's why nobody takes the 'fediverse' seriously. Threads is not the first server being blocked because moderator x don't like the owner of that server. Imagine if signing up for a @gmail.com email meant that you can't send or receive emails from @outlook.com addresses because the owner is mad at Microsoft. They could have taken this as a big opportunity to make ActivityPub mainstream but nah, let's keep gatekeeping…

folks are quite happy in the fediverse so I dont really see the "losing" here. if "losing" means not having to welcome an army of trolls taunting them as "loser gatekeepers" then lose away

The only way to stay away from trolls is running an instance at localhost without any networking. I thought social applications were meant to connect people.

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Post by s1gnp0st »

wenc wrote: post #11

For those not in the loop: Meta to launch Twitter-like Application Threads on Thursday. "Threads, Instagram's text-based conversation app, is expected to be released on Thursday and will allow users to follow the accounts they follow on the photo-sharing platform and keep the same username, a listing on Apple's App Store showed." https://money.usnews.com/investing/news/articles/2023-07-03/...

Finally a public forum controlled by the right kind of people.

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Post by notatoad »

slimebot80 wrote: post #18

I get it: Twitter is under pressure Love it. But, I generally feel social media is dying in far bigger ways than just these dilutions. People don't trust it, and are caring far less. The hey-day and the novelty has completely worn of for the majority who are not narcissistic enough to put the energy in to arguing or self-promoting. Reality is king! Musk and Zuck and Xi are just all jostling for slices of a crusty, sm…

>People don't trust it, and are caring far less.

not trusting or caring so much about social media is the absolute best thing that can happen to social media. and i don't mean that in a negative way, i don't hate social media. it should be a fun thing, people blindly trusting it or caring too much about it makes it less fun.

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Post by gbraad »

fishpen0 wrote: post #8

Mastodon communities are already coordinating trying to fully defederate threads. This is definitely going to be interesting to watch as a big whale jumps into the fediverse with the intent to profit

Which makes no sense.

They wanted Google to federate. They still want Apple to open messages (xmpp)... And this? Block it before we see it.

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Post by gbraad »

zzzeek wrote: post #19
leonidasv wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's why nobody takes the 'fediverse' seriously. Threads is not the first server being blocked because moderator x don't like the owner of that server. Imagine if signing up for a @gmail.com email meant that you can't send or receive emails from @outlook.com addresses because the owner is mad at Microsoft. They could have taken this as a big opportunity to make ActivityPub mainstream but nah, let's keep gatekeeping…

folks are quite happy in the fediverse so I dont really see the "losing" here. if "losing" means not having to welcome an army of trolls taunting them as "loser gatekeepers" then lose away

Instagram is a more oriented community. I do not care about Facebook, but on IG I have a lot of likewise minded people. Making this into a more sprawling community platform makes sense.

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Post by sashank_1509 »

zmmmmm wrote: post #26

If you can't be bothered decoding the QR code: https://threads.net/download/redirect

seriously why put it behind a QR code, why not make it a clickable link. It's not just threads, I see this annoying design pattern everywhere and I cannot fathom why people are doing this

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Post by dotnet00 »

fishpen0 wrote: post #8

Mastodon communities are already coordinating trying to fully defederate threads. This is definitely going to be interesting to watch as a big whale jumps into the fediverse with the intent to profit

The wider fediverse continues to demonstrate why most people prefer to stick to centralized social media. If I wanted to deal with moral busybodies who feel like they have to respond to everything, I'd just tune back into the political side of Reddit and Twitter.

With the fediverse, the most likable servers I've interacted with all just let people do whatever they want as long as it isn't illegal and doesn't overload the server. It's great not having to see the moderators and admins freaking out over yet another perceived slight against their ideology every other day.

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Post by donio »

fishpen0 wrote: post #8

Mastodon communities are already coordinating trying to fully defederate threads. This is definitely going to be interesting to watch as a big whale jumps into the fediverse with the intent to profit

Some will choose to federate with it (if it's an option), some won't. Just as they do with other instances. That's the beauty of it. Fragmentation is not a bug, it's a feature.
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