I don’t understand. On my iPhone it doesnt open anything
Threads, an Instagram app
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I don't like the name "Threads" either. Probably because I'm a programmer.
I don't like the name. Probably because I'm from Sheffield. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threads_(1984_film)
I don't like the name. Probably because I'm a weyrholder with actual institutional memory of the last Threadfall and its destruction.
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Also worth nothing Instagram has been pretty good at eating other apps’s lunch, specifically Snapchat and later TikTok. Obviously Snapchat and TikTok are still things and are quite popular but the instagram versions of those features are quite good and the network effect is important.
Instagram is good at improving their app experience by incorporating features. However, it is not good at launching standalone apps either. Consider 1. Boomerang - https://www.niemanlab.org/reading/instagram-launches-a-standalone-app-boomerang-that-turns-photos-into-a-1-second-video-loop/ 2. Shopping app that was never launched? - https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/4/17819766/instagram-shopping-app-e-commerce 3. Layout…
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Re: Threads, an Instagram app
#964Anyone interested in talking about the product decisions instead of Musk/Zuck hate? - Interesting that they went with a stand-alone app instead of baking this into IG like they did with Stories (which killed Snap overnight). I wonder how much they’ll advertise the download inside of IG. - Can’t say I like the name. Doesn’t evoke much emotion in me. The term “thread” is rarely used by normies without the word “Twitter…
Snapchat is steadily growing and increasing revenue. [1]
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People on the Fediverse expected it very much. Meta already was trying to talk to the larger instances "off the record"[1]. Fediverse users are already planning to boycott any instance which federates with Meta to block any Embrace, Extend and Extinguish moves. [1] https://fosstodon.org/@kev/110592625692688836 edit: More info here: https://wedistribute.org/2023/06/fedipact-blocking-meta/
If my current mastodon instance blocks Meta, I will move to a different instance which federates with them. The entire point of federation in my eyes is that it lets me talk to as many people as possible.
Sure, that's your prerogative, federation broadens your reach. But what's the point if it only opens the door to toxicity and negativity? It's about meaningful connections, not just more of them.
Re: Threads, an Instagram app
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If my current mastodon instance blocks Meta, I will move to a different instance which federates with them. The entire point of federation in my eyes is that it lets me talk to as many people as possible.
Sure, that's your prerogative, federation broadens your reach. But what's the point if it only opens the door to toxicity and negativity? It's about meaningful connections, not just more of them.
Another thing I like about Mastodon is the lack of an algorithm. I only see posts from people I explicitly choose to follow (or posts those people explicitly choose to boost).
I do not plan to follow people who are excessively toxic or negative. If Threads launches, and 100% of its users are toxic, I will not follow anyone on Threads. But that seems unlikely to me.
Edit: I suppose it's true that people I don't follow can still reply to my posts. Idk, I suppose it's possible that federating with Threads would make my replies super toxic. But, like, let's see how the community develops first.
Re: Threads, an Instagram app
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It’s a text-based app, which dramatically changes expectations. Instagram Stories was, like Instagram, photos and videos. That allows consistency in how things work (not that it does in practice because some gestures were based on shared expectations with Facebook Stories, others with TikTok or Snapchat, but… you get it). Facebook designers have suffered quite a bit from dealing with very inconsistent media format: c…
Do you have any thoughts on why they attached to the IG graph and not the FB graph? Maybe I'm in a bubble, IG seems very low text, low drama, low politics. Not very Twitter-y
Probably because Threads is more suited to the unidirectional follow model
Re: Threads, an Instagram app
#969Anyone interested in talking about the product decisions instead of Musk/Zuck hate? - Interesting that they went with a stand-alone app instead of baking this into IG like they did with Stories (which killed Snap overnight). I wonder how much they’ll advertise the download inside of IG. - Can’t say I like the name. Doesn’t evoke much emotion in me. The term “thread” is rarely used by normies without the word “Twitter…
There’s also this symbol from a language called Tamil that looks similar: கு
Isn't it a character and not a symbol? Also, doesn't look anything like it.
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The most realistic comment in the thread, you don't deserve these downvotes. Threads development started last January. Quite obviously it's a rush job to capitalize on the fall of Twitter before BlueSky does. They'll instantly fill it with a zillion Insta users to get a critical mass going and take things from there. Surely they don't give a crap about any fediverse.
The story I'm seeing around Mastodon is that in fact this feature will not launch until the fall. Also that it they will only peer with hosts that sign an agreement with them. There is rumour of $$ involved. I think you can guess how this will all shake out. (Snarky aside: maybe Truth Social will federate with them?)
That sounds logical. Federation without conditions would make no sense at all for Meta. You could then run an ad-free Threads copy, create any client you want, easily train your AI on their content.
Surely if such deals materialize, many idealistic Mastodon instances will defederate with Meta. A few big Mastodon instances might not. Next, the idealistic Mastodon instances will defederate with the Meta-compatible Mastodon instances.
Which...makes large Mastodon instances pretty pointless. They'll be largely isolated from the rest of the Mastodon part of the fediverse. They can interact with Threads users, but in that case...why wouldn't users simply use Threads?