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My early impressions: Interface is clean and easy to use/intuitive Not seeing an ad or sponsored posts every 2nd or 3rd story is refreshing, wondering how lon
by maskedinvader 3y ago
My early impressions:
Interface is clean and easy to use/intuitive
Not seeing an ad or sponsored posts every 2nd or 3rd story is refreshing, wondering how long that lasts
No web app to boot ? Wtf disappointed no web ui yet but hoping that changes and changes soon
Also no other way to login apart from instagram ? That’s strange , was hoping for standalone login , hoping it’s eventually rolled out
No way to change username even after linking instagram username, this is imho a dumb move, I was late to the instagram party and missed out on shorter username and now was hoping joining threads early would help me get my desired username but alas
I noticed the highlighted replies feature where celebrity replies are expanded below some threads , it’s probably a good feature just feel they could have a way of turning it off, I’d rather click into a story to surface those and maximize stories per page and reduce scrolling
All in all seems like a decent twitter clone, and lots of features missing but definitely a good start.
- paxys 3y ago> No way to change username even after linking instagram username, this is imho a dumb move, I was late to the instagram party and missed out on shorter username and now was hoping joining threads early would help me get my desired username but alas There is a 1:1 mapping of Instagram <-> Threads user names, so even if they let you change it in the app you wouldn't be able to get a shorter one if someone has already claimed it on Instagram.
- joker_minmax 3y agoOn regular Instagram, I quit using because 20-25% of my feed was sponsored posts. (Although most of my friends only get ads every six or seven, I got ads every three or four posts.) I would imagine it won't be long before they start adding more ads.
- anonymousiam 3y agoYour imagination is spot on. They'll make the experience attractive until they have enough momentum to ruin it.
- behnamoh 3y agoGod I hate ads…
- square_usual 3y agoI get an ad every two posts on insta, wtf
- davidw 3y ago> No web app to boot ? Wtf disappointed no web ui yet but hoping that changes and changes soon I f'ing hate typing on my phone compared to on my computer. Definitely a necessary feature for me.
- bpye 3y agoWeb UI seemingly sort of exists, you can share links for example https://www.threads.net/@zuck https://www.threads.net/@zuck
- yodsanklai 3y agoYou can only see a limited number of comments. Which sucks considering people in the EU can't get the app.
- kylehotchkiss 3y agoI want them to get ads right. That’s the only way this gets a fighting chance. Hopping around mastodon and bluesky isn’t as fun as twitter used to be.