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It looks like you can't compose a new thread on desktop. For a text-centric app, the lack of computer keyboard access is disheartening. I understand that the T
by coolandsmartrr 3y ago
It looks like you can't compose a new thread on desktop.
For a text-centric app, the lack of computer keyboard access is disheartening. I understand that the Threads team may want to focus on their core market on mobile. However, mobile prioritization will lead to posting content best composed on mobile, namely curt text and memes. I hope giving these types of content an early start won't affect the the culture on Threads in the long-run.
- cmrdporcupine 3y agoUnfortunately there seems to be a class of product managers who truly believe that "mobile only" is a mark of pride and excellence and that having desktop access to their product is either irrelevant/too-much-work ... or even so, a bad idea. I ran into these types on things I worked on at Google, and they seem to be out there generally. Instagram was like this for years, really. Which made some sense as it was a photo-taking app originally. But for something like this? Someone made some choices here, and I think they're the wrong ones. I guess it says something that out of the thousands of comments I've seen about threads, I've only seen one or two that even noticed that there's no desktop/web site? Are people really that phone centric now? My poor old "elderly" Gen-X self doesn't get it. Yes, you appear to be able to view individual threads if you have a link, but not sign up to the product, author threads, or browse?
- amluto 3y agoTwitter was rather extensively used for long form multi-tweet posts. Composing this type of content in a mobile app does not sound fun. (I don’t like Twitter as a medium for long posts like this, but the bottom line doesn’t care what I like.)