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For the uninitiated (I guess I live under a rock), what is threads? When I open the link I just get a funny logo and the "from meta" label

monospaced 3y ago
It is Meta‘s new competitor for Twitter
zahrc 3y ago
Twitter alternative by Meta
easyThrowaway 3y ago
A twitter clone with a different, less impulsive weirdo CEO at the helm.
- medo-bear 3y ago
  Lol. I cant wait to share my data with a guy who said his platform's users are "dumb f*cks" for sharing their data with him. Yummy
- folli 3y ago
  does the "less" refer to "impulsive" only, or both "impulsive weirdo"?
  - ubercore 3y ago
    My vote is that Zuck is just as weird, but less impulsive.
  - easyThrowaway 3y ago
    I was talking specifically about the "impulsive" part. Sorry, english is not my first language and adjectives order[1] truly messes up with my brain. [1]https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/sep/13/sentence-order-adjectives-rule-elements-of-eloquence-dictionary https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/sep/13/senten...
- KSPAtlas 3y ago
  And attempting to EEE the fediverse out of existence
  - sshine 3y ago
    EEE = embrace, extend, extinguish https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguis...
  - poisonborz 3y ago
    "We plan to support ActivityPub" "They want to kill ActivityPub!"
    - Tijdreiziger 3y ago
      Well, we've seen this playbook before with XMPP.
      - poisonborz 3y ago
        If a protocol is killed because a single megacorp starts to use it and then drops it, then who's at fault? XMPP was just a hard to use, outdated protocol.
        Tijdreiziger 3y ago
        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_effect
- skilled 3y ago
  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.
  - easyThrowaway 3y ago
    Come on, no weirdo-shaming. Elon was a cool weirdo before we found out he was also a racist prick.
    - skilled 3y ago
      Who is we? Is this 'we' you're talking about in the room right now?
      - easyThrowaway 3y ago
        You mean the... drum rolls Collective Zeitgeist?[1] Of course it's in the room, man. At least since the mid 20th century. You know, the society Of spectacle[2], the whole "In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes" thing. I know, I hate it too. Elon has become the Kanye of IT world. That's unfortunate but it's the truth. (Late Registration also is way better than any Tesla around though, so maybe not the fairest comparison). [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeitgeist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeitgeist [2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Society_of_the_Spectacle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Society_of_the_Spectacle
        skilled 3y ago
        I just find it impressive that you can draw conclusions about persons/situations and state them as facts when you yourself have no personal investment in them. You don't find that a little bit strange? Instead of saying "It's a Twitter clone", you thought it would be wise to drag people into your own miserable (and false) opinions. For what, to make them just as miserable?
      - drcongo 3y ago
        Everyone but the weirdo boot lickers.
- skrause 3y ago
  And so bad privacy that they chose to not even launch in GDPR countries. https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/05/threads-no-eu-launch/ https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/05/threads-no-eu-launch/
News-Dog 3y ago
[Meta] Threads (app) : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threads_(app) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threads_(app)

monospaced 3y ago

It is Meta‘s new competitor for Twitter

zahrc 3y ago

Twitter alternative by Meta

easyThrowaway 3y ago

A twitter clone with a different, less impulsive weirdo CEO at the helm.

medo-bear 3y ago
Lol. I cant wait to share my data with a guy who said his platform's users are "dumb f*cks" for sharing their data with him. Yummy
folli 3y ago
does the "less" refer to "impulsive" only, or both "impulsive weirdo"?
- ubercore 3y ago
  My vote is that Zuck is just as weird, but less impulsive.
- easyThrowaway 3y ago
  I was talking specifically about the "impulsive" part. Sorry, english is not my first language and adjectives order[1] truly messes up with my brain. [1]https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/sep/13/sentence-order-adjectives-rule-elements-of-eloquence-dictionary https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/sep/13/senten...
KSPAtlas 3y ago
And attempting to EEE the fediverse out of existence
- sshine 3y ago
  EEE = embrace, extend, extinguish https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguis...
- poisonborz 3y ago
  "We plan to support ActivityPub" "They want to kill ActivityPub!"
  - Tijdreiziger 3y ago
    Well, we've seen this playbook before with XMPP.
    - poisonborz 3y ago
      If a protocol is killed because a single megacorp starts to use it and then drops it, then who's at fault? XMPP was just a hard to use, outdated protocol.
      - Tijdreiziger 3y ago
        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_effect
skilled 3y ago
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.
- easyThrowaway 3y ago
  Come on, no weirdo-shaming. Elon was a cool weirdo before we found out he was also a racist prick.
  - skilled 3y ago
    Who is we? Is this 'we' you're talking about in the room right now?
    - easyThrowaway 3y ago
      You mean the... drum rolls Collective Zeitgeist?[1] Of course it's in the room, man. At least since the mid 20th century. You know, the society Of spectacle[2], the whole "In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes" thing. I know, I hate it too. Elon has become the Kanye of IT world. That's unfortunate but it's the truth. (Late Registration also is way better than any Tesla around though, so maybe not the fairest comparison). [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeitgeist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeitgeist [2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Society_of_the_Spectacle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Society_of_the_Spectacle
      - skilled 3y ago
        I just find it impressive that you can draw conclusions about persons/situations and state them as facts when you yourself have no personal investment in them. You don't find that a little bit strange? Instead of saying "It's a Twitter clone", you thought it would be wise to drag people into your own miserable (and false) opinions. For what, to make them just as miserable?
    - drcongo 3y ago
      Everyone but the weirdo boot lickers.
skrause 3y ago
And so bad privacy that they chose to not even launch in GDPR countries. https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/05/threads-no-eu-launch/ https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/05/threads-no-eu-launch/

News-Dog 3y ago

[Meta] Threads (app) : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threads_(app) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threads_(app)