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People jumping ship from Twitter for this thinking they're going to be treated any better are probably in line for a nasty surprise.

by ssl232 3y ago

timbre1234 3y ago
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- churchill 3y ago
  On the news tonight, anyone I don't like is a Goebbels Jr.
  - martin8412 3y ago
    https://www.vice.com/en/article/z3m443/elon-musk-george-soros-antisemitic-tweets https://www.vice.com/en/article/z3m443/elon-musk-george-soro...
    - aydyn 3y ago
      way to prove his point my dude
- aydyn 3y ago
  go back to reddit
- zeofig 3y ago
  Yeah zuckyboy is totally a better dude than the muskrat
johndevor 3y ago
People gonna people.
aglasgow000 3y ago
The people jumping are from insta and brands. Don't think anyone else cares about this.
- xii23 3y ago
  not true. almost all my mutuals in twitter created threads account as soon as possible (probably because of the novelty)
  - asadotzler 3y ago
    Please report back in a week how many of them are posting more on Threads than Twitter. I saw something similar with signups, but content, not so much, not yet at least.
LittleShaman 3y ago
It's quite easy doing better than Twitter considering the antics since the acquisition.
- whywhywhywhy 3y ago
  Have you seen Threads and Bluesky? Honestly the algorithm content they feed you makes Twitter look outstanding. Insane how poor it is, Bluesky has an excuse because they're starting from zero but IG has a decade of data on my account and its awful.
bjohnson225 3y ago
I thought the quotes on the BBC article were quite revealing: > Mr Zuckerberg said keeping the platform "friendly... will ultimately be the key to its success". > But Mr Musk responded: "It is infinitely preferable to be attacked by strangers on Twitter, than indulge in the false happiness of hide-the-pain Instagram." If Threads is a fractionally less toxic version of Twitter, it’ll do quite well.
- rvz 3y ago
  > If Threads is a fractionally less toxic version of Twitter, it’ll do quite well. It will eventually be equally as toxic. Twitter started in a calm setting until the ads, politics, outrage filled it up. Threads will have ads soon and will apply the same Instagram algorithms it had before to promote verified outrage. Trump is also on both Twitter and Threads. As long as he and other Instagram users are on Threads, then the outrage town hall will continue and will be no better than Twitter.
  - bjohnson225 3y ago
    > Trump is also on both Twitter and Threads. As long as he and other Instagram users are on Threads, then the outrage town hall will continue and will be no better than Twitter. I don't know, I'm in Europe, I follow zero explicitly political people yet US politics dominates my Twitter feed. I don't get that on Instagram which is all I need to make the service more enjoyable and to feel less toxic than Twitter. The outrage town hall will of course continue on Threads, but hopefully with only those who are activley seeking it.
- nmltprand 3y ago
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  - bjohnson225 3y ago
    > What will people talk about if Instagram is friendly Anything that's not the current American culture wars? The same things most people talk about in their lives when not throthing at the mouth on Twitter. (i.e. comedy, sports, tech, food, animals, jobs, cars, etc.) And, of course, culture wars will still be discussed, but it doesn't need promoting to those not interested in arguing such things on social media.
whywhywhywhy 3y ago
No one is really jumping from Twitter, we saw last week during the rate limit debacle that everyone who was shouting loudly about how great Bluesky was are all still addicted to Twitter.
grishka 3y ago
There's going to be ActivityPub federation. You'll be able to have it your way, especially without the forced recommended posts in the feed, as soon as it launches.
- wetpaws 3y ago
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- rchaud 3y ago
  AP federation just means you can spam your posts outside the Threads walled garden, eventually. It doesn't guarantee anything about how the native client will choose to show posts.
  - grishka 3y ago
    Being able to not miss out on others' updates and participate in discussions is good enough for me.

People jumping ship from Twitter for this thinking they're going to be treated any better are probably in line for a nasty surprise.

by ssl232 3y ago

People jumping ship from Twitter for this thinking they're going to be treated any better are probably in line for a nasty surprise.

timbre1234 3y ago

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churchill 3y ago
On the news tonight, anyone I don't like is a Goebbels Jr.
- martin8412 3y ago
  https://www.vice.com/en/article/z3m443/elon-musk-george-soros-antisemitic-tweets https://www.vice.com/en/article/z3m443/elon-musk-george-soro...
  - aydyn 3y ago
    way to prove his point my dude
aydyn 3y ago
go back to reddit
zeofig 3y ago
Yeah zuckyboy is totally a better dude than the muskrat

johndevor 3y ago

People gonna people.

aglasgow000 3y ago

The people jumping are from insta and brands. Don't think anyone else cares about this.

xii23 3y ago
not true. almost all my mutuals in twitter created threads account as soon as possible (probably because of the novelty)
- asadotzler 3y ago
  Please report back in a week how many of them are posting more on Threads than Twitter. I saw something similar with signups, but content, not so much, not yet at least.

LittleShaman 3y ago

It's quite easy doing better than Twitter considering the antics since the acquisition.

whywhywhywhy 3y ago
Have you seen Threads and Bluesky? Honestly the algorithm content they feed you makes Twitter look outstanding. Insane how poor it is, Bluesky has an excuse because they're starting from zero but IG has a decade of data on my account and its awful.

bjohnson225 3y ago

I thought the quotes on the BBC article were quite revealing: > Mr Zuckerberg said keeping the platform "friendly... will ultimately be the key to its success". > But Mr Musk responded: "It is infinitely preferable to be attacked by strangers on Twitter, than indulge in the false happiness of hide-the-pain Instagram." If Threads is a fractionally less toxic version of Twitter, it’ll do quite well.

rvz 3y ago
> If Threads is a fractionally less toxic version of Twitter, it’ll do quite well. It will eventually be equally as toxic. Twitter started in a calm setting until the ads, politics, outrage filled it up. Threads will have ads soon and will apply the same Instagram algorithms it had before to promote verified outrage. Trump is also on both Twitter and Threads. As long as he and other Instagram users are on Threads, then the outrage town hall will continue and will be no better than Twitter.
- bjohnson225 3y ago
  > Trump is also on both Twitter and Threads. As long as he and other Instagram users are on Threads, then the outrage town hall will continue and will be no better than Twitter. I don't know, I'm in Europe, I follow zero explicitly political people yet US politics dominates my Twitter feed. I don't get that on Instagram which is all I need to make the service more enjoyable and to feel less toxic than Twitter. The outrage town hall will of course continue on Threads, but hopefully with only those who are activley seeking it.
nmltprand 3y ago
[flagged]
- bjohnson225 3y ago
  > What will people talk about if Instagram is friendly Anything that's not the current American culture wars? The same things most people talk about in their lives when not throthing at the mouth on Twitter. (i.e. comedy, sports, tech, food, animals, jobs, cars, etc.) And, of course, culture wars will still be discussed, but it doesn't need promoting to those not interested in arguing such things on social media.

whywhywhywhy 3y ago

No one is really jumping from Twitter, we saw last week during the rate limit debacle that everyone who was shouting loudly about how great Bluesky was are all still addicted to Twitter.

grishka 3y ago

There's going to be ActivityPub federation. You'll be able to have it your way, especially without the forced recommended posts in the feed, as soon as it launches.

wetpaws 3y ago
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rchaud 3y ago
AP federation just means you can spam your posts outside the Threads walled garden, eventually. It doesn't guarantee anything about how the native client will choose to show posts.
- grishka 3y ago
  Being able to not miss out on others' updates and participate in discussions is good enough for me.