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The author mixes services such as Whatsapp and telegram which are mostly messaging apps with "social network" features, and full blown social networks that revo
by magic_hamster 3y ago
The author mixes services such as Whatsapp and telegram which are mostly messaging apps with "social network" features, and full blown social networks that revolve more around posts, followers and content.
Meta launched a new platform today and got 10M people to sign up in the first 7 hours.
I am lost for words. Not sure how anyone still wants anything to do with Meta. How can you possibly want more social platforms by Meta. Meta couldn't die fast enough in my opinion.
And yet, millions of people signed up. I guess social networks can still succeed.
- duderific 3y agoI guess people want something similar to Twitter that is not Twitter, since Twitter has become a roaring dumpster fire. I've never much understood the appeal of Twitter, because the discussions devolve and it seems like the signal to noise ratio is extremely low. Also the UI makes it hard to follow threads; I much prefer a nested layout a la HN to whatever Twitter is.
- magic_hamster 3y agoI am also not a regular Twitter user, but even if I were, under no circumstances will I join another platform by Meta. Haven't we learned the lesson by now?
- kelnos 3y agoFirst, understand that not everyone is like you. Many people are vastly different, and have attitudes and things they care about that do not match your preferences. Some people seem to be totally fine with the idea of a platform that sells data about them to third parties, and tries to track them all over the internet. Because they believe they get value out of the platform, but are unable or unwilling to pay for it with their own money. I'm not like these people, but I understand that they exist, and more or less understand why they want what they want.