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> that the app would not “do anything to encourage” the sharing of news Sounds good to me. Funny how news folks complains both when social media shares their c

> that the app would not “do anything to encourage” the sharing of news Sounds good to me. Funny how news folks complains both when social media shares their content and when it doesnt. The hard reality is that news have become a cesspit of divisive toxicity. Hope threads - not that i would use it - keeps news out.

porkbeer 3y ago
While I agree, news is what has kept twitter/x relevant. So it's also a death knell imho. I am open to being wrong. I just dont see threads in the wild and most people dont seem to know it exists. Yet just here on hn ive seen a dozen or more x links today.
- gumballindie 3y ago
  I dont see it in the wild either, but then again i dont have many friends using tiktok or instagram either. The 100 mil user mark, even if only a small percentage is active is still large. And personally i’d prefer a “quiet” platform - one without politics, without scaremongering, just people sharing cool stuff (not necessarily tech) and having civil conversations about anything but politics. Edit: Oh god ive opened the app and it’s full of pro palestine news (my comment is not about the topic itself but the presence of a huge number of news about it) mixed with random junk. Why have I done this.
  - recursivecaveat 3y ago
    I would recommend you try giving mastodon at least a shot. What I like about it is you can join a server for a specific topic, browse it, and it will be 95% chill posts about the topic.
    - gumballindie 3y ago
      I tried mastodon but it seems to be on the other extreme - too quiet. Perhaps i should look for more servers.
chihuahua 3y ago
The "news folks" just want someone to give them money. When social media posts links to news, and doesn't pay them, they complain. When social media doesn't post links to news, and doesn't pay them, they also complain. If Twitter and Facebook paid them billions of dollars (for what?), the news folks wouldn't care if they post links to news.

porkbeer 3y ago

While I agree, news is what has kept twitter/x relevant. So it's also a death knell imho. I am open to being wrong. I just dont see threads in the wild and most people dont seem to know it exists. Yet just here on hn ive seen a dozen or more x links today.

gumballindie 3y ago
I dont see it in the wild either, but then again i dont have many friends using tiktok or instagram either. The 100 mil user mark, even if only a small percentage is active is still large. And personally i’d prefer a “quiet” platform - one without politics, without scaremongering, just people sharing cool stuff (not necessarily tech) and having civil conversations about anything but politics. Edit: Oh god ive opened the app and it’s full of pro palestine news (my comment is not about the topic itself but the presence of a huge number of news about it) mixed with random junk. Why have I done this.
- recursivecaveat 3y ago
  I would recommend you try giving mastodon at least a shot. What I like about it is you can join a server for a specific topic, browse it, and it will be 95% chill posts about the topic.
  - gumballindie 3y ago
    I tried mastodon but it seems to be on the other extreme - too quiet. Perhaps i should look for more servers.

chihuahua 3y ago

The "news folks" just want someone to give them money. When social media posts links to news, and doesn't pay them, they complain. When social media doesn't post links to news, and doesn't pay them, they also complain. If Twitter and Facebook paid them billions of dollars (for what?), the news folks wouldn't care if they post links to news.