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I keep getting "join threads to see more posts like this" notifications on Instagram. Each time it's been entirely filled with people ranting about American pol

by icepat 3y ago

I keep getting "join threads to see more posts like this" notifications on Instagram. Each time it's been entirely filled with people ranting about American politics, or carrying out the same sorts of discussions that kept me off Twitter in the first place. As a non-American having American politics, or the American viewpoint of world issues, shoved in my face every day gets exhausting.

mkarliner 3y ago
Yep ... +1
poszlem 3y ago
Which makes sense, since people who "migrated" to Threads mostly done so because they disagreed with Musk on politics. People who use Twitter for non-political stuff had much less incentive to move and largely stayed.
- foofie 3y ago
  > Which makes sense, since people who "migrated" to Threads mostly done so because they disagreed with Musk on politics. Seeing an inflow of abuse caused by the elimination of any semblance of moderation, coupled with not wanting to see racist and fascist propaganda pushed by god knows what bad actors, is not exactly adequately described as "disagree with Musk on politics". You're making it sound like people stopped using Twitter because they had an irrational dislike for someone, when even long-standing advertisers decided to drop Musk's Twitter due to the cesspool of hate speech and propaganda that it became.
- whywhywhywhy 3y ago
  Essentially Threads and Bluesky will become “containment boards” for that sort of posting if the users actually follow through and truly leave. Some will see this as a big improvement for their Twitter experience.
ModernMech 3y ago
The Threads feed algorithm is very good I've found. I have an interest in AI art and autism, so I get content on ai art and autism. I don't feel I am pipelined into extremist content and flamewars. Maybe you see political discourse by default? I dunno, just saying it's not all flamewars.
- icepat 3y ago
  It's not on Threads itself, it's the promotion in Instagram for threads. I suspect they're just displaying the top posts of the day. Always political, today they were all about the "Iowa Caucus".

by icepat 3y ago

mkarliner 3y ago

Yep ... +1

poszlem 3y ago

Which makes sense, since people who "migrated" to Threads mostly done so because they disagreed with Musk on politics. People who use Twitter for non-political stuff had much less incentive to move and largely stayed.

foofie 3y ago
> Which makes sense, since people who "migrated" to Threads mostly done so because they disagreed with Musk on politics. Seeing an inflow of abuse caused by the elimination of any semblance of moderation, coupled with not wanting to see racist and fascist propaganda pushed by god knows what bad actors, is not exactly adequately described as "disagree with Musk on politics". You're making it sound like people stopped using Twitter because they had an irrational dislike for someone, when even long-standing advertisers decided to drop Musk's Twitter due to the cesspool of hate speech and propaganda that it became.
whywhywhywhy 3y ago
Essentially Threads and Bluesky will become “containment boards” for that sort of posting if the users actually follow through and truly leave. Some will see this as a big improvement for their Twitter experience.

ModernMech 3y ago

The Threads feed algorithm is very good I've found. I have an interest in AI art and autism, so I get content on ai art and autism. I don't feel I am pipelined into extremist content and flamewars. Maybe you see political discourse by default? I dunno, just saying it's not all flamewars.

icepat 3y ago
It's not on Threads itself, it's the promotion in Instagram for threads. I suspect they're just displaying the top posts of the day. Always political, today they were all about the "Iowa Caucus".