Will people here use/try Meta’s #threads when available? Would love to know the reasons or if it would be just for fun/curiosity.

The amount of data collected is insane imo.

  • simple@lemm.eeEnglish
    651·
    2 years ago

    Definitely not. I didn’t come to the Fediverse to be under social media companies again.

  • ehrenschwan@feddit.deEnglish
    48·
    2 years ago

    The amount of data collected is so insane that it won’t come out in the EU for now. And I like it that way.

  • RomanRoy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    35·
    2 years ago

    People on Twitter are already trying it because Twitter has been shit.

    Someone in my circle created their account and already deleted it. Their explanation was a FAQ screenshot for Threads saying that it doesn’t matter who you follow or who follows you, the algorithm will show or hide things from you based on what they think you will enjoy and there’s no way around it and you also can’t sort by new.

    I mean, are companies really paying attention to user needs? Lol

    • GoodEye8@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      2 years ago

      I mean, are companies really paying attention to user needs? Lol

      I often wonder if these are the result of some middle-manager just doing things to justify their job. Like website redesigns most of the time feel like someone needed to justify their job. It’s almost always worse than the old design. How can you take what you had and then “improve” it by making it worse?

    • alnilam@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      2 years ago

      I’ve stopped using LinkedIn because it keeps defaulting to Relevant instead of Recent, and Relevant apparently means posts from 2 weeks ago. But at least there you can manually set it to Recent every time.

      A social medium where sorting by Recent is impossible will be a no-go.

      • scottywh@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        My current issue with LinkedIn is that they’re trying so hard to force me to use their app on mobile.

        The latest way is that they’re no longer allowing you to do the “easy apply” from mobile without their app.

        I don’t want the damn app though. There’s no good reason to lock features that work fine on a desktop browser away from mobile users unless they install the app.

    • blazarious@mylem.meEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      I mean, are companies really paying attention to user needs? Lol

      Look, the user needs to see stuff that keeps them engaged. That keeps them coming back for more. Algos are designed to achieve exactly that. Your self chosen bubble of followings and interests may not be optimized for engagement and addiction.

      No, the companies don’t pay attention to user needs, they pay attention to the bottom line.

  • dynamojoe@lemmy.worldEnglish
    311·
    2 years ago

    Everything I don’t like about twitter combined with everything I don’t like about Facebook? hard pass.

    • Javish@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      2 years ago

      This. To quote Friar Tuck from ROBIN HOOD PRINCE OF THIEVES: “I’d rather roast in hell.”

      • Rannoch@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        2 years ago

        I don’t know anything about the number of users they’re expecting to have with this, but I’ll be very surprised if it’s a significant number. I just don’t get why anyone would want to join it, not only for what it is, but also for the whole facebook/meta nonsense. But I suppose some folks still actively and frequently use Facebook, so what do I know!

  • M4775@lemmy.worldEnglish
    30·
    2 years ago

    No! - I’m not a dumbfuck. Mark Zuckerberg once said people who trust him with their personal information are dumbfucks. I have never had an account on any of his platforms, and never will. If something I’m using integrated with his products I’d just stop using it. Just no!

    • cestvrai@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      2 years ago

      Unfortunately, we’re kind of stuck with WhatsApp where I live but I Signal with the willing.

      Otherwise, I avoid Facebook products like the plague.

  • xaon_rider92@lemmy.worldEnglish
    27·
    2 years ago

    Just seeing the list of privacy data collected is enough to make me baulk. I barely ever use Facebook or Twitter as is, I’m not touching that shit with a 10ft pole.

    • Jmr@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      2 years ago

      It would first take all your clothes and then read your mind. Then it will make you accept COokies and figure out your height, weight, gender, friends and family. After all that it will finally work but it extuingishes the wrong fire

  • nostalgicgamerz@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    2 years ago

    absolutely fucking not.

    I think we need to cut them the fuck off here. It’s obvious Meta sees the Fediverse and Mastedon as a competing threat to its communication ecosystem and wants to EEE ths shit out of ActivityPub