Difference between revisions of "Meta Threads"

Latest revision as of 14:01, 4 March 2025

2025/03/04 13:22 UTC [L..T] (fedi post) Signed up to Threads, made a polite but firm comment about right-wing philosophy, got suspended.

2023-07-10 ‘Twitter killer’ Threads app hits 100m sign-ups in less than five days: note that the only source for this number is Mark Zuckerberg; there's been no independent confirmation.
2023-07-08 I finally joined Twitter – and Threads – to see what all the fuss was about: an interesting perspective on social media
2023-07-07
- Threads is All The Worst Parts of Twitter And Instagram in One Very Bad App (h/t) «The interface looks and feels like Instagram’s comments section, and there is no way to view posts chronologically on the timeline—or even to limit your feed to posts from accounts you follow. Instead, users see text posts based on what an invisible algorithm determines is most likely to make them engage and stay on the app, so they will see more ads.» So basically, it's not social media; it's advertising with comments.
- Threads, Meta's Twitter Competitor, Has Already Hit Moderation and Nudity Snags

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+==Links==
+===reference===
+* {{wikipedia|Threads (social network)}}
+* TootCat wiki: {{l/mew|Meta Threads}}
+* no info yet (as of 2025/03/04): RationalWiki, Sourcewatch
+{{links/smw}}
 ==Notes==
 * '''2023-07-10''' [https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jul/10/twitter-killer-threads-app-meta-mark-zuckerberg-elon-musk ‘Twitter killer’ Threads app hits 100m sign-ups in less than five days]: note that the only source for this number is [[Mark Zuckerberg]]; there's been no independent confirmation.