At this point, the big advantage of Mastodon is that it doesn't have the same name as a deeply traumatic 1980s TV dramatisation of nuclear war

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jul/04/threads-app-instagram-twitter-competitor-meta-to-launch-rival

#threads #mastodon #twitter #nottwitter

Instagram’s Threads app to launch 6 July amid mass backlash against Elon Musk’s Twitter

Interface of Meta’s app appears similar to Twitter, whose tweet viewing restrictions have driven users to join rival platforms BlueSky and Mastodon

The Guardian
@petenothing fair point, we were shown that at school and it gave me nightmares for weeks
@petenothing (school: Toll Bar. A friend years ago said to me "you'll like Pete Green, they're from Grimsby too")
@forestpines Not 100% convinced that's how it works, but I'll go with it 😁
@petenothing I haven’t listened to the band, but…