MacStoriesJul 6, 2023
Users Join Threads in Droves https://www.macstories.net/news/users-join-threads-in-droves/
Users Join Threads in Droves

Last night, by the time I called it quits and went to bed Threads, Meta’s new social network, had hit 2 million users in 2 hours. As I write this, Meta’s Adam Mosseri says the count has now surpassed 10 million in 7 hours, which exceeds Mastodon’s user base. Currently, Threads is a pretty barebones

Show threadRJJul 6, 2023
@macstories do people really want to give meta even more of their data?
Show threadDreamwinderJul 6, 2023
@RemeJuan @macstories It cannot be overstated how many people genuinely don’t know. Facebook’s continued existence is largely owed to ignorance on a global scale.
Show threadRJJul 6, 2023

@dreamwinder and they where so upset when Apple started putting data collection on the App Store, if everyone actually read it they’d have a grand total of zero downloads.

WTF does it need health data.

Show threadDreamwinderJul 6, 2023

@RemeJuan You might as well ask people to read the EULA.

We need privacy legislation so fucking badly…

Show threadRJ
@dreamwinder I’d not even read that, but like it’s a nice user friendly list. 🤣 it even ends with “other”
Jul 6, 2023 at 2:17pmWeb
Show threadDreamwinderJul 6, 2023
@RemeJuan That’s my point. Extra reading should never be required. Privacy should be the default by law, not opt-out.