I'm excited that Threads exists and hope many make the switch from Twitter. I also hope Meta/Instagram follows through on their word and connects to ActivityPub. I absolutely love the idea of being able to call Mastodon home, but have the ability to follow and interact with people/companies I like on Threads.

But I will never join it. It's not even about the privacy stuff. I'm still on Facebook/Instagram because I have communities locked in there. I just despise algorithmic timelines and ads.

@mark I’m not trading one megalomaniac for another.
@JJPeterson For sure. But Threads on ActivityPub would give me one thing I miss most about Twitter.
@mark and if it becomes exactly what you want, a rich white narcissist who wants every last penny he can squeeze out of threads (and who has never exhibited a single human emotion) will be making the decisions.