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Joe GregorioWatching folks flock to Threads is like watching Charlie Brown taking another run at that football.
biddy_sue 🏳️🌈@jcgregorio yes but with the joy of knowing they are dragging that 44b value out from under Musk’s fascism-enabling feet while they do so. I’ll take it.
The Happy Inconsistencies@biddy_sue @jcgregorio its getting really nazi over there on twitter.
Crispy Gnome Chomsky@jcgregorio What won't people give up in exchange for frictionless onboarding? But a large part of it must be wanting to reserve a preferred username. Plus, if you are already on Instagram - I'll guess that 90%+ of these users are - is there any possible monetizeable personal data that isn't already on the market?
I AM BANKSY ☕ / 🗑🔥@jcgregorio THIS time the billionaire will respect my privacy! THIS time!
Thirty Ravens In A Man SuitSurely this time they wont cowtow to nazis, and other far right crazies, surely!
TransitBiker
βɛth@jcgregorio I don't have an Instagram account, but even if I did, I **still** wouldn't sign up for Threads; I detest Mark Zuckerberg, and the appalling monetization of users' personal information offends me at a cellular level. He'd find a way to get your DNA information if he could.
RowinSpeez@jcgregorio what’s Musk going to do? Become bitter that he isn’t cool and that he can’t get the respect of the people he wants, so he’ll turn to an easy hateful audience and pander to them?
victor yodaiken@jcgregorio on the other hand, I think it is a good corporate lesson in how well it works out to cater to the MAGA market.
Barry Schwartz 🫖@jcgregorio What would REALLY be cool would be to watch people flock to a GOOGLE version of such a thing. The one thing a person can predict about a GOOGLE SERVICE of that sort is that it WILL BE SHUT DOWN before too long!
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@jcgregorio I keep telling people gee, if only there was an open-source, self-managed solution. We could even give it a quirky name. Like Mastodon or something. /s
Darren Chittick@jcgregorio YESSSS!!!!!
astro-monster@jcgregorio Might get there eventually . . . the twitter is getting more and more "behavioral tweaks" . . . as the owner tries to squeeze a "profit" out of it.
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Dym Sohin@jcgregorio this time during a tour of a chocolate factory!
facepalm nation@jcgregorio Are serious academics really going to sign up for Instagram to share information and spark dialogue on Threads? Lol. Maybe. It’s currently unavailable in Europe because it violates the EU’s digital privacy laws. So … yeah. No thanks.
MuckrakingMadness@jcgregorio She gets him every time. https://youtu.be/H3Cryq9TAKg
It's The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown: The Football gag
Ginnikin@jcgregorio
No, but Lucy said she wouldn't do that this time!
No, but Lucy said she wouldn't do that this time!
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I Am Not A Crook@jcgregorio The last report that I saw earlier today was that they had 70M users.
It ain't soup yet, but clearly folks are looking for an option. I think eWrong's threatened lawsuit is evidence that Threads poses an immediate threat.