Mastodawn

Paul Grav Jul 9, 2023

A lot of the anti-Threads posts here sound like a guy who almost convinced everyone at the party to play his overly complex German board game. But while he was setting up, someone turned on Mario Kart in the other room, and he’s pretty salty about it.

Nihl L'Amas Jul 9, 2023

@mleveck A comparison of users' personal data collected by Threads, Twitter, Bluesky, Mastodon, Spill, and Hive Social, based on information from Apple's App Store (Reece Rogers/Wired)

https://www.wired.com/story/meta-twitter-threads-bluesky-spill-hive-mastodon-privacy-comparison/

Jerry 🦙💝🦙Jul 9, 2023

@mleveck this is perhaps the best analogy I've ever read on the topic

Half Cocked Law Jul 9, 2023

@jerry @mleveck so it's the first?

Jerry 🦙💝🦙Jul 9, 2023

@halfcocked at this point, I've seen thousands... @mleveck

Half Cocked Law Jul 9, 2023

@mleveck A lot of pro-Threads comments here sound like a guy who is bad at analogies and he's pretty smug about it..

hatmatter Jul 9, 2023

@mleveck omg, next time use a content warning if your going to post such a relatable take down 😂

Kirsten Han 👩🏻‍💻 韩俐颖 Jul 9, 2023

@mleveck I sometimes feel Mastodon is like sitting at a table of vegans talking about the harms of the meat industry but actually I’m just that kid who wants chicken nuggets. I’m not disagreeing that the industry is highly problematic but please I would like to eat my nuggets

The Yangsi Michael Dillon Jul 9, 2023

@kixes @mleveck so go do it somewhere but don't bring the genocidal bastards to my doorstep. Thank you

Kirsten Han 👩🏻‍💻 韩俐颖 Jul 9, 2023

@anantagd @mleveck How would anything I do bring anything to your doorstep?

OgreCave Jul 9, 2023

@mleveck I regret to inform you that as soon as you turned your back they fired up Night Trap and Super Columbine Massacre

Cypher Jul 9, 2023

@mleveck you aren't wrong, but threads is using activitypub so it's still a win 😅

Matt Jul 9, 2023

@cspcypher
I hope Threads follows through on that promise! I worry that this take might be correct.

Brooklyn Buckets Jul 9, 2023

@cspcypher @mleveck Ugh. You’re probably right. #Threads #mastodon

Cypher Jul 9, 2023

@BrooklynBuckets @mleveck people here need to acknowledge that most people want algo assisted curated timeliness cuz people are less likely to experience fomo with them over chronological time lines

Brooklyn Buckets Jul 11, 2023

@cspcypher @mleveck Maybe, yeah. But aren’t options to read “Trending” timelines enough to fend off FOMO? Being able to switch how your TL is ordered when and how you like is what some of us want most, I think, no? #mastodon #ThreadsApp

Cypher Jul 11, 2023

@BrooklynBuckets @mleveck no, because trending isn't enough. These plenty of stuff I want to see that will never trend. I want to be exposed to stuff I might not see based on what I like without having to look for it. Can't get that without data driven curation

Brooklyn Buckets Jul 11, 2023

@cspcypher @mleveck Ah. I see what you're saying. I guess that is true. But I couldn't stand the Facebook algorithms. Insta has been better, I guess, so maybe Threads will be too. But I just get overwhelmed by them, I guess. #mastodon #ThreadsApp

Timjan Jul 9, 2023

The analogy might be unintentionally accurate, in the sense that my experience with a group of people deciding "let's play a video game" is that two people get to play, and the rest get to watch.

(No I haven't played video games in 10 years. Maybe there are games nowadays that 8-16 people can play simultaneously, in the same room, watching the same screen?)

develin Jul 9, 2023

@mleveck To be honest I am more surprised that people using a system that from the core up is designed not to be like big IT companies are surprised that a large chunk of the users doesn't like big IT companies.

Feels like being surprised that a begging for beer money, Anarcho punk thinks it's stupid if Madonna dresses herself up as a punk.

Luc, Créole Jul 9, 2023

@mleveck Sorry but I consider your point of view as inaccurate.

Most of mastodon users who criticize threads don't consider the first as en elite or exclusive tool, but just don't trust meta, especially for private life protection and fearing the well known "embrass, extend, extinguish" strategy.

RAK Jul 9, 2023

@mleveck: Mario Kart implies it's fun. Far too much of the content on Instagram is not - vapid mannequin content from aspiring "models".

skua Jul 9, 2023

@mleveck
Hey Spielerinnen und Spieler, we've found another secret lover of overly complex German boardgames!

(I can tell cause Mario Kart isn't being played.) #LikeCarcasonneButWithClimateChangeAmelioration

Maia Kahlke Lorentzen Jul 9, 2023

@mleveck @BlackAzizAnansi hahaha spot on

Elle 💗Jul 9, 2023

@mleveck
Threads allows Libs of Tiktok on the platform. I really shouldn't need more justification than that to call it harmful.

Chris Parnin Jul 9, 2023

@mleveck And one last example before we can start playing Carcassonne: The cloister at [B2] (one point) is surrounded by eight tiles (eight points). Also note there is a completed road [A2]—[B2] between the incomplete city [A1]*[A2]*[A3] and the cloister [B2] worth two points. This example has five fields and three incomplete cities.

chainsaw elf Jul 9, 2023

@mleveck I do love an overly complex German board game

Till Jul 9, 2023

@mleveck made me literally lol. Cheers. 😂