Julia AngwinDec 19, 2023

I’m finding it shocking how quickly journalists are racing to Meta’s Threads, when we all know how hostile the company is to news.

For fun, I did a thread on Threads about this. Doubt it will get boosted by the algorithm there:

https://www.threads.net/@julia__angwin/post/C1CPBwlOgO-/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

Show threadJonChevreau 🇨🇦
@Julia I’m on Threads too but hard to take it seriously: have to block 2 or 3 porn bots a day and 95% of the posts are pro-Blue anti-MAGAt in nature. That’s fine as far as it goes and balances out X but I far prefer Mastodon.
Dec 19, 2023 at 3:04pmWeb
Show threadJulia AngwinDec 19, 2023
@JonChevreau I haven’t had those problems on Threads, thankfully. My problem so far is how heavily it is populated by Meta execs — I feel like I’m in some sort of over enthusiastic corporate Slack channel and that by being there, we are all complicit in gaslighting Meta’s part in destroying the news business.
Show threadJonChevreau 🇨🇦Dec 19, 2023
@Julia Strange: I barely notice Meta execs on Threads. I guess once you go down the path of Blue mutual following parties on Threads, the resulting feed drowns out everything else.
Show threadDixzyDec 19, 2023
@JonChevreau @Julia I get very repetitive stuff too
Show threadLuca Sironi (da chiudere)Dec 19, 2023

@JonChevreau @Julia is there a boost button there ? can you boost Julia's post on threads ?

(i don't see it without a proper account)

Show threadJonChevreau 🇨🇦Dec 19, 2023
@luca @Julia There are reposts and believe I did so with Julia’s post there.
Show threadLuca Sironi (da chiudere)Dec 19, 2023
@JonChevreau @Julia cool, let's see if it get viral 🙂
Show threadLuca Sironi (da chiudere)Dec 19, 2023

@JonChevreau @Julia without anaccount i see 5 likes and one single comment

https://www.threads.net/@julia__angwin/post/C1CPBwlOgO-/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D