every now and then i pop into threads. the meta algorithm is truly… one-of-a-kind
just a little quick sunday check-in on threads
@cabel the wordle one 😨
@jmissig @cabel that wordle one was painful to look at
@jmissig julian… how could she have had a 87-win streak……… how…………
@cabel seriously I found that difficult some weeks and I know what yellow means
@jmissig @cabel I mean that's a pretty determined individual.
@cabel I was wondering where all the smart and capable people on the internet wound up.

@cabel is some lady telling musk to meet her at her house for a fight?

These messages are wild

@cabel jesus. I'm so glad I don't use Threads.
@cabel I’ve had to explain to a couple of people that Indigo doesn’t support Threads because their API is effectively only for posting… but even if we could, I think it would be a profoundly unpleasant experience
@BenRiceM @cabel I’m old enough to remember when Threads was going to be open.
@cabel I had to stop looking at Threads. The algorithm sucks for me. It’s as bad as X now. Loads of antisemitism. I’m not taking about simply discussing the conflict in the Middle East or criticizing Israel so much as how any mention of it devolves into blood libel stuff. Plus, I’m on here and bluesky. Who needs three tweet things?
My edit reveals how I barely know which one I’m using moment to moment.
@cabel “I do have some issues, but for the most part I am a nice algo.”
@cabel jennifer winters/watson is hall-of-fame dril material
@cabel The SSD one is art.
@cabel Oh, sweet simmering Moses.
@cabel threads is so chaotic with its algorithm sometimes.
@cabel Will not tell you the three topics I can relate to. 😎
@cabel The SIM one is particularly effective 🫥
@cabel this feels like something Grand Theft Auto would have as a parody social media platform in the game!
@cabel ah, the median U.S. voter's natural habitat
@cabel I just…
The only phrase that seems to cover all this: “Well, well well! If it isn’t the consequences of my own life choices!”
@cabel Just a nice guy who happened to kill his ex's boyfriend. What's all the fuss about?