Meta's "Twitter killer" app Threads is on its way – and you can get a cheat code to download it

[mollyc]

I see, I thought you meant it was literally making you follow people. Yeah, there's no rhyme or reason to their algorithm as of yet, it's a lot like Twitter in the sense that it appears to just be giving a chronological feed but most of the content I'm seeing is from those I've chosen to follow.

Well unless I mute accounts, I don't actually see a way of unfollowing these random accounts, so I'd say they are making me follow them?

To be fair, I wasn't an active twitter user, so maybe it's exactly the same.

 

[rdrr]

I just signed up to make sure I have claim to the same ID(s) I have on instagram. Set the account to private and will wait for the dust to settle. I feel that things will take a few rev's before it starts to take hold. One thing I am waiting for is the Right leaning audience to start complaining how leftist it is, and that their hate filled speech is being censored. I am sure it has already started, but I am not looking... Yet.

 

[Eric]

Well unless I mute accounts, I don't actually see a way of unfollowing these random accounts, so I'd say they are making me follow them?

To be fair, I wasn't an active twitter user, so maybe it's exactly the same.

I am referring to actual follows, have you chosen to follow anyone yet? I have found that I'm getting most of my content from those people, short of that I'm guessing the app will generate content but have no idea what they base it on.

 

[Eric]

I just signed up to make sure I have claim to the same ID(s) I have on instagram. Set the account to private and will wait for the dust to settle. I feel that things will take a few rev's before it starts to take hold. One thing I am waiting for is the Right leaning audience to start complaining how leftist it is, and that their hate filled speech is being censored. I am sure it has already started, but I am not looking... Yet.

My hope is that they won't tolerate hate speech on this platform, we've lost all sense of decency on the internet and I'll welcome moderation.

 

[mollyc]

I am referring to actual follows, have you chosen to follow anyone yet? I have found that I'm getting most of my content from those people, short of that I'm guessing the app will generate content but have no idea what they base it on.

Oh. Well see, I guess that was the problem. When I downloaded the app, I think the servers were too busy because I did opt to import my followers, but it glitched out and I didn't realize it. I redid that step and now I'm seeing content from people I recognize. So thanks.

 

[Cmaier]

Yeah there's still a place for it and I hope it remains a player. The biggest advantage Threads has is user acquisition, giving their IG base of 1 billion people the ability to seamlessly join with a couple of taps.

The good news is that, before too long, you will be able to follow those people on threads from your mastodon account, as long as your mastodon instance hasn’t defederated from threads (a lot of them are doing so, which I think is a big mistake).

 

[mollyc]

i wish there was a desktop version. i hate typing on my phone. i even post to IG from my computer, not the phone.

 

[Eric]

The good news is that, before too long, you will be able to follow those people on threads from your mastodon account, as long as your mastodon instance hasn’t defederated from threads (a lot of them are doing so, which I think is a big mistake).

A lot of people have been looking for a viable alternative to Twitter and while Mastodon is a decent platform it has to grow from a grass roots level. I've been on it for months and have 24 followers, I set Threads up and got over 300 in 12 hours, it's really hard to compete against something like that.

 

[Chew Toy McCoy]

This is fun: you can’t delete your Threads profile without also deleting your instagram account.

Reminds me of how you couldn't use an Oculus without a Facebook account. Don't know if that's still the case but that was enough to make it a hard pass for me.

 

[Eric]

Reminds me of how you couldn't use an Oculus without a Facebook account. Don't know if that's still the case but that was enough to make it a hard pass for me.

This was the number one reason I refused to get an Oculus, I think they've since changed it though.

 

[Eric]

BTW, awesome. I suspect advertisers are going to feel more comfortable on this platform as well.

 

[Edd]

BTW, awesome. I suspect advertisers are going to feel more comfortable on this platform as well.

“74 million citizens” . Fuckin thing just started.

 

[Eric]

“74 million citizens” . Fuckin thing just started.

I think he's referring to those who voted for Trump. One could conversely say that the 80+ million who voted for Biden are being treated like first class citizens.

 

[Edd]

I think he's referring to those who voted for Trump. One could conversely say that the 80+ million who voted for Biden are being treated like first class citizens.

Oh, I got it, but he’s basically making this all up. A slight against him is an affront to 74 million fuckwit Trumpers. Wonder where he learned that tactic from?

 

[Eric]

Oh, I got it, but he’s basically making this all up. A slight against him is an affront to 74 million fuckwit Trumpers. Wonder where he learned that tactic from?

All I know is that no matter what side of the aisle one is on, fact checking like this keep things clean. Like I said, I won't engage in politics there but I like that they won't allow hate speech.

 

[Yoused]

Fact is, there are not 74Million MAGAts. Probably two-thirds of the people who marked their ballots for TP did so either out of incumbent-inertia, antiestablishmentism, or because they would just never vote D the same way I would never, ever vote for any modem R.

 

[dada_dave]

How it started:

How it’s going:

Twitter is threatening to sue Meta over Threads | Semafor

The threat suggests that Threads is the most serious rival yet to Elon Musk's chaotic social platform.

www.semafor.com

 

[Eric]

How it started:
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Twitter is threatening to sue Meta over Threads | Semafor

The threat suggests that Threads is the most serious rival yet to Elon Musk's chaotic social platform.

www.semafor.com

In the process it will just serve to get Threads more downloads. It got 30 million downloads in its first day, while Musk is removing features and access this app only stands to gain.

 

[Cmaier]

How it started:


How it’s going:

Twitter is threatening to sue Meta over Threads | Semafor

The threat suggests that Threads is the most serious rival yet to Elon Musk's chaotic social platform.

www.semafor.com

Quinn is a good law firm. They know better.

 

[dada_dave]

In the process it will just serve to get Threads more downloads. It got 30 million downloads in its first day, while Musk is removing features and access this app only stands to gain.

I’ll never touch Threads (my former Facebook account technically still exists but I don’t touch it in the vain hope that having to keep my data costs them more than scraping my data from years ago) beyond however they integrate into the fediverse (if the instance I belong to federates with them) but I’m enjoying the drama at Twitter’s expense