Will people here use/try Meta's #threads when available? Would love to know the reasons or if it would be just for fun/curiosity.
The amount of data collected is insane imo.
Hell no!
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I believe the phrase ""Oh FUCK no" has never been more appropriate.
No, no I don't think I will...
Not released in EU. So can't ;(. Wait, that might be a good thing?
While I'm on the microblogging side of fedi I'm gonna be staying far away from Threads, I like that there's more attention on ActivityPub now, and they're free to make it if they want, but I just can't see myself using it really.
I'd rather eat surstromming.
Too much data collection for my tastes. That and Facebook have shown. That they don't know how to maintain a healthy and engaging community. It would just become another doom scroll rather than anything interesting. But I'll watch what happens.
lol
lmao
Kind of amusing you even posted the question, but I appreciate the sincerity and curiosity. Also! No.
The question came to my mind when a friend of mine which is photographer said that he would try it (even when he's some privacy advocate) because that would help him in his business. Also other two tech-savy comrades said that they may try it just for fun/curiosity.
And thanks for the reply, I'm not going to use it as well.
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Can't even install it. (Apple) App store said it's unavailable in my country. Fortunately. I hope it's not just the app which is unavailable.
I don't use Twitter, so no. But normies will finally have a potentially credible Twitter replacement that's open to the public, so good for them.
Hell no
will i use the app, hell no.
Will I talk with people who use threads if available, maybe if a topic peaks my interest. I'm not completely against meta's use of the federation, and all I do hope is they contribute to some content and discussion of topics and development of the platform.
I’ll try it.
Contrary to the majority consensus here, I already utilize Instagram so this data has already been collected for years. (An unfortunate “what’s new”)
We’ll see if it catches on at all…it will be nice once we can see “Threads” from Mastodon so that I can use any of the more privacy respecting apps out there, but until then I think it’s worth seeing how things work.
Wouldn't touch it with a 10 foot pole.
Thanks, I'm good. I don't even want to know what that is.
nope, everyone I follow has moved to mastadon.
That’s a hard “no” from me.
Are you going to try Facebook's threads FTFY
Not even available here in Italy, so no. But don’t care at all, all these massive companies should just die
I might use it for notifications, which basically what I did with Twitter, follow certain accounts that provided realtime updates on something, like for example game stores for preorders. Basically the alternative to the ,much missing in some pages, RSS.
Commenting, submitting or simply scroll it ,nope, I didn't do it on Twitter except once or twice.
If their activitypub integration is worth anything at all, you should be able to do all these things without having to leave Lemmy. :)
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All the people I know that use Facebook are old(er) people. Not looking forward to old people twitter 😅
I hate meta and honestly don't think Threads will bring anything new that other fedi software already has. I'm also quite happy with all the software available so don't see a reason to use Threads. I am curious to see if people who previously didn't use the fediverse or found it too confusing etc will like Threads.
Absolutely not, Meta can get screwed. The sooner the company crashes and burn, the better. It caused too much damage worldwide.
Nope
Nope, I hate Meta and everything it stands for. I will never use their products.
I think it's exciting. I don't hate Twitter, but a competitor with big money back in that's potentially going to integrate with the fediverse? That's fucking exciting.
Will they actively contribute or fork it? Who knows.
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I dunno if I'd use the app itself, but I am hopeful it gets traction among "normal" people because I miss following my friends on Mastodon. Threads seems to be the best way to get average non-techy people to accept the fediverse.
Now, I don't trust Meta at all. But I hope I can at least follow my friends' Threads from Mastodon or here on Kbin.
I didn't use twitter but started using mastodon about a month ago, indent know why I'd need to use threads.
Only reason I would consider threads is to post the anti fedi pact and make it harder for them to succeed with turning our safe haven into their corporate dystopia.
I'd try it out if they paid me for all my data with very detailed explanations of how it will be used.
In other words, no.