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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.
Absolutely, yes. I almost always try the newest networks/apps because I like to see for myself whether I think they're going to be a hit and/or worthwhile.
No. I don't even have a facebook/meta/instagram account. fuck Zuck.
Nope. Never had a Twitter account either. The whole concept is stupid and just brings a lot of noise from the type of people you'd never hear from in years gone by.
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.
No?
That’s a hard “no” from me.
One word : enshittification
No
Not even available here in Italy, so no. But don’t care at all, all these massive companies should just die
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.
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.
Wouldn't touch it with a 10 foot pole.
Thanks, I'm good. I don't even want to know what that is.
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.
Absolutely not, Meta can get screwed. The sooner the company crashes and burn, the better. It caused too much damage worldwide.
Hell no
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. :)
nope, everyone I follow has moved to mastadon.
Nope, I hate Meta and everything it stands for. I will never use their products.
The zuck can go suck a fuck. Dude must be salivating at how much more data Meta can steal off people with Threads
No
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.
Nope. As it will just end like reddit or meta. And i dont want anything to do with that
No, won't sign up on that privacy nightmare. Though, once it does support ActivityPub, I'll probably follow people who are not on Mastodon yet.
Have never had a Facebook account. Have never had an Instagram account. No, I'm not about to sign up to Threads.
I do have WhatsApp, it's the main messaging app that everyone I know uses, so I don't have much choice.
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 hang onto Instagram begrudgingly, definitely won't be trying anything new from Meta.
lol no
