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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.

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[–] ethanolparty@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 year ago
[–] PiselloSauro@feddit.it 5 points 1 year ago

Not even available here in Italy, so no. But don’t care at all, all these massive companies should just die

[–] VanillaDrink@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

No. I don't even have a facebook/meta/instagram account. fuck Zuck.

[–] VaultMonkey@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago
[–] eek2121@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

nope, everyone I follow has moved to mastadon.

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Installing their app is a good way to get all the entries in Contacts in your mobile sent to them.

The again, anybody who already installed their Facebook, Instagram or Whatsapp apps has nothing to worry about as the deed is already done.

[–] Lemmino@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Unpopular opinion: It's actually kinda nice, I don't mind it.

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[–] navi@mastodon.myselfhosted.net 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

All the people I know that use Facebook are old(er) people. Not looking forward to old people twitter 😅

[–] app_priori@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago
[–] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 5 points 1 year ago

Absolutely not, Meta can get screwed. The sooner the company crashes and burn, the better. It caused too much damage worldwide.

[–] ofk12@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago
[–] dudewitbow@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] Ddhuud@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Thanks, I'm good. I don't even want to know what that is.

[–] EnigmaNL@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Nope, I hate Meta and everything it stands for. I will never use their products.

[–] cunninsa@vlemmy.net 4 points 1 year ago
[–] Rooki@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Nope. As it will just end like reddit or meta. And i dont want anything to do with that

[–] MusketeerX@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] whiskers@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] murrman@lemmy.fmhy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (5 children)

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.

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[–] rikonium@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago

I hang onto Instagram begrudgingly, definitely won't be trying anything new from Meta.

[–] GoinEasy9@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Don't use FB, don't use IG, won't use threads.

[–] Gamers_Mate@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] kudzu@forum.fail 4 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] polskilumalo@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Kind of amusing you even posted the question, but I appreciate the sincerity and curiosity. Also! No.

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[–] XTornado@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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.

[–] sab@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

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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[–] envious92@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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.

[–] ErgodicTangle@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They will actively contribute while growing their userbase. When they hit critical mass they will cutoff the fediverse and take their users and their content with them. It happened before.

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[–] stinkypoopsalot@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

That’s a hard “no” from me.

[–] ramplay@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

No, I don't think I'll try '6'

[–] HyperNova12@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

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.

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