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The current Threads experience

I haven’t used threads and I never will, but it’s nice to see that it’s not a great user experience even for people who are used to meta.

  • specialneedz@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    I signed up and tied it. It’s utter chaos, forced algorithmic feed, you can’t even only view posts from people you follow, you’re force fed random crap from American celebs.

    • aleph@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      I have no desire to try Threads for myself (apparently you need an Instagram account to even start, which kills any modicum of interest I might have stone dead right there), but I have been noting down my favorite descriptions of the Threads experience from various bloggers and social media posts:

      • like a 90s-themed office party organized by a human resources department.
      • like when a local restaurant you enjoy opens a location in an airport.
      • like if an entire social network was those posts that tell you what successful entrepreneurs do before 6AM.
      • like watching a Powerpoint from the Brand Research team where they tell you that Pop Tarts is crushing it on social.
      • like Casual Friday on LinkedIn.
  • RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works
    0·
    1 year ago

    That looks terrible, but I will note (though they are confined to communities) I have a similar growing blocklist on Lemmy. It seems every day I find a new meme or “let’s all complain about Reddit” community to block.

    I’m here for OC and interesting discussion, but I keep stumbling over low effort posts throughout my feed.

    • ianis@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      honestly a lot better then reddit, I didn’t care about the api fiasco but after the blackout it felt like everything drooped in quality so quickly and that’s why I came here

    • mrmanager@lemmy.todayOP
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      1 year ago

      There is a lot of low effort posts right now, yeah. I think people are not sure if users will stay and therefore kind of chitchat a lot right now instead of using it for real knowledge sharing.

    • mrmanager@lemmy.todayOP
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      1 year ago

      I do want Threads to fail and I admit a find enjoyment in that, if they do. I think big tech is poison and has no respect for human beings whatsoever.

    • Buffalox@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Considering how facebook has been shown to be toxic to democracy, and has been used for genocide. I don’t think it’s out of place to hope that company fails in everything they do.