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I joined it to see what it's like (and to keep my "TechyDad" name from being taken by someone else).
It's nice, but it has 4 major drawbacks that I spotted pretty quickly.
First of all, your timeline consists of a random selection of people, not just people you follow. Apparently, this was a launch-day decision because they were afraid that people would sign in before anyone they followed was online and then they'd see no posts at all. I can understand this and hopefully they fix it quickly.
Secondly, the timeline isn't in chronological order. I'll see a post from 2 hours ago, followed by one from 5 minutes ago, followed by one from 7 hours ago, followed by one posted 30 seconds ago. There's no rhyme or reason and it's annoying.
Third, you can't search for topics. Let's say I want to see who is talking about LEGO. In Mastodon (or even Twitter), I could search for "LEGO" and find discussions to join. In Threads, you can only search for people. So unless the person's username includes "LEGO," then I won't see them - even if they exclusively post about LEGO.
Finally, there are no hashtags. This is another way of finding discussions and people to follow. Using the above example, I could look at #LEGO on Mastodon to find posts I like. With Threads, you can't use or search for hashtags.
It's definitely got potential, but it needs some more development before it is a Twitter killer.