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I want them both to lose.
And I think it's likely, too.
Modern social media companies are so fucking desperate to make money, they are screwing over and alienating users faster and faster.
My hope is that eventually they will end up on the fediverse, because as long as they only hop from corporate bs to corporate bs, they won't find a platform that just leaves them alone.
Literally couldn't care less. I don't use facebook if I can help it, I don't use Instagram unless I'm linked to it, and I can't imagine ever purposefully using the new thing.
"It's like Twitter, only owned by Facebook." Yeah no thanks man.
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.
Iβm not excited for it because when (enter any large corporation) enters a space like this, they are not doing so through altruism. They want to dominate and profit. They have resources to bury their competitors and have shown eagerness to do so (points at everything). They are looking to slowly grab a monopoly of traffic and try to onboard more people to their platform with false promises. Plain and simple, I donβt trust them.
Such a big monopoly for us to bear...
I agree with you! Imo it would be amazing if people would use the fediverse (i.e. mastodon) for their twitter experience but sadly for whatever reason it hasn't worked. A lot of people who went to mastodon went back to twitter (I think? I read that somehwere so not totally sure)
But yeah I read a BBC article today that quoted Zuckerberg on some of his goals for the platform. The keyword I remember is 'friendly'. And I liked how he talked about his vision for the platform in general.
Ofc Zuckerberg isn't a saint but imo he isn't anywhere near as bad as that loud mouthed prick Elon so if my favourite celebrities move there instead I'll be happy :)