FuckOff

I’m not sure how you can see it any other way.

They had a successful platform (Instagram) and piggybacked a new platform on top and are counting the users toward their numbers.

If Zuckerbag released Threads without being tied to Instagram, it’d be a queef in the wind of a userbase.

It’s a clever strategy. For sure. I won’t pretend it’s not.

But seeing how “Notes” went - I don’t think it’s gonna go very far.

It’s like if McDonald’s started selling hotdogs from their stores under a separate store within their restaurants.

“McDog’s has over 1 billion served!”

No, McDonald’s does - you just put another product under the same roof by a different name.

Ohhhh, like Twitter?

Why?

Because Instagram did the same BS with their “Notes” feature recently and now nobody uses it.

You were automatically enrolled and it showed up on your feed and three months later, it’s crickets.

As much as I hate Twitter, I don’t think Threads is going to make a dent in the long run.

I fucking KNEW it.

35 million users my asshole - they’re just counting existing Instagram accounts.

Good automation solves problems rapidly.

Bad automation creates problems rapidly.

Doesn’t seem to be worth the risk.

Who the hell is Reddit?

It’s a useful tool but it’s obnoxious without Apollo allowing you to collapse it.

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I love the fact that there’s no “automoderator” or “amputator-bot” on Lemmy.

That shit was obnoxious.

We identified the Boston Bomber!

Ooph. Those were wild times.

I’ll be shocked if Threads is relevant within two months.

3 more months of rioting.

Yeah, even just 3% could be very meaningful because it could be a lot of content creators who hopped ship.

And judging by how much content we have here on Lemmy - yeah, I’m thinking Reddit lost a bunch of valuable users and will only get worse with time.

I mean, nothing is forever.

As cheesy as that sounds, it’s especially true in tech.

Someone can/will come along and fuck up Lemmy too eventually, probably.

Gonna take like 15 years though so for now, it is the place to be.

I was there for the great Digg to Reddit migration and now the great Reddit to Lemmy migration.

They can destroy our aggregators but they’ll never be able to destroy our community. 🤌

Messaging from the pooper.

I feel so included. :)

Nobody should use anything this guy is involved with.