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Archaeox
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Joel said :
I honestly dont get Threads. It's nothing new, nothing innovative, just a complete rip off of Twitter with a slightly new UI.
And without all the features of Twitter yet, too (I mean come on, no #hashtags? Seriously?). The launch seems to have been opportunistic, rather than waiting for a mature product to be ready.

Joel said :
Their data rules are concerning too. Reports out today that anybody who signed up to Threads now can't delete their profile without totally deleting their Instagram profile either - that's one way to "keep" you there I guess.
You can, however, disable Threads without disabling the whole of Instagram, apparently. So there's that at least.

Me, I'm in the EU, where Threads isn't available unless you're willing to risk sideloading - which being paranoid about device security, I am not. By the time they straighten things out enough to be compliant with next year's European data rules, hopefully the product will have evolved enough to make it worth trying. Right now, I don't think it is.

Result: I'm still hanging around in the Elonverse, even while dipping my toes into Mastadon, CounterSocial, Post and Hive.
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Yeah I'm struggling to see the business case for it other than Zuck trying to attempt to flex on Musk & Twitter - just because they/Meta can lol

I'm interested to see how it goes over the coming months. Obviously there's a hype right now because it's something "new and shiny" (although not really lol) I'm wondering if it'll level off / die in the coming months and years if they really can't differentiate themselves other than the "Not Musk, Not Twitter" platform. It boils down to a personality battle. :/
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10-Jul-2023 19:03:00

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it definitely will be interesting to see how it goes.

Joel said :
It boils down to a personality battle. :/

or the different rules inplace. we already know musk likes to silence people even though he is apparently there for free speech (which w have discussed many times on this thread already)
when those people leave and go to other option. more will follow when that becomes one where you can actually speak.
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10-Jul-2023 19:43:35

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Kiwi Magic said :
Tenebri said :
ah when you think money is everything. if the fight happens it wont help you there.



When you look at Mark Zuckerberg in that photo he looks like he is in pretty good condition.

he is in very good condition.

the picture is cropped. the 2 people next to him are 2 UFC fighters that are helping to train him.

https://www.marca.com/en/ufc/2023/07/11/64adb629ca474122168b459c.html
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14-Jul-2023 00:52:41

Archaeox
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The "genius" is still losing money at Twitter:

"" In a reply to a tweet offering business advice, Mr Musk tweeted Saturday: “We’re still negative cash flow, due to (about a) 50 per cent drop in advertising revenue plus heavy debt load.” ""

The drop in adveristing revenue is directly atrributable to his own poor decisions.

The debt load, of course, is because he's stopped paying bills and loaded the company with debt to fund its purchase in the first place.

https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/elon-musk-ap-twitter-facebook-meta-b2376044.html
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16-Jul-2023 06:38:45 - Last edited on 16-Jul-2023 06:39:27 by Archaeox

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