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Meta's competitor to 𝕏 called Threads (update:Fediverse integration has begun)
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This just made me realize that we might miss out on these crazy screencaptures of Japanese players doing weird shit in Zelda for a while, if Twitter is going down the drain.
I've been happy with Mastodon so far, most accounts/people I'm interested in moved over to that.
Whichever one breaks the most news leading to embeds within threads on Resetera.
That'll probably wind up being Threads... but there's still time for them to do something stupid to prolong Twitter's death throes for some time longer.
Thank you! If you have any questions feel free to ask, it's not ideal but it's where we're at. Remember there's more options than just Mastodon for getting a Twitter-like experience on the Fediverse :p.
If you don't get it or it doesn't work for you that's fine no worries. I'd appreciate if you let me know what you didn't like or struggled with though if you can.
I've sort of obsessively been researching Fediverse stuff for the last 4 days. Going insane. It's fine.
I honestly didn't even think of this as a major reason to wait, now that you do mention it, I think it's gonna be interesting to see where these brands account move to. Though, I do fully expect that to be Threads.
Thank you!
I honestly think Tumblr doesn't get enough love here because it's just so foreign to some people since they've never visited the site or made an account. And it's to the point where, a whole thread could be made just explaining things to people and how it works in general so they can at least see that it's a viable long term option since it's also available on phones and tablet.
And more importantly, a better reason is exactly what you just said: Tumblr is a site dedicated to Fandoms, just like Era kind is in its own way. Tumblr is a massively nerdy website where people have so many interests and talk about so many things all and once you get embedded into any community it kinda pays off because people are friendly and simply love discussing that same interest rather than fighting about takes like we see on Twitter. Plus, the whole idea of following the hashtags and being able to explored missed posts and the site pushing those missed posts to you is legitimately amazing and honestly better than the way clicking on hashtags function on Twitter (in my opinion of course lol)
I think needing to comply with EU/GDPR rules is a more logical reason :p I mean, this is not something that is just a "few weeks of work".
It might not "officially" release at all in the EU.
So far it looks like the Android app is going to release at the same time.
(You might have to upgrade from that HTC Dream, though)
Asked earlier in the thread but didn't get an answer, anyone know if threads.net is gonna be the desktop site for this platform or just a countdown for mobile app launch? I need that desktop support day one.
Ya know, if the EU has (or rather would have?) a problem with how this app works then maybe its a good thing to keep a certain level of hesitation? Like we all want to be done with Musk and are looking into the new thing but the Zuck isnt really that much better of an alternative in the grand scheme of things, least we forget where Meta gets its name from.
I know there's a site with just a countdown right now…here we go..
Ohhh you guys see a countdown? I only see "Threads" and a spinning background.I know there's a site with just a countdown right now…here we go..
This app may not launch with EU-compliant servers and Meta has already has a data transfer issue they need to solve.
Even though the nature of the ActivityPub protocol keeps everything decentralized, the Irish DPC forbids certain data transfers in order to protect it's citizen's information from foreign bad actors.
It's an issue with an easy fix, but it probably isn't as high of a priority as just launching a stable app with a very short beta period to millions of users on one day.
threads.net will be the domain/server for all Threads communication, yes. We don't know if it's launching with a webapp.
Digging deeper into the code, our team has also found that Threads may indeed have a web app. At the very least, we've found that the service's profile links will look quite similar to Instagram profile links, simply appending your username after the base "threads.net/" URL.
Threads, Meta's Twitter clone, starts launch countdown, plus a few details on how it works
Ahead of the app’s launch later this week, Meta has launched a landing page for its Twitter competitor, “Threads,” counting...
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Are you using Firefox? Do you block tracking or Facebook?
Makes sense honestly. Twitter has basically no users in the EU, and I doubt Meta are going to cultivate a whole new audience there.
The one that not full of annoying-as-fuck, terminally-online horny shit posters, so Threads.
well thats quite an exageration, I mostly follow European users on Twitter, heh.
Are you from Europe? I just checked: with the European VPN there is no countdown, but with the American VPN there is. Looks like they really won't be launching in Europe anytime soon.
100 million is "no users"?
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Tech giants from Google to TikTok face tougher EU rules
Tech giants including Facebook, Google, Twitter and TikTok face stricter online content rules in the European Union due to their huge number of users.
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If Threads and Tumblr join the fediverse like they say they will, then I'm just going to stick with Mastodon and follow people through that. If not, probably a combination of the 3.
What? It's silly season in football right now and twitter is the place for transfer news and rumours. That alone bring millions of EU users.
Maybe not zero.
If Meta drags their ass with an EU and APAC version but joins the Fediverse, there could be room for other services like Mastodon. People just want to talk to their friends and find other interesting people at the end of the day.
https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/21/t...al-protocol-powering-mastodon-and-other-apps/
Firefox also plans to tinker with AP.
https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/21/t...al-protocol-powering-mastodon-and-other-apps/
Mozilla is making their own Mastodon instance, could it be that?
Yeah, specifically this article - https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-launch-fediverse-instance-social-media-alternative/
Yeah like how many people are there in europe ? Like 3 ? 4 ? Was it 3 ?
It sucks for artists & sex workers, but If this stops me from seeing people's privates because some randi I followed retweeted it? I ain't too mad at it...
I honestly wonder where you live. It can't be the EU.
Ppl hoping for "mastodon to take off" for almost 10 years.
There's a million other ways to talk with friends that aren't mired in the bullshit of social media giants, I don't think that's what people are missing on Twitter since its implosion. For me specifically it's the chronological feed of news and opinions from people I respect but don't personally know. Like, the NBA playoffs were a completely different experience for me this year compared to the past… 13, 14 years? without the live reactions on Twitter. People still use it but it's a literal shell of its prior self since Musk took over and specifically since they killed third party apps.
I guess what I'm saying is.. whatever effectively brings back the original microblogging approach to Twitter with the biggest userbase is what will be the "actual" replacement. Federated platforms are novel and I understand the appeal but it's not what I'm looking for if the mass userbase isn't there. Of course having the masses there means the moderation needs to be up to snuff. A baseline of "no Nazis" is an extremely low bar to clear but hopefully it's there from the outset.
You forgot me, so that's 4 ! I also know a guy on Twitter in Europe, so i guess that's 5 ?
I'm EU so I cant use it.
But the idea of a competent Twitter clone without constant hate stream, alright fuckos, blue checkmarks suckers, crypto bro scammers etc... is.... appealing.
Also they will never let it be as bad when it comes to spam. Or basic functionality.
Zuck is losing big time by ignoring us 5 people.
Yeah artists and sex workers are likely going to prefer Bluesky provided that doesn't take much longer to go public.
