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You know Arun is serious when he doesn’t Rick roll us

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The biggest and almost only fault with Threads is the fact that all of your data will be stolen and used by Meta.

It's not stealing. You agree to give them that data if you sign up, but right now, who doesn't have a Facebook, Messenger or Instagram account? They have your data already anyways.

That’s why EU don’t give the accept yet for Threads to launch here in Europe😂

​@Bendzsike lots of people don't have those accounts, they are useless.

thanks for giving us a ton of reasons why NOT to use threads

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Threads really is being a big deal with their userbase dropping by 98% in a week

If you take a step back you’ll see that every social media platform started in the same way. No ads, booming with traction making it fun and exciting. Then it starts with curating your timeline to see posts from people they want you to see, then recommendations of people “we think you’d like to follow”, then ads occasionally, to ads often, shopping within the app. This is the natural progression and finally when everyone is so irritated bc it’s not even a fraction of its original self a new one enters the space. Please tell me my description above isn’t ever social that came before this one? When really all we want is a place to create, watch creations, keep up with our friends and families lives, and display ours. It’s really not complicated.

Then where will these social media companies get the billions to operate so that you'll have a "space to create, watch creations, keep up with your friends and families lives"? It must not be complicated for you so please enlighten us.

​@χah yes billions to "operate"

At least on Instagram ads are negligible. Snapchat ads are criminal

@Rudra Pratap how much do you think it cost, genius?

I rarely use Twitter, so having an app that mirrors Twitter just doesn’t interest me. I’m becoming more and more antisocial media by the day 😂

"Anti-social media" Sounds like something that'd be said in a dystopian movie

@YRO 😂 Well I’d rather have no social media and do my own thing, then to constantly be on it and it doesn’t make you happy, or you’re constantly competing with others for likes. If you want to be chronically online then that’s your choice, but to me it’s a time waster and I have more important things to do with my time 🤷🏻‍♀️. Have fun on Threads 😂

​@Brandy’s TBRbased. I was never active on social media to begin with.

we don’t care

@dw1x03 then why comment? You can do worse things than avoiding looking at reels all day.

Plot Twist: Mark does not need ads because Threads is so incredibly insecure that he can sell the data of the users

Google has been doing this for decades

🤣🤣🤣

​@Jomer Tomaleas if Twitter or any social app doesn't do that already

if the user info, comes from IG... they already have it to sell. 🤔🫢🤭

Google+ (Plus) also had 10 million signups in 24 hours and is now defunct. Also the fact most of the sign ups are just Instagram users. With Threads having no explore page or trending page, I don't see it keeping up with Twitter. Not to mention the insane data scraping and data privacy issues Threads has.

What’s the data issue everyone is talking about?

Until they updated it

Bros talking like they won’t update and add all those features lol. But yh ur right about the privacy bit. (Won’t be downloading) if I can’t delete the account without deleting my instagram account then yh fuck it.

Data scraping happens anywhere, and is really irrelevant. Data privacy on private posts is a different mater. The privacy issue here is that Instagram profiles and networks are being used on threads, which I personally don't mind, but is against EU regulation.

That sounds like a terrifying nightmare that I will never touch. Regardless of how many friends or family are on there. The invasion of privacy from the company that caused the Cambridge analytica scandal, is terrifying. Health information and fitness data, is none of their business. I can only imagine the nightmare of working out to lose weight and being bombarded with weight loss supplement ads, at least half of which are either useless, dangerous or both. It sounds like a hellscape. My join number will be never

never trust zuck!!!

It's not just threads/meta tho if they're letting you use a platform for free they're taking ur personal data for better ads it happened with me on Google/youtube lol (the other tech giants)

If you can't defeat them, Join them, you also Either work with them collecting data, or open a Company and collect their data's...

Don't let them collect your data before you collect theirs

Got me in the first half, I thought that could be a nice app even if its developed by meta. But there is no way Ill give them my health data. Thats not gonna happen. I have no idea how they even got the app to the apple appstore. Apple currently is trying to explain to EU that they cant allow third party appstores because they care about privacy and security. Allowing meta to collect health date to be able to post "tweets" will not help them prove their point. What a time to be alive

Never thought that being spoiled with a new app means its free to view as many posts as you want, but here we are

It was a classical Elon's joke. And they do actually care about screen time, while IG just change generations.

​@Anatoly Yakubovthe same guy who sells flame throwers is concerned about screen time on Twitter of all places lmfao All while saying bots are the justification 😂

Threads is also rate limiting now

@Matt C can't find any sources for that

Threads is sso cool tho ❤

As a small artist I feel puzzled. When you’re trying to build a following you kind of have to throw darts at the wall until something sticks. On one hand the privacy issues are a major concern, but I don’t tie much personal information to my branded accounts. On the other, there’s no real algorithm to discover new users yet so some people will piggyback off of bigger fish because it’s really easy to be seen right now due to the smaller user base. The problem with Twitter is it’s really hard for artists to get suggested to their followers and new people since Elon changed the algorithm. But threads doesn’t have hashtags yet. So many artists are waiting on a Twitter alternative and threads is tempting, and there’s incentive to get in early- but the newness, bare bones, and privacy issues make me feel uneasy about it.

Not too long ago many were absolutely disgusted by what Facebook did. I guess people are okay with it now.

Why does he look so goofy and weird in the thumbnail?😂😂😂

I'm better than Mrwhostheboss, My content is better!!!🗿

@Ronaldo hater.🐫🐫 dang what did aron Arun and ronaldo do to u

Their Mental Gymnastics to seperate „Facebook“ from „Meta“ paid off. All News outlets call it Meta now and subconsciously „Facebook“ isn’t the Baddy behind Instagram, ist just one of the parallel companies with a new business Daddy above them.

What frustrates me about threads is that it gives a huge advantage to people who already have a lot of followers to begin with. If you are a small creator trying to start fresh and grow on a new app, your content is benched by the algorithm if you don’t have thousands of followers. Reaching other users is so hard. Idk.. What do other small creators think?

If they hadn't used their existing network they would be at an extreme disadvantage just like all the other apps that tried to compete against Twitter. So they either leverage their existing networks or they fail. I get that you would benefit from a level playing field, but this is a necessary move on their part.

But it does nothing to attract be everyday blogger. With such a big influence on celebrities and influencers the everyday person is not going to be willing to switch from an established social media platform like Twitter that does give them the opportunity to shine once in a while.

Is this app for boosting leaders and sales ??

​@Diana Salazar hi can you send me the theards link here because I can't find it in App Store

​@Simon Electronicwell the everyday person have already switched to threads and celebrities and influencers are leaving the app bcoz they are not getting engagements despite their unfair followers advantage. Normal people are getting engagements, threads has really build up a great community for them, that too free of hate speech like twitter

Im 60 years old and love this channel because of your reviews of new hardware (with software) technology. Having said that, I have zero concern for who is competing in what way for people to share every second of their mostly fabricated disingenuous life with the world while unknowingly allowing their personal data to be tracked, hacked and sold. I know what life was like before the internet/social media and I can see it for the train wreck that it is. Looking at the comments, it doesnt appear most are fascinated or care about this new competition other than to acknowledge the negative.

Great watch as always 👊🏿. I don't think threads will full on kill twitter but what's gonna happen is that if they remain as a more comfy platform (less bots less ads etc) then people definitely gonna start using it more actively. The worry tho as you mentioned at the end is we've already seen what became of Instagram during that period they tried to become TikTok and kept feeding everyone random reels and ads they don't care for. There's a large chance that when they eventually monetize threads we end up getting fed just as many ads and random stuff as they do on Instagram. But I suppose we can just hope for the best that they don't repeat the same mistake 😂.

Great video, Arun! I learned a lot and you brought up a lot of interesting dilemmas I will have to think about. I truly hope Threads doesn't take over Twitter simply because of its data privacy issues.

80% of daily users abandon threads😂😂😂😂

People deserve second chances, companies don't.

Well many seem to have already forgotten what Facebook did.

​@The Observerwhat did they do

​@pearl I can't believe you forgot it

@The Observer what did they do

In my honest opinion Arun, threads will turn to shit pretty soon. What I have learned is that social media at it's core is all about getting information from you and selling that so you can get either ads or recommendations similar to your interests. The fact that threads are run by the one company that does this without any shame is why I personally won't be using it. They always start out promising and eventually, turn to poop. A year or 2 from now give or take. The hype train never lasts long.

100% and looking at celeb post vs listening to their bs is kinda what made Twitter toxic along with other toxic people. But if that’s what people want to see.. enjoy. And just stay in their bubbles and u just get twitter before Elon. Garantee u. The biggest complain in a few weeks will be ( people deleted their Instagram account by accident because they didn’t know thread goes, insta goes.

I guarantee you that this app is gonna blow up. Trust me Zuckerberg is a genius in this game.

Dude! It’s already surpassing 100 million users. People said the same about Facebook, look it up.

Meta keep gathering your information, at some point they can have you on all platforms operated by AI with your consent, without you notice it, like create a bot with your photos from Instagram, your mind flow from threads, your friends from Facebook, your private knowledge from your messenger messages. They have about everything about mostly everyone!

I'm sure anyone 25+ remembers how a lot of these apps started out, and I must say it's genuinely sad that we now feel spoiled by something being free. All of these apps used to be free, and ad free too.

The fact that they want access to ALL the personal info you keep on your phone is wrong. Someone needs to put Meta in their place

There should be multiple options to choose from when it comes to products or services. Too much power can corrupt pretty much everyone and everything, and don't forget we're talking about Facebook/ Meta here.

Threads isn't concerned with monetization because they are already selling all your data, including browser history, purchase, and text messages.

That's what people don't see, their currently ignoring the the future disadvantages over the present advantage.... most people share most of their thoughts,ideas, fights and so many other personal stuff there relating to themselves on Twitter if threads (meta) could get a hold of this just know the level of ads they could sell of you, and other potential threat this could pose

No wonder the EU didn't allow the app

and twitter is ultra private isnt it lol

@Garrit Spitz E.g have you ever gotten any ads or so targeted to you on Twitter if so reply buddy couz I haven't 🥱

@Garrit Spitz I have gotten many ads targeted to me whether it's been private messaged on messenger app I see it as an AD I didn't even search for

You have to take into consideration that, every new big and exciting thing on the internet especially involving company drama will always blow up at the start, bc people like new change, although things like that often times slow down after the hype

One part of the genius of integration direct from an existing IG account you didn’t go over.. servers. You’re adding maybe 20% more space initially doing it this way and you can scale economically. If this were new and not backed by IG/Meta.. they’d have to really risk it using a farm or play it safe using one of their competitors services.

So marketing on social media now is not like it what was. Serious question: Does this mean social media platforms are changing for the benefit of companies that want to advertise? Or is it going to prove more of a struggle?

Twitter is a very specific app for a specific audience. There aren't many people who who have Facebook/Instagram and use Twitter. People just don't like the format of Twitter. I can see Meta shutting down Threads within a year.

I am a bit terrified by the concept of FOMO by “you’ll miss on people following you if you don’t sign up now!” It feels like the plot has been lost

That's why Clubhouse got so popular in such a short amount of time. But eventually, people move on. For a second, everyone was talking about clubhouse. Then, nobody was.

Meanwhile a lot of Europeans will get this whole FOMO experience due to EU law

If you're terrified by anything on social media you need to seek serious help

@Wills Restorations so if someone is terrified of a video of a guy killing people relentlessly the person (who is terrified) needs mental help?

I'll get back to twitter if and only if the toxic people there switch to thread.

The annoyance with Facebook is why I haven’t used it in almost 2 years. Starting to feel the same with instagram it’s gotten to the point where I only open instagram for DM’s(friends sending more videos) and facebook only to check events but last time was 2 years ago. I have a quest 2 and I like the vr headset but I’m completely done with meta as their apps are just ad filled piles of shit.

All socials do is leverage our desire to interact with people to gain data. Once they hate that the marketplace for using that data is endless. Threads will go the same route.

Instagram ads are so tame wdym 💀have you ever tried scrolling on Instagram? The ads are so aggressive that instead of watching ads in between videos, you're watching parts of videos in between ads 😂

Wait I have a quest too, and I have not used their apps in years. They didn't have any ads that I could recall. Now I just use the apps that I actually am interested in and have not even bothered to link to a meta account.

I love videos from Mr. Whose the boss He literally makes the most entertaining videos about technology topics. Kudos to you sir

I was never big on Twitter. I have the app but rarely use it. I just go there for the occasional story. YT is the app I use the most hands down. It’s only a matter of time before a major competitor comes for it!

Ye twitter never got popular world wide. Hope Threads changes this. Here in Europe we could use something like Threads to be popular IMO.

twitter sucks yeah, threads is way better imo

hopefully yt does get fazed out or else how will i get my roblox videos😂😂🙄

You know it’s a Meta app when I sign up (I’m a nerd for this stuff) and immediately go into my phone privacy settings to disable everything Threads has access to 😂 now it’s a great app

Bro really thought he was safe lmao

the app was described as a privacy nightmare and isn’t even available in Europe yet because of it I'd rather have an ad-filled Twitter, than an ad-filled Threads WITH tons of my private data collected also

It is avaliable.

​@ToasterTwoIt is not for me

@ToasterTwois your country in the EU? that's what I meant

@ToasterTwo No it is not

it is for me (spain)

I've been watching your channel grow sense 6 million subs I was in 4th grade My favorite videos were your phone gadgets, you influenced my choice in a phone and you have always been unbiased congrats on the proposal ❤️

Don't forget, Threads also Instagram alternatives. Best example is for photography. At ig you can't post your work with full resolution (cause Instagram will compress that into 4:5 or 1:1 ratio), but in Threads, you can, and i loooove that. Not just me, but all my favourite photographers work i can see it in full resolution🤤

An astute and balanced, threadable analysis. Well done. 😜

personally i just hope twitter will survive somehow, without being ruined. i'm from EU so i don't have threads but from all i've heard i don't think i'll make an account if i can avoid it. twitter is the app i use the most with youtube so i really don't want to leave it.

I hope the EU won’t allow it in Europe. Though, I don’t have Instagram or TikTok either, so it wouldn’t bother me personally. However, this level of data collection and lack of ability to “freely” close your account whenever you want really upsets me.

it's times like this that make me feel kinda glad for the EU lmao

Seriously, GDPR is a godsend for privacy and I don't even live in the EU.

I feel they rushed this release because Musk gave them an opportunity to capitalise on his latest numskull move of limiting service. So there are bunch of features that they haven't added in yet. I know they have already said that they will be releasing the ability to close your account without closing your instagram account soon, along with a bunch of other stuff. I look at Thread right now as an advanced beta.

Then why are you commenting 😂😂😂

❤you Arun! Thank you for putting out a really balanced run down on Threads.

I don't understand how we can give Mark and Meta a second chance when they literally asked for our health and fitness data. Like, honestly I would rather have Elon's crappy twitter than Mark's thread.

Threads when it began: Seemed like a big deal and might be a threat to Twitter with its growing number of users daily Threads now: Lost most of its users

Twitter has word search options. If any news, event or person name is searched we can find the latest hashtags info !!

its funny to see people keep falling for this crap, if you think twitter didnt had any competition since over 15years and didnt win all of them then you are looking for just some 5mins of ranting

I didn't even get to be a user 'cause it's not in the EU

It feels nice to not use social media :) I am 38 but I hardly use Instagram, FB, or twitter. But for content creators it is understandable :)

well then you are one of the lucky few who got away..consider yourself very lucky 🙂

i use it for my online store....the algorithm is a freaking nightmare

Apparently threads was only a big deal for like a day

Yeah the fact that Zuck mentions “monetize later” just makes it even more of a black hole. Also, accessing all of that data. It’s worrying. I’m actually very happy that the EU closed it down because this position Zuck is aiming for is straight up Marvel/DC villain-level. Apparently people do not mind it AT ALL. To me, the easiness of migrating your insta data to this app to get your follower rate a headstart, the lack of ads: it’s all a big deception. If you want to delete it, you need to delete your Instagram profile! Such a BIG RED FLAG!

"more of a black hole"......no wonder it's black.

Yeah that part about “If you delete your Threads, you delete your Instagram”. That is what’s keeping me from downloading it right now.

@JCG's Lounge Understandable. I find the whole “ oh fyi, I want all of your data while we’re at it” thingy also a very big problem.

@Avigail O'Michael For sure 🤣!

It's all about money now. From one side i understand like that, but it's not in perfect way doing all this to cover all employees and all the costs of running it. I would rather would be paying even 1-2$ per month, but no my data could be sold. In other words, people dont want to pay, but dont want to share theirs own data, so choose one and go, nothing is free in this world...

Even if meta didn't do the automatic follows it is always best to go on the latest app as soon as possible. Because people will have to add you to get started. Your follower count will be higher simply because you started earlier. Moving from myspace to facebook and then to instagram was like that for me, but I don't want to move to threads. Deleted myspace, FB and twitter. Hopefully I can avoid threads entirely.

Some very good points raised, especially regarding a monopoly by Meta 😨

09:05 - 09:10 THIS is actually the thing: up to now, many may have thought of social media as 'there's facebook and then there's twitter - besides tiktok nowadays'. If twitter follows the trend of doing wrong whatever they can, it's basically kind of a social media monopoly in terms of 'traditional' posting social media apps.

I feel like they weren't planning to launch it at this point, BUT opportunity, esp with the whole Twitter fiasco, the rumor dropped the week Twitter was down and the week after that it dropped. The fact that it's linked to IG makes it feel like you're not starting from scratch, for better or worse. But there's lot of feathers that still NEEDS to be implemented but it's very different from the Signal like waves

I do feel there’s a few things wrong with threads and they might break the app’s appeal longterm 1. people that are on twitter LIKE twitter as a core concept. the tweets. text takes precedence over anything else. you hit twitter to read. my friends on twitter that tweet a lot are not the same as my friends on instagram that post a lot of photos. and it’s likely that many twitter users are happy with the community they built on twitter regardless of what the big verified accounts think. 2. legacy. twitter has a lot of legacy content under its belt. years of digital presence is locked up there and it’ll be difficult to get the real power users to switch because all their old tweets and relationships are still meaningful on twitter. and these guys have a lot of pull. 3. the integration with instagram should have been stronger from the start. It should have been a core feature. shared DMs, shared stories across apps, and the ability to do it all in one app would have increased engagement on instagram proper. why did meta feel the need to make a new app, link it so heavily with instagram, only to fumble on the core instagram feature set like stories. and stories are very big, I think. this all also applies to reels. 4. the algorithm is friendly to verified users. if you follow no one, you should see nothing. but instead you see plenty of algorithmic recommendations. and even once you follow many accounts, you’re still not seeing much of their content. this can’t be remedied by switching away from the default timeline. so idk. we’ll see how it goes but they need to push updates fast.

Cant help but think Arun had a golden hand shake from Meta/Mark to promote this censored hack in the light hack Thread !

Meta is legitimately scary. They're getting really close to a monopoly on social media, and you basically have to use their services. Although I rarely use Facebook and Instagram, and could easily imagine just deleting both. I'm not keen on getting threads once it is deployed in the EU, either, because they just want too much data on me and I don't want to give it to them. If I could, I would get all my data wiped, so I'm just a blank file in their system. That's really a life-goal at this point

im not on fb, insta, snapchat, tiktok or threads. Twitter is ok for me. i use yt more than anything.

you can actually, as far as i know you can force them to delete all your data via a support conversation or something as per EU law

​@Marco Della Schiavaif you can never reach their support, which probably doesn't even exist. They don't have a way to contact a support. I tried to contact instagram support the other day, I scrolled through their Help Center, and not a single way to send them a message, or to talk to anybody. Only links after links after links going nowhere.

you don’t need to use their services at all

Them having my data don’t hurt me so I don’t care what they do with it

It's also very very clear to me that Twitter has changed their algorithm - you are being subjected to crap that you absolutely do NOT want to see, virtually every 5 posts. People aren't just trying out Threads...they are desperately looking for a Twitter alternative.

I been talking to some people who hate twitter but don't wanna to move from it, the only reason they are staying it because their online friends use twitter and they can interact with many people there.

He’s got a lot of good points BUT I do wanna say that Thread is of course gonna be popular because it’s new and cool!

Your content is very informative bro! Keep it up….i love hearing both arguments!

I hope Threads has a 100% no-pornography policy. Honestly, that would be preferential for all platforms, but I actually have hope for a platform with a "fresh start."

This age horribly, Threads is no longer the deal LMAO

My only issue is that I have with Threads integrating with my Instagram is that I don't want my personal followers on my profile meld with my news feeds. I want to follow other companies and networks for news and current events, not what my friend did in the morning

When i signed up it didn't immediately made me follow the ppl ik from insta, instead it asked me if i wanna follow them kr some specific accounts, tho when i first posted on threads it sent a notification to everyone who follows me on insta that I've posted for first time on threads, i forgor to turn the thread badge on insta off 🐧

i dont think so it notifies every follower of yours on instagram . it only notifies thread followers.🤔

Bruh just make a new account.

@Your Friendly Degenerate that is just more chaos

Meta already has your data from Instagram. The account will literally cross reference each other. That's a powerful advertising tool - one that companies will pay a ton of money to use.

How can SMMAs benefit from threads?

But I don't have Instawhore? it's exhausting having to fake it like I'm living a Kardashian lifestyle but it's what every normie does

Didnt think 'you can see as many posts as you want per day' would be a 'feature' in the world on a free app. But here we are. Ps: Threads is the twitter but everything is right in the world because Twitter was the twitter and everything is right in the world, in its beginning. Its only when more and more people started to come in, the hate started increasing. Earlier it was a very feel good app to know the latest news ahead of everyone in the world and connect with your celebs and personalities. Just look at the comments of instagram, theres rampant hate there. Its more people causing more hate and the platforms have to do something to deal with it. - Maybe not ranking the comments simply by likes could be a good start. Also people wanted twitter to be fixed because there was hell lot of hate there, not someone freaking hijacking the app and killing the app and making everything worse on it. Musk wanted to earn money - but fuckng up basic things like the verification, view limit, i would even argue character limit, etc and treating employees like sht was all so dumb and annoying and worsening of the thing, not improving it. The only good thing that elon did to twitter according me was showing the number of views too so that you just don't see likes as comparing and seeing directly likes of counter opinions or simply opinions was one of the biggest factora of this seeing and getting bothered by the hate on twitter thing. Cant believe what twitter is going through, it was such a good app. (Note: Talking about the app being good as in its design, not about what was happening on the app.). Pps: I want someone to take twitter away from elon, fix it and i dont want threads to be popular because of past history of facebook and thus zuck. Ppps: Forgot to add two factor authentication being available only for twitter blue subscribers. What even is that. And deleting user names if you dont login for a while. All fcked up things.

While I'm glad that Twitter finally has some competition but I don't trust Meta with what they'll after the plataform reach the number of users they are aiming for. So I'll probably just watch everything unfold in the sidelines.

Arun, I think we shouldn't allow meta to take over social media, cause this will mean that we all are manipulated and our lives will no longer be private. I see it that way, I didn't even thought this way about meta.

One thing to add, Instagram copied Snapchat with stories and copied Tiktok with reels. Every other platform tried copying Tiktok, even Twitter. But all of these platforms still exist. Tiktok is actually doing really good. So it is still possible for both of them to coexist successfully.

I just can't be arsed to sign up to Threads for one reason. No matter how good it is, it'd just be jumping from one boiling pot of water to another aka, Facebook. This is the same company pushing the Metaverse after all and forcibly changing Insta to chase after TikTok's success. Therefore Threads is as subject to change as Twitter is at the drop of a coin.

ok boomer

Yeahhh, it’s not like there aren’t going to monetize it, they just said not “yet” and also Elon said he’s going to limit it temporarily until they find another solution while at the same time he made a business choice of making paying users have a worthwhile experience. If you don’t like it then it’s also probably healthier to not be scrolling endlessly anyways.

Still I like it better than Twitter

⁠@BBYU PARIN KAHIT ANONG MANGYARI HUHUGrow up man.

It has a legal battle feeling of Apple vs. Samsung. But in the end, the data issue was why I left Meta apps and TikTok. Still working out how to deal with Google (i.e. YouTube lol).

Try micro g

The problem is meta is sooo discriminatory against certain businesses and accounts even when they don’t break any of their rules or policies

Thank god I'm not into the Threads bandwagon irrespective of whether its available in the EU or not. The frame 8:34 describes it best. Ain't no way am I gonna let Zuck and his puppets steal my data for advertising and other malicious purposes 🙏. I've been planning to go out of Instagram as well, so this video gives me all the reasons to do so.

Regarding your last thought: I closed my Instagram account because 5 out of 7 posts on my feed were from accounts I didn't follow and was not interested in. Since then, I don't believe that social media is what we post and follow. It should work like that. But in reality, social media is what the algorithm dictates. And Meta, as a company owning the majority of the most popular platforms, is highly responsible for that.

100% agree

Sounds like a you problem. Or maybe my feed is unique? I've never had issues with a majority of posts being from accounts I don't follow, and if they are it's something in the same lane

​@PulaTelephonicsthere are a lot of recommended accounts and ads that come up in an instagram feed. It's weird that you apparently don't see that in your feed.

I’ve noticed Twitter having started to get more and more ‘convoluted’ for me since around a couple of months until now, and maybe it’ll keep on going. I just don’t see what I want to see anymore and I’m ending up rarely launching Twitter. And I don’t have an instagram account, so no way to go in that direction. Maybe in the end it’ll be it for that type of social media apps for me.

more competition for twitter might mean they won’t be so reckless in their decisions, improving the user experience on both platforms

exactly

Reckless in what way? Allowing free speech?

@Corrin Powers You're right, who am I to question the generous allotment of 600 tweets per day? I must have momentarily forgotten the joy of endlessly scrolling through the thoughts of the masses, only to be unceremoniously cut off at 600. Unless, of course, we dig into our pockets for the privilege of seeing 6,000. What a flawless expression of 'free speech' indeed.

@ThePizzaManloool best reply I’ve seen to a bullshit comment in ages

@ThePizzaMan Usage are at an all time high, servers are overloaded, what do you think was gonna happen?

What if most of the hate towards Twitter was planted by Meta in our heads before launching threads app as a part of some marketing strategy?

I'm sticking with Instas and YT. Social Media is exhausting now, no longer fun, and tired of the lack of privacy. BUT, crazy to see Zack make a quick pivot. I expect an article about turning the ship around in six months because he was tanking Meta with the virtual nonsense. I wonder how is BBQ skills are coming along?

Totally get it and I'm with you but if lack of privacy is your issue you're currently using the Google-owned YT and Zuck owns Insta

@AidenKT I know it but why make even more entry points.

Good analysis. I'm weary of creating a monopoly over my private data with Meta

The thing that worries me about this app is that it uses the same protocol as Mastodon and Lemmy, two free and open source social media platforms in the Fediverse. If Threads becomes the main way to use the Fediverse, it will drown out the other platforms through classic Embrace, Extend, and Extinguish.

I hope this won’t happen!

Threads has already lost more than half of its active users.

Thank you for including the second of this video. I went from "oh man, I NEED to get this as soon as it will go online in the EU" to "f*ck, I'm not touching this with a 10 feet pole." I mean, no possibility to cancel it without cancelling Instagram too?? The requirement to give them your health informations?? Wtf why are they so senslessly greedy? Thanks EU burocrats! Despite the fact that I usually hate most of you, you still managed to save me from taking rushed decisions once again. You're far from perfect, but surely you're much better than good 'ol Zuckk. And Musk.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 man am not touching it either

You are on Youtube complaining about data privacy lol

Yup, as if Google collects less data than all of those other companies

I went through the exact same thought process, lol.

As someone that has been in the social media rollercoaster since Friendster, Myspace, Facebook, Orkut, etc..etc... I'm getting pretty tired of all of them. The only reason why a social media app would like to have my medical information is to sell it. Nothing else.

How have you missed the biggest issue with Threads? The censorship levels on subject matter than can and can’t be discussed is more than concerning. It’s genuinely a massive problem. It will never be as popular as Twitter for this fundamental issue.

I'll never join, but what is an example of topics censored?

@Paul L Would also like to know

Taylor Lorenz has been censored twice, the second post involving Hunter Biden. I guess politics is a touchy subject.

There are roughly 3 stages to a new industry: Stage 1: This is when the industry is new and so many companies jump in. Stage 2: This is the pruning phase, which is when most smaller companies get killed off by a few big ones. Stage 3: Competition improves once again, more companies start joining in, and the industry stabilizes. A good example of this is the PC industry. In the 70s and 80s, there were many different operating systems that were competing. Then, most of those died and Windows almost became a monopoly. Then, macOS and ChromeOS began to gain steam in the 2010s ( and continues to gain steam today), and Windows started to decline. Now, the industry is starting to stabilize. Another good example is the web browser industry. Will this happen to social media? Who knows.

Does anyone remember Threads for Instagram? It was like a messenger app for Instagram. They discontinued it. Now I know why. They took their time and made it better

Elon Vs Mark : The Beginning

Thanoz vs tony stark 😂

Lol

Lol YES arent they going to fight as well?

Dawn of justice league.

We need a movie about this😂

The only revenge Elon can take is to make his own VR company to compete with Meta Quest. It would be a real punch in the gut.

only problem is that im not sure if they censor things like Instagram but unlike Twitter which is one of the best things Twitter has

Thank you for adding your critical thoughts on that. You really live up to your responsibility as a so called "influencer".

Even though threads is dead already? Sycophant influencers like this guy muddy the waters of reality

Lol

All the social media platforms are fighting but I honestly think youtube's the best and most trusted, it's adding new features like shorts and community posts and just making itself better.

"it's inoffensive" it depends on what you consider offensive. I think Twitter is trying to cater less to cancel culture and is starting to encourage free speech for which is something I can't say about instagram or Facebook.

something I don't like about the culture around Threads is that it combines your Twitter following (random people, online friends, celebrities, etc) with your Instagram following (old friends, family members, college peers, etc), and the overlap between those groups is typically quite small

There's a way to set it to see your followings first.

@Kanya not yet, and that doesn't address the overall userbase of these apps

Your instagram following has nothing to do with what majority of people use instagram for. Instagram is all about random influencers, NOT people you actually personally know. That time is long gone.

This is why i have 2 instagram accounts, one for online friends one for just family and close friends, i made a threads for my online friends but most are hesitant to join till it adds more features

you can just use a different account for different purposes

Meta is the only social media company I know that is not co-financing their products. Like Youtube e.g. with google ads, or Twitch with AWS. That's why they try their way of money-making by making users themselfs a money income. Tech-apps just have to much data going arround and no company can hold the massive data usage just by making a fair app for everyone.

Threads raises some valid privacy concerns that may make people think twice about using it.

Serious question... why would I want a new social media platform when I already have too many social media platforms? Twitter has all the news I would realistically ever need from social media. Facebook is dead and Instagram is the unhealthy addiction I have deleted more times than I can track that I only keep getting pulled into by friends who still use it.

I also got more followers & likes on Threads in 1 weeks than I got on Twitter for 1 year. I think people who never used Twitter are now on Threads, thanks to Instagram. They got a different mentality than Twitter users. TBH, Twitter has become very toxic in recent years.

I think the user experience is only good for influencers because of the interaction with their community. As an average user, it’s been absolutely terrible. I can’t find any single post that really interest me, it’s full of false positivity gurus, cringe community managers post trying to force interaction by asking people to share pics, stories and experiences (a lot of irrelevant stuff) and influencers writing random things of their daily life, influencers that I HAVE NEVER heard of before. I’ve spent the last 24hrs hiding those irrelevant posts and I keep doing it hoping it will improve my newsfeed to more relevant stuff but nothing so far

The people you avoid on instagram for having nothing of substance to post are now all over Threads. And I hate that you have to link it to your instagram. My Twitter presence is it’s own thing, I don’t want people that know me personally to follow me on Twitter let alone threads

Couldn’t agree more🤌

@Kagiso Yeah I agree with this 100%. I don't like how I'm getting followed by people that I know in real life, since what I usually do on twitter is not what I'm known for in person. But the only positive that I can see from this is that it would be harder for some cunts to say the things they are comfortable to say because of the anonymity.

Its in very early stage right now. It will get better gradually

Agreed. It's not something I feel I could use as something like twitter. My TL was just full of blue checks, struggled finding the people that I wanted to follow. Couldn't see my own likes. No real way to search things that I would want to find, no hashtags to filter out things that might interest me. While I want to think it'll get better, I only see FB and insta getting worse, and they already have models out there to go off of like mastadon and twitter and even beta blue sky, so this just feels like an app made for influencers and those interested in only following them. Also the issue with how it connects via meta is worrisome.

I literally have not seen anyone complain about twitter except media people. I also remember when everyone used to say “how does Twitter make money? They need to start monetizing” now people are bitching they did.

Perhaps the surge of new users on Threads is a combination of excitement over the new kid in town and people feeling jaded over how Twitter has gone awry. Let’s see how it settles after the initial excitement dulls.

It’s more people accidentally clicking and signing up in insta. Just like when dms were being linked to your fb.

People are acting so lame. I love whats going on at twitter/x. Its fun, constantly changing, and everyones clutching their pearls, OH MYYY, HOW COULD ELON DOO THIIIIS.

If the product is free, you are the product. Facebook in my country is huge, people are using facebook to posts memes, updates and connection. And yes, the ads in facebook is worse coz I did search a perfume once in google then after I went to facebook, all the ads that I can see is all about perfume. To me it’s somehow creepy, but then again at least there are some options that I can consider when it comes to perfume. It’s kinda annoying but I’m used to it.

QUESTION By signing up to threads as stated in this video you are giving up all your data. By already having instagram and Facebook, isn’t this the same data they have access to? Or is threads a new aggressive tool that requests additional data that Instagram and Facebook don’t have currently in their terms?

My problem with threads is censorship and the amount of info it's asking.. Its uneasy

"CeNSorShiP!" FOH with that braindead take. So as a profit motive exists, there will NEVER be an uncensored platform. I'm with you in that I'm also creeped out. But that's why I'm not on FB or any other Meta product. Just stay your ass on Twitter and you'll be fine. Elon has the money to fund it for the rest of his life and his kid's lives, too.

@Matt TranSo are you with the original commenter or against him? It’s true, to a degree, censorship has been around for forever, but not to the level that we’ve been seeing in the last ten years. I’m not a fan of Musk, or any rich bastard but at least you’re allowed to voice your opinion, no matter how “hurtful” or “offensive” it may end up being.

So true! Just what I was thinking about.

@DarkPanda558  I'm obviously with him because I don't have a Twitter or any Meta profiles. But it is disingenuous to express concern about censorship as if it's exclusive to Meta. By all means, express your edgy thoughts. The people who don't want to hear it are just leaving. You hang out in this corner of the town square, they'll hang out over there.