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Some of the people using Threads on its first day tell the BBC what they think about the app and its future.

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[–] jeebus@kbin.social 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

You know who's not?

^~ This guy.

I'd rather jump into a pit filled with rattlesnakes!

I also don't make a living trying to influence people into buying shit they don't need.

[–] id_kai@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I joined it with a fake account so I could check it out and immediately left once I realized there isn't a place to just see the people I chose to follow. I was being bombarded by so much shit that it was just an awful time.

[–] quirzle@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

there isn't a place to just see the people I chose to follow

Given the direction of IG in recent years, this isn't very surprising.

[–] IntergalacticZombie@feddit.uk 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm with you on that, but adjusts fedora why did it have to be snakes?

[–] DpwnShift@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

How do I know that I don't want to join Facebook's next social media community (besides you know, everything)? That title. 🤢

[–] Sylveon-Z@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Threads won't take off as a Twitter replacement, it doesn't allow any NSFW. A lot of the people I know only use Twitter because it allows NSFW art to be posted.

[–] Ragnell@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

@Sylveon@kbin.social Someone on mastodon was saying you can't even say "Boobs" on Threads.

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

influencers

Sometimes I don't like the 21st century anymore.

[–] small44@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

A good reason to not use it

[–] joshch@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Fine by me, I'll just follow the Threads users I care to follow from Kbin/Mastodon once they federate, and avoid all the influencers and brands.

[–] lemonflavoured@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I've used it a bit. It's a somewhat meh cross between Instagram and Twitter, as expected.

[–] elscallr@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

'Almost every influencer will be hopping on it'

Well that guarantees I won't be. That sounds awful.

[–] rafoix@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

They jumó at any opportunity that could pay their rent. I bet most of their posts get copy/pasted to a half dozen social media apps/sites. One more isn’t going to change anything.