https://www.bbc.com/news/business-66094072
I'll add that FB Marketplace has decimated Craigslist, so this may do the same for Musk's Mess.
Hopefully this works and someone does reddit next. My feed there is currently mangled and moldy.
Some reddit has moved to kbin, which is a decentralized network like mastodon. Here's the spinoff of r/functionalprint. But that may be the only one in my feeds that's made what appears to be a successful jump. Overall, my /r feeds haven't been disrupted much.
Functional 3D Printing - kbin.social
https://kbin.social/m/functionalprint/newest
BTW, a quick check of a few nsfw subreddits (for research purposes, hhh) shows them to be still working. IMO, that's where reddit gets a lot of its horsepower from. BUT some of the new-ish anti-porn laws by the states may soon undercut that.
Checking out kbin.social led me to https://join-lemmy.org, which is another federated platform Redditors seem to be checking out.
I have to confess all this Fediverse stuff gives me a headache.
I thought lemmy and kbin were one and the same but they're just joined at the hip.
"The Kbin is distinct from lemmy, but it looks like you can access lemmy communities from kbin and vice versa."
Lemmy vs kbin - compare differences and reviews? | LibHunt
https://www.libhunt.com/compare-lemmy-vs-kbin
FB twitter rival = 'Threads'
launch day:
Threads already has over 95 million posts
Threads Surpasses 30M Signups
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and hopefully this is legit...
https://old.reddit.com/r/WhitePeopleTwitter/comments/14sctg1/aww_shucks/
Elon Musk, November 15, 2022:
"I would like to apologize for firing these geniuses. Their immense talent will no doubt be of great use elsewhere."
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1592569305941807104?lang=en
July 5, 2023:
"Twitter has serious concerns that Meta Platforms ("Meta") has engaged in systematic, willful and unlawful misappropriation of Twitter's trade secrets and other intellectual property. Over the past year, Meta has hired dozens of former Twitter employees... Meta deliberately assigned these employees to develop, in a matter of months, Meta's copycat 'Threads' app...."
Alex Spiro, counsel to Elon Musk and Twitter
https://cdn.sanity.io/files/ifn0l6bs/production/27109f01431939c8177d408d3c9848c3b46632cd.pdf
linked from https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/06/twitter-accuses-meta-of-stealing-trade-secrets-for-its-new-threads-app.html
Now Threads needs to create an app that lets a user replicate some/most/all of their twitter posts into their threads account.
But the user group to watch is journalists, they are addicted to Twitter's reach and they're the ones really keeping it alive. If they move in wholesale quantities, twit will be eviscerated.
Currently near the top of the front page of reddit. Very accurate. Be sure to look closely at Zuck....
Threads : comics
https://old.reddit.com/r/comics/comments/14t3pup/threads/
Zuck's gotcha...
People cannot leave Instagram's Threads app without deleting their complete account, rules warn | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/if-you-delete-threads-does-it-delete-instagram-b2371121.html
>>journalists,
People usually underestimate this. I hear people say all the time that they don't care about Twitter because they don't care what someone had for coffee this morning. They don't realize that all the news they consume, especially print journalism, is heavily influenced by Twitter.
And I have to say that Twitter is one of the best sources of news on exercise physiology. Many of the absolute top shelf researchers in the world regularly post everything from hot takes to their latest peer-reviewed papers.
Threads backtracks flagging right-wing users for spreading disinformation | Mashable
https://mashable.com/article/threads-false-information-label-donald-trump-jr-error
Meta's Threads app is a privacy nightmare, may not launch in the EU -euronews
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Meta's Threads Has 70 Million Signups, Surprising Mark Zuckerberg - Bloomberg
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-07/meta-s-threads-has-70-million-signups-surprising-zuckerberg
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How Threads' privacy policy compares to Twitter's (and its rivals') | Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/07/how-threads-privacy-policy-compares-to-twitters-and-its-rivals/
>journalists
A eulogy for Twitter: the place us journalists loved, for better or worse | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jul/08/twitter-demise-journalists-eulogy-threads-app-elon-musk
Meta didn't start it, but this whole business of app only access is a non-starter with me. I prefer to use the mobile web version on my phone because it has less spyware.
Worth a read...
"For a new social media website, going from 'omg it's so great we're inviting another 5,000 people!' to 'we will beat you with hammers' takes about two weeks."
The internet's "town square" is dead
The ability to control speech always leads to corruption
https://www.theintrinsicperspective.com/p/the-internets-town-square-is-dead
Couldn't make this stuff up. (https://i.redd.it/xed6a4lny1bb1.jpg)
We have liftoff...
Threads app signs up 100m users in less than a week - BBC
>privacy
QuoteData collected by Threads can include users' sexual orientation, race and ethnicity, biometric data, trade union membership, pregnancy status, politics, and religious beliefs. Threads can also collect data on users' employment, as well as health and fitness. Beyond that, the app also can collect data monitoring users' location and other web activity.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/07/threads-attracts-30m-users-in-24-hours-despite-design-flaws-privacy-concerns/
>>privacy
abandon hope all ye who enter here
(By now, everyone should know that with Zuck/Meta. See cartoon posted upstream.)
9 of Top 10 Retailers Have Joined Threads — Except Costco
https://www.businessinsider.com/9-of-top-10-retailers-have-joined-threads-except-costco-2023-7
Twitter traffic is 'tanking' as Meta's Threads hits 100 million users
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/10/twitter-traffic-is-nosediving-as-metas-threads-hits-100-million-users.html
Matthew Prince, CEO of Cloudflare, shared a screenshot to Twitter Sunday showing that traffic on the platform was "tanking."
>privacy
I am constantly amazed at how everyone -including corporate executives and gov officials- cannot resist using email, text, & dms to transmit confidential and/or incriminating indo.
Mom pleads guilty to abortion after Meta gives DMs to cops • The Register
https://www.theregister.com/2023/07/11/mother_abortion_meta/
Chinese intelligence hacked U.S government emails significant breach
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/12/us-government-emails-compromised-by-china-based-espionage-group.html
Google hid emails in antitrust case through 'false' claims: DOJ
https://nypost.com/2022/03/22/google-improperly-hid-emails-in-antitrust-case-feds-sayexecutives-including-ceo-sundar-pichai-participated-in-the-practice-which-was-called-communicate-with-care-and-may-have-unfairly-shielded-thousan/
A week in, Threads has lost half of its active users | Boing Boing
https://boingboing.net/2023/07/18/a-week-in-threads-has-lost-half-of-its-active-users.html
Threads Has Lost More Than 80% of Its Daily Active Users
https://gizmodo.com/threads-has-lost-more-than-80-of-daily-active-users-1850707329
Meta isn't Google. They don't seem to give up on products easily. I would guess they are willing to lose money for quite a while.
I think of how persistence in the browser wars paid off first for MS, then for G. If MS had built an absolutely kickass, standards-compatible browser, I don't think Chrome would dominate today. I just wonder whether Elon's dysfunctional X is creating a similar opening.
In the end, I think it will all come down to Elon's grappling skills, since Zuck has reach and quickness on him in the striking combat. If Elon can get inside and take Zuck to the floor and use his weight to his advantage, I think he can save X.
hmmmm....
Elon Musk touts record number of X users as Threads stumbles
https://nypost.com/2023/07/28/elon-musk-touts-record-number-of-x-users-as-threads-stumbles/