Meta to launch Twitter rival on Thursday - BBC News

[rcjordan]

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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

[Brad]

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.

[rcjordan]

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

[littleman]

Couldn't make this stuff up.

[rcjordan]

We have liftoff...

Threads app signs up 100m users in less than a week - BBC

[Brad]

>privacy

Data 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/

[rcjordan]

>>privacy

abandon hope all ye who enter here


(By now, everyone should know that with Zuck/Meta. See cartoon posted upstream.)

[rcjordan]

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

[rcjordan]

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."

[rcjordan]

>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/

[rcjordan]

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

[rcjordan]

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

[ergophobe]

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.

[rcjordan]

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/