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In response to "work insight: Threads got more official consideration by our social teams this week than any previous Twitter competitor has" by Max

I want a twitter replacement as much as anyone does but the whole "live by the algorithm, die by the algorithm" nature of the timeline is a deal

Posted by mandy on home machine (aka amanda) Jul 7 '23, 20:13

breaker.

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it’s how Facebook has always worked but I think they’ll eventually make it personalized (apparently there is a way to view follows only but it’s not - hollywood big shot Jul 7, 20:32 1
- it’s not great when on day four, the head is already saying “yeah but you’re not coming to Threads for ‘news’ right?” -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jul 7, 20:47
It was the easiest bag EVER but they were like “no, we need more data and will just throw random shit at you. -- nm - Tim Jul 7, 20:17 6
- Mastodon’s too confusing. Blue Sky is too stingy with invites. Hive seemed like they had something but then shut down for a few weeks. - Tim Jul 7, 20:19 5
  - you're exactly correct. I'll take your damn ads. just give me a chronological timeline and prioritize my friends. - mandy on home machine Jul 7, 20:26
  - There's a theory that mastodon is only confusing because nerds keep trying to explain everything in too much detail. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 7, 20:24 3
    - I don't get about mastodon how to find things I like and why my server matters. can I see everything or no? should I be on a different server? why? - mandy on home machine Jul 7, 20:27 2
      - If I tried to explain it, I would only make it sound more complex than it actually is. Which happens when I try to explain anything. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 7, 20:29 1
        
        (But yes, the search is dumb) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 7, 20:31
Same and I also don't want it run by such an evil company. -- nm - Krusty Jul 7, 20:17

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