Rod Hilton
Threads isn't real for me until there's a Web UI and a (free) API I can use to post with in order to leverage my various automations.
Until then it's just kind of a novel curiosity. Neither of these things seem to be much of a priority but I am enjoying watching Twitter implode because other people are using it.
Eugen Rochko
@rodhilton There's also no point joining it if you already have a Mastodon account. Eventually you will be able to follow anyone on Threads from this account.
Rod Hilton
@Gargron Well for me the point is to make sure I have my name reserved over there.
Eugen Rochko
@rodhilton But you're not going to reserve your username on every Mastodon server, or on every e-mail provider, right? Why should Threads be special?
Rod Hilton
@Gargron I mean, you know why, right?
Jeremy Jackson
@Gargron @rodhilton I'm guessing it's to keep it sandboxed or in case it's ever blocked here or on other instances.
Eugen Rochko
@rodhilton I deleted my Facebook and Twitter accounts in 2017 or so. Somebody else grabbed my handle on Twitter since, and... I don't care. People know where to find me. I felt no impulse to grab a handle on Bluesky for the same reason. So I guess I don't know, no.
Eugen Rochko
@rodhilton @jawarajabbi No, Threads is more barebones at the moment 🙂 But ultimately, yes, that's how we *should* view social media platforms.
CaliCarol
I don't. Why? (Sincerely curious.)
Rod Hilton
@jawarajabbi @Gargron are folks really going to pretend that Threads, the service built by the largest social media company in the world, with 100 million signed up users in the first weekend (10x the entire fediverse), whose mere existence led to an anti-federation pact signed by over 500 instance admins, which isn't even federating yet, isn't exactly identical to just some random Mastodon instance that someone set up with 100 people on it?
Rod Hilton
@Gargron I have left my facebook, instagram and twitter handles all activated all for the same reason, to reserve my name. Hell, I have my name reserved on gab, cohost, truth.social, post.news, and spoutible, all for the same reason. Bluesky too.
Rod Hilton
Show me one other mastodon instance where 500 instance admins signed a pact to block it preemptively and I'll accept your claim that Threads isn't different 😂
Eugen Rochko
@rodhilton @jawarajabbi I don't entirely follow the reasoning, but well, that did actually happen with both Gab and Truth Social, and in a way more unanimous fashion. To be fair, there wasn't a literal "pact", just widespread agreement. There's probably quite a few servers out there on more blocklists than 500 right now.
amartya00
@rodhilton @Gargron @jawarajabbi I also get a feeling that the fediverse integration is not going to happen.
Eugen Rochko
@amartya00 @rodhilton @jawarajabbi They just joined the Social Working Group at the W3C a few days ago. But if they indeed fall short on that promise, all the less reason to sign-up there. Siloed platforms belong in the past.
amartya00
@Gargron @rodhilton @jawarajabbi that part I agree. I didn't bother signing up to Threads for that reason.
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