this is the sort of virulent transphobia that is allowed to exist on Threads. stuff like this actually literally gets people killed. why should we federate with a platform that willingly tolerates such hate speech?
I’m seeing a lot of pictures from #Threads accounts posted with autogenerated #AltText that is literally worse than nothing. The text will read something like, “Photo by [username] on [date]. May be a meme with one person and text.” (I say this is worse than nothing because (a) “May be a meme” is just hilariously bad and (b) it constantly credits photos to people who clearly didn’t take them.) Is this something that Threads just … does?
My guess is #meta is thinking that being the Gmail of the #SocialWeb is better than having Elon and #Twitter dominate the public conversation. They'd rather be a big player but not own the space, than have an asshole increasingly lock them out. Their efforts to federate #threads (and thus grow the fedi) need not be motivated by any notion of the greater good.
However, user privacy is a big deal, & if #Meta made #ActivityPub the default setting, they could end up with a privacy lawsuit from users who found their info on an evil instance or billion dollar fines from @EUCommission (who penalize based on global revenue).
Making #Fediverse opt-in saves Meta from spending more money on lawyers later on.
Meta finally got me. Signed up for threads. Is there an easy way to just make it mirror my masto feed maybe with my account info and a note to follow me here?
Threads' @pcottle confirmed at #FediForum that it is still working towards allowing #Threads users to follow e.g. Mastodon users. This is a must-have for me (and I'm sure many of you), as I really want to use Mastodon as my primary social media app.
Since almost one year now, a bug in #Mastodon is hiding many visits to @heiseonline originating from here. In addition, #Bluesky and #Threads are almost as long usable here, as additional alternatives to #Twitter.
Many argued during Twitter Migration 2.0 that algorithms are important in content discovery. However, in #Threads where there is an algorithm, people still complain how they are seeing things they don't want to see, and not discovering content that they like, and Threads also have a "Not interested" feature on top of the algorithm.
There are also people complaining about the exact same thing about The #ATmosphere network even though they were provided with a lot of moderation and discovery features than most other SNS.
If people are complaining for the same reasons in any of these networks and platforms, is it not because the user is growing their network incorrectly and/or randomly, or lack of it? Because algorithm or not, moderation and discovery tools or not, it's the same complaints.
Seriously, stop blaming the network/platform/software/protocol if you are not seeing the content you want to see, or seeing content you don't want to see.
Every #SNS, or #SocialMedia network, is based on (1) who you follow; and (2) who you and the people you follow interact with.
In other words, what you see and don't see was based on your how you're growing your own network. That is your personal "observable network".
It gets worse in platforms with algorithms because they push far more similar content you wouldn't normally see if you don't have any connection path to those (again, who the people you're following are interacting with).
In platforms without an algorithm, like most #Fediverse software, the closest you can get to something similar is your "Instance timeline/feed" and "Fediverse timeline/feed", which are generally 'hidden' behind another tab/section. Not like in, for example, #Threads, "For You" is the default. ("For You" is currently like the "Instance timeline/feed" but with algorithms.)
If you're seeing too much tech mumbo jumbo, you're probably following a couple of tech accounts. Or, maybe, you're just following one techie account but they're far too active in this type of content.
You want to see more art content, you have to find and follow them. Use hashtags and see who else are using it and follow those accounts you like. Or, if you like things being fed to you through an algorithm, you have to keep feeding that algorithm with keywords so it will learn what you want (again, like in Threads).
What you see and don't see is based on how you're growing your network. It's no different from your offline life, you see and hear only the things people that surrounds you are sharing.
It is not the fault of the software/platform/protocol/instance/algorithm (or lack thereof). It's all about #YOU, you are center of your "observable network". Just like how planet Earth is the center of its own "observable universe".
I opened #Mastodon and suddenly I’m reading posts about the Apple event from #Threads, #Flipboard, Microdotblog, #Medium, and even Mastodon ☺️. All in one place! The #Fediverse and the #ActivityPub protocol are mind-blowing. What a time to be alive!