Will people here use/try Meta's #threads when available? Would love to know the reasons or if it would be just for fun/curiosity.

The amount of data collected is insane imo.

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[–] 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 5 months ago)
[–] 1 point 3 years ago

Definitely not. I didn't come to the Fediverse to be under social media companies again.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Never. Fuck Meta. Fuck Zuckerberg.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    Nah, fuck that and fuck them

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    no definitely not installing it or opening an account.

    I'm not against federation tho, I'd be in favour of showing people you can get all the same content through another channel. defederating means that people will have to use it if there's content from someone they like on there. I don't want to give people a reason to install that shit.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I think it's exciting. I don't hate Twitter, but a competitor with big money back in that's potentially going to integrate with the fediverse? That's fucking exciting.

    Will they actively contribute or fork it? Who knows.

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  • [–] -1 points 3 years ago

    Thanks to @m0bi13 who posted this breakdown for context :

    Data collected by #threads:

    • Health & Fitness
      
      
    • Financial info
      
      
    • Contact info
      
      
    • User content
      
      
    • Browsing History
      
      
    • Usage Data
      
      
    • Diagnostics
      
      
    • Purchases
      
      
    • Location
      
      
    • Contacts
      
      
    • Search history
      
      
    • Identifiers
      
      
    • Sensitive Info
      
      
    • Other Data
      
      

    Oh fuck no. The very first line is basically a HIPAA violation. It gets worse from there. We require less disclosure from Supreme Court Justices and Presidential nominees.

    This is a trainwreck waiting to happen - even if Facebook itself doesn't abuse this level of power, you know that bad actors within the organization will. And once the information is collected, you know that tyrannical governments all over the world will be falling over themselves to get access to the data. This is a stalker's wetdream, an Orwellian orgasm of truly grotesque proportions.

    Keep the Fediverse from Zucking. Just say no to Threads.

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  • [–] -1 points 3 years ago

    Not touching that, nope.

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