CMV: The people who want to receive data from Threads should just…make a freaking Threads account. The whole argument to connect with them at all is weird. It’s like recording a Disney movie to your DVR box and setting up streaming from your smart TV to your tablet so you can now enjoy the movie you recorded in bed…when you could’ve just downloaded the freaking Disney+ app.
It’s also (somehow) like when you’re already in shorts and a t-shirt but still a little warm and someone else wants to turn the A/C off cause they’re cold. They can put on more clothes and be totally comfy, I cannot (politely) take any more clothes off.
It’s a conspiracy just in the sense that they are seemingly counting these towards their growth numbers. If they’re saying they have 20 million accounts, but they created 3/4 of them as placeholders, then no…they have 5 million accounts.
Bad analogy, it would be like meeting up with all your ex-girlfriend’s other former partners and all bitching about that shared ex because you have that thing in common.
Everything is an opportunity cost. That is, if you’re engaging in YouTube you are missing out on something else. It’s fine if that’s the choice you want to make, but understand that you’re “missing out” on hanging out with friends or reading or video games or calling a family member.
They of course have no interest in growing the fediverse as an independent alternative, they want to use it for their own ends. They want to serve people the fediverse’s free content under their own umbrella and rules (and ads of course) to monetize stuff that doesn’t belong to them, or anyone else. It’s all pretty straightforward greed and capitalizing on an opportunity.
It’s not just one behavior, it’s a continuous pattern of behavior. If you want to give them a clean slate in every new instance, that’s your choice. At some point it’s the scorpion and the frog. Whether you consider it an ethical argument or not, it’s basic common sense that Meta’s pattern of behavior will continue absent any evidence to the contrary.
And ad hominem is an argument against a person, not a company. My argument is citing their past behavior which would not be an ad hominem argument even if I’d cited Zuckerberg specifically. “Because Zuck is greedy.” would be ad hominem.
To someone who is subscribed to multiple communities on Reddit, has there been any change in their feed in their quality or amount of posts since July 1st? Any change in the amount of comments in the posts? Even the number of community subscribers?...
Wondering if any druid mains can help me decide between these two builds. They have subtle differences in Paragon choices (and maybe elsewhere) that currently have me paralyzed....
I have been on the edge with twitter and reddit for a while and I have finally deleted my accounts that I have had for a very long time there. They are no longer the places I used to know, even more so with twitter. I am ready for my new time here and on mastodon....
We have 2-3 months to compile a Threads block list (www.timothychambers.net)
It is expected to be 2-3 months before Threads is ready to federate (see link). There will, inevitably, be five different reactions from instances:...
This might help explain the spectacular launch of Threads (lemmy.world)
Automatically creating a shadow account for everyone on Instagram?...
Paper (i.imgur.com)
Lyme Disease Rule (i.imgur.com)
Can we stop making posts to complain about new users complaining about reddit?
What is more mildly infuriating than reading a post complaining about someone else complaining? Adding another level!...
joining the fediverse to bitch about reddit is the same as going on a date, and spending the whole night talking about your ex
I’m tired about reading about reddit here....
Protect your children and say no to Threads (lemmy.world)
Why Defederating from Facebook/Meta is So Important (ploum.net)
I strongly encourage instance admins to defederate from Facebook/Threads/Meta....
How to deal with FOMO (Fear Of Missing out)
I feel like it’s the main reason I can’t stop my YouTube addiction, do you guys have any ideas ?
Farmer ordered to pay after judge says thumbs-up emoji amounts to contract acceptance (www.theglobeandmail.com)
Meta will kill small instances! Please read.
I just read this point in a comment and wanted to bring it to the spotlight....
Can someone still viewing Reddit explain how it is doing as of right now in terms of content quality and engagement? Akan
To someone who is subscribed to multiple communities on Reddit, has there been any change in their feed in their quality or amount of posts since July 1st? Any change in the amount of comments in the posts? Even the number of community subscribers?...
Help with Wolfnado
Wondering if any druid mains can help me decide between these two builds. They have subtle differences in Paragon choices (and maybe elsewhere) that currently have me paralyzed....
Done with Twitter and Reddit
I have been on the edge with twitter and reddit for a while and I have finally deleted my accounts that I have had for a very long time there. They are no longer the places I used to know, even more so with twitter. I am ready for my new time here and on mastodon....
What is the Lemmy.world equivalent of r/findareddit?
I want to find communities, so is there a community dedicated to finding communities?
Lemmy's total users surged from 156k to 240k in a single day today! What caused the jump? (lemmy.world)
Source: https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/dailystats&days=7