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[–] wmassingham 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's not a surprise, but it gets upvoted because "threads bad".

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh get out of here w/ that. It’s not bad as much as it’s just stupid - it’s literally a top down approach to social media. Fb & instagram have already made it big so of course they can launch & pull whatever bs they want.

It wasn’t organic & they hadn’t built anything w/ true merit & people are still tired of Zuck. He’s marginally better than musk these days at best. And maybe people aren’t as crazy about celebs & influencers wanting to be seen & heard as we all thought - as that’s not social media - that’s a Coca-cola commercial.

[–] wmassingham 6 points 1 year ago

You're proving my point. It's a shitty platform and nobody likes it, so this was completely expected. Because it's expected, it's not notable, but posts about it get upvoted because people like to shit on it.