this post was submitted on 04 Aug 2023
301 points (100.0% liked)
Technology
37604 readers
136 users here now
A nice place to discuss rumors, happenings, innovations, and challenges in the technology sphere. We also welcome discussions on the intersections of technology and society. If it’s technological news or discussion of technology, it probably belongs here.
Remember the overriding ethos on Beehaw: Be(e) Nice. Each user you encounter here is a person, and should be treated with kindness (even if they’re wrong, or use a Linux distro you don’t like). Personal attacks will not be tolerated.
Subcommunities on Beehaw:
This community's icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Not sure why anyone wanted a second twitter that’s still made by a big-tech
spoiler
sdfsafI don't understand why someone would choose threads over mastadon, where they could have all the dunking with none of the enshittening.
spoiler
sdfsafIt's a mix between heard mentally (well, all my friends are on it) and FOMO (what are they saying about me over there?)
spoiler
asdfasdfsadfasfasdfI'd be keen to give it a go if it were legitimately anyone else besides Facebook. Would have even tried it if Microsoft made a random Twitter clone
Well, shareholders, employees and advertisers, wanted it to make money on the users. Even if only 5% users remain, that's still better than the current interest rates after investment fund's fees.
Facebook/Instagram users wanted to check it out, because why not, creating an account was just a couple clicks.
Everyone else... they didn't, and from the looks of it, they still don't.
Zuck wanted it, and literally nobody else. They're going to need to implement ActivityPub just so every blue checkmark on earth can launch their own social network where they are the only users.