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16 minutes ago, RPM said:

He's 1 step away from becoming the new MySpace at any given moment.

And like the MySpace people (and GeoCities), he probably doesn't realize that he's at a bit of a tipping point.  He may be the 14th or 15th largest social media platform in the world, but once upon a time the MySpace people were pretty full of themselves - hell, they were the most visited internet site in 2006 or 2007 (passing up Yahoo) and had 300 million users (which was freaking huge back in 2007).  And a huge part of MySpace's downfall was that it got spammy and overrun with a lot of shady people/shit.  It didn't help that Fox wouldn't let up on the ads or trying to make it something it wasn't (a portal for all things Fox).

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1 hour ago, atomheartbevo said:

And like the MySpace people (and GeoCities), he probably doesn't realize that he's at a bit of a tipping point.  He may be the 14th or 15th largest social media platform in the world, but once upon a time the MySpace people were pretty full of themselves - hell, they were the most visited internet site in 2006 or 2007 (passing up Yahoo) and had 300 million users (which was freaking huge back in 2007).  And a huge part of MySpace's downfall was that it got spammy and overrun with a lot of shady people/shit.  It didn't help that Fox wouldn't let up on the ads or trying to make it something it wasn't (a portal for all things Fox).

That describes what Facebook is now more than Twitter. Holy hell Facebook feeds are terrible now. Might see 1 or 2 posts from friends and the rest are just suggested articles and ads.

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Mosseri posted an update

Fediverse update thread 🔔🧵For those of you who don't know, @Threads is being built on the ActivityPub protocol, which means that it will be interoperable with other apps/servers like Mastodon over time. This week we took a small, but important, step by allowing people in the Fediverse, who don't use Threads or even have an Instagram account, to follow my Threads account as well as a few others. Content is starting to flow from Threads to the Fediverse.

We are working to make this option available to all public accounts on Threads, not just a handful of testers. We're starting small to make sure we have time to work through all the challenges, as our systems historically have been not been designed with this use case in mind.

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https://www.threads.net/@zuck/post/C4yMa0Gxxph

First post in the fediverse!

We're making progress integrating Threads into the fediverse and launching a beta in a few countries that lets people choose to federate their posts. If you see this and turn it on from your profile, you'll see likes from federated platforms appear on your posts here.

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When you post on Threads, your post will appear on other social media apps in the fediverse, such as Mastodon. Mastodon users can then like your post, and you’ll see those likes on your original post on Threads. The idea is to allow interoperability between apps, whereas currently, everything just exists in its own universe.

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On 8/21/2023 at 11:42 AM, NoName said:

it doesn't matter if 99% of its users delete their account and never use the app again, it still means this didn't happen:

it isn't going to close down or not "make it 3 months", moron.

no one is happier to post dumb shit on the internet than you.

and no one is happier to double and triple down than you.

you really are a unicorn. typically, people don't love going out of their way to ensure that everyone around them knows they are a dumbass at as many opportunities as possible...but not you!

 

 

I am enjoying the vibe on Threads. I see posts from people that I actually want to see posts from. I only have 11,000 followers so not a great deal but they are hanging in there. It will be interesting to see what happens with all these social media platforms. I think I'm on about 15 of them now, though I don't have time to tend to them all on a daily basis.

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Recent updates from Mosseri

It’s important that people understand how their Threads posts perform, so we’re rolling out the ability to tap anywhere on a post to display its total view count. We’ve got more work to do, but I think this is a great first step in giving creators the some of the data they’ve been asking for.

The ability to limit who can quote your Threads posts is now available to everyone. You can allow quotes from everyone on Threads, only the people you follow, or disable quote posts entirely. I hope this will help keep Threads a more positive place and give people more control over their experience. If you’ve been using this feature, would love to hear your thoughts.

Quote control info: https://www.threads.net/@mosseri/post/C6O_DrvPIMv

Smaller creators historically haven’t gotten their fair share of reach on Instagram, and we want to change that. So we’re making some changes to how we rank recommendations to give smaller creators a better chance of breaking through. We are rolling this out slowly but hope smaller creators start to see the benefits over the coming months. I should clarify this does not apply yet to Threads, but we’re exploring bringing some of these ideas to Threads ranking as well.

I posted about some major changes to ranking that will affect both craters and aggregators this morning: we’ve started to replace a post that we’re recommending with the original one, if we can find it, and we are going to stop recommending posts from aggregators over the next few months. We doing plan to demote posts from any aggregators you follow. I should clarify we’re talking about exact content replication. So if you take someone’s photo or video and riff on it, maybe putting green screen video of yourself on top with your own commentary or making it into a meme with text, we consider that (mixed) original content.

Today on Threads, we’re expanding Hidden Words, which until now only were applied to replies, so you can filter out unwanted content from feeds, search, profiles, and post replies on Threads. We’re also testing ways to select who can quote you and the ability to mute notifications on your posts. I hope these features give you more control over your experience on Threads and help keep it a place for positive conversation. Let me know what you think, especially if you’re in the tests.

How hidden words work https://www.threads.net/@mosseri/post/C6O_LvgPtg1

We’re starting to test the *option* to archive posts with a small number of people. You can do this manually, for individual posts, or choose to automatically archive all posts after a certain period of time. If you want to make your post public again, you can always unarchive it whenever you’d like. I ran a poll white back and the resounding feedback was not to make this the default, so we’re gonna try it as an option.

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And in the meantime, they are about to start charging a lot more for paid verification on Instagram. Meaning that only big brands that can afford it will actually see promotion. The current plan is $15/month and will now have added tiers of $45/$120/$350 per month.

Instagram has been complete shit lately, likely to increase people's willingness to pay these increasing amounts. I have no doubt they will do the same thing with Threads.

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