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Threads spotted exploring ads, but says 'no immediate timeline' toward monetization
(techcrunch.com)
I never tried threads even tho it was only popular for 2 weeks
this post was submitted on 23 Aug 2024
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Tried Threads briefly. It’s full of the same people who comment on or create Facebook reels. Insta-political trolling, deliberately wrong info just to get people to comment and correct it, “I’m stupidly out of the loop on this ridiculously popular topic, can someone tell me why [thing] is?” Just to get every know-it-all to reply. Like every low-effort post on Reddit ever.
Couple that with the inability to sort, and the inability for notifications to take you to the post you were having a discussion on, and I gave up after about 3-4 days.
The platform sucks and so do the participants.
I used it early on and at that point no one had heard of it and it was full of really cool people with good discourse. But then corporations and the rest of the riff-raff found it and it turned into what you saw it as.
The only way to keep something good is to not let it become popular.
People use threads in 2024?
We know what enshittification looks like now. Just because you restart it doesn’t mean it’s not obvious where it ends up.
Couldn’t I just block whatever account throws in advertising?
I don't get why anyone even uses it. There are other better options that aren't run by Facebook.
Most people are some combination of lazy, uninformed, stressed, and stupid. Can't think long term, just trying to get to tomorrow.
It's an awareness thing. Everyone uses it because everyone else uses it, because it's the main one people know about, because Meta has unlimited money to market it and scale it, which are exorbitantly expensive.
I have tried Threads, and I really can't recall when was the last time I wasn't impressed at all by something.
This doesn't help.the situation at all.
Hell, Musk's Twitter is a better option to explore than Threads.
Tomorrow.
That’s when.
Stop using meta services.
Don't worry, Threads Pro will have you covered for an ad reduction for 3.99/mo.! And Threads Pro Plus for 5.99/mo. will get rid of them all by 2030!
Your prices are optimistically low. They’ll probably be double that and lock features behind the more expensive plan.
Lmao, called it
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