I remember being at some new shopping mall thing, and it having a poster on the wall about how great the shipping center was because you could "interact with all the brands you love" and wanting to throw up so bad I walked out.
That's #threads that is.
Have fun interacting with the brands you love folks.
I'll be here talking to people.
Very simply, the response about Threads from @Gargron is impossibly naive. It assumes good faith interactions with a company that routinely demonstrates, and often flaunts it's lack of ethics. There is no universe in which Mastodon gets Threads content for free. Either they're going to find a way to monetize Mastodons userbase or they're not going to implement interoperability.
You don't build a milk empire by letting everyone have free access to the cows.
@birdpoof You are exact;y right. Even the most dedicated troll won't pay $5. I always thought it was such an amazingly simple solution.
@birdpoof It is closer to Reddit I guess. I was never on either one very much. I just never "got" Twitter. I always liked the relative civility of Metafilter. Everything Reddit claimed to be good at, MeFi was actually good at.
@birdpoof Is Metafilter getting a bump in users from the #TwitterMigration like Mastodon has?
There’s been a lot of speculation around what Threads will be and what it means for Mastodon. We’ve put together some of the most common questions and our responses based on what was launched today:
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2023/07/what-to-know-about-threads/
📣 👀 People coming from #twittermigration - noticed how #mastodon runs without any ads?
No bullshit algorithm, well moderated content, and most importantly: no idiot CEO (or the concept of a single enterprise running the platform in first place)?
Thats because we survive mostly on donations.
If you are financially able to, please support your Mastodon instance.
If you are a user of #convocasa please donate via: https://steadyhq.com/convo-casa
We are currently very short of our target 😅 🙏
@TonyStark Did you know that Reagan colluded with the Iranians to NOT release the hostages to make Carter look bad?
There were rumours regarding payments from Meta to various instances, which are difficult to confirm or deny due to the NDAs.
Could you set the record straight?
Is Mastodon gGmbH receiving any funds from Meta or anyone connected to Meta?
Will Mastodon gGmbH commit to never taking funds from Meta or anyone connected to Meta?
@JenLucPiquant Hi, nice to see you here. I'm a big fan. You should tell your friend Cara Santa Maria to join Mastodon too. Twitter is dead.
Climate emergency headlines…
“Canadian wildfire carbon emissions reach highest level on record”
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/canadian-wildfire-carbon-emissions-reach-highest-level-on-record
“No end in sight to wildfire smoke suffocating American cities. And yes, climate change is to blame.”
https://www.salon.com/2023/06/29/no-end-in-sight-to-wildfire-smoke-suffocating-american-cities-and-yes-climate-change-is-to/
#Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency
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