FYI--Threads is starting to blow up. Musk continues to alienate

[Recycle_Guru]

with removal of headlines from linked articles, planned removal of counts fir likes, retweets, etc.

NPR, tech writer Walt Mossberg, Oliver Darcy are all making the switch and ditching xitter.

[Bonx]

1. Threads needs to be accessible via web browser.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

2. It's been accessible for a while.

https://www.threads.net/

[Tommy Carcetti]

11. It's still a bit complicated.

You have to sign in via an Instagram account.

Now, I have an IG account--it's basically just a burner account though that I use for desktop. I don't use IG on my phone.

So I put in my IG account and password but it still wants me to go to my phone to set up an account.

I guess I'm an old fart but the only social media I have on my phone is Facebook. And I don't want to link my Threads to my Facebook. (Facebook is for people I know, and Twitter--for now--is for people that I don't know.)

I just want to:

1. Go to a Browser
2. Put in my Threads login and password
3. Immediately go to Threads

That's what I've done for Twitter (never used the app). Why can't I do it for Threads?

[LiberalArkie]

24. that is all I have ever done. maybe initially having the app running first made it easier to sign

on with the web interface

[ecstatic]

45. thanks for that. nt

[Johnny2X2X]

3. This

Make the posts shareable. I only post in Threads, but it's just not shareable right now.

[HAB911]

4. I have threads on my browsers

[Recycle_Guru]

5. it is. go ahead and try it

[Native]

6. I wish that when I clicked on "following," I only saw threads by people I'm following!

That bothers me on X, and it bothers me on Threads.

[Recycle_Guru]

7. I'll have to check my feed more carefully. it seemed that toggle was working in this way

I know the "for you" is total lottery about what they serve you in the feed. I'll check mine again.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

8. I won't use Threads until I can log into it on my PC or laptop.

Right now, I don't see any way to use Threads without installing its app on your phone and logging in there first. If anyone knows of a way to use Threads without putting its app on my phone, please me know!

[Brentos]

9. This is your lucky day!

https://www.threads.net/

[50 Shades Of Blue]

12. I can't log in with my Instagram account unless I scan a code on the screen

to set up a profile with the Threads app. How do I avoid using the app?

[Recycle_Guru]

13. why can't you set yo the app to get username going and then delete

[50 Shades Of Blue]

15. I don't want to put a Meta app on my phone for one second.

Threads could just let you log in with your Instagram account and be done with it. The fact it's forcing you to download an app to your phone first makes me very wary.

[crickets]

19. 👆👆

[Recycle_Guru]

20. fair point--we'll see if they change that soon

[Pinback]

27. How else is Meta going to spy on you?

I vote None of the Above. No thanks to all things Zuckerberg or Musk.

[Tommy Carcetti]

14. Same here.

I don't want to have the app.

I didn't have one for Twitter, don't want one for Threads.

I just want to sign on and go directly to Threads.

[usonian]

10. FElon is making decisions based on zero testing or even theory.

One article I read (can't find it right now) said that Musk's product companies were successful because they were constrained by the laws of physics.

Whereas, there are no laws of physics for social media. The only law is "throw shit against a wall and see what sticks".

And that's what he's doing. Without theory or prior experience or knowledge base, he's trying everything, including breaking labor laws and stiffing employees and vendors (but that's another matter, based on hubris versus logic and law)

It's entirely reckless, because unlike a traditional startup, which he fancies twixler to be, he had plenty to lose, and has lost billions of dollars and all credibility except with the fascist contingent.

It must be the reality distortion field that magnifies the opinions of a minority, especially that minority of one, into something the size of the universe. Unconstrained by the laws of physics.

Or anything else.

[Joinfortmill]

16. Good.

[barbtries]

17. thank you.

i haven't spent much time there, but bookmarked it and scrolled a bit today. got it on my pc, that had been an issue.

[Recycle_Guru]

18. yes..definitely experience will be based on who you follow

[spinbaby]

21. It's not great on a tablet

The app was designed for a phone—on my tablet it offers a narrow view down the center of the screen and I’m forever accidentally clicking on stuff when I’m just trying to scroll. I’ve found some of the accounts I was following on Twitter, but by no means all. I’m not sure I can give up all the British gardeners I follow on the site formerly known as Twitter.

[Recycle_Guru]

22. funny you should mention that. I am following so many British accounts.

including ones who make British pies, gardeners, politicians, etc

[spinbaby]

34. Have you found Pinsent Tailoring?

Very dapper and one of the few non-gardening accounts I follow. Also British.

[Recycle_Guru]

35. no--will check it out

[ShazzieB]

32. Ooh, that's definitely a turnoff for me.

I haven't even tried to look at threads yet, but I don't like the sound of that. I do most of my online stuff on my tablet, in landscape mode. I'll use the phone when I'm away from home, and there's no wifi, but mostly for reading articles, because the screen is too tiny for my aging eyes to use for much else. I don't even use DU on my phone unless I absolutely HAVE to, because I hate the way it looks on there.

I'll probably break down and check it out Threads sometime for curiosity's sake, but right now, the curiosity isn't strong enough. X sucks, but I was never all that into Twitter, so I haven't felt the need to look for something to replace it.

[moonshinegnomie]

23. i'm @moonshineimages on threads

[DENVERPOPS]

25. LOL

Orwell had it mostly right in 1984. The part he screwed up was that it wasn't the government you had to worry about as much as it was the Fascist Corporations as the true enemy of the population.........

If you doubt that for a minute consider this FACT:

95+% of all news media in the United States, print, TV, Radio, Cable is owned and operated by Uber Rich Republicans........
AND also, the "Fairness Doctrine" was thrown out during the Reagan occupation of the White House.......

THE most ludicrous media statement of all time is Fox New's: "FAIR and BALANCED"........

[housecat]

29. any examples of the 5%?

[DENVERPOPS]

39. I am still looking.........

Most of the time I would say WaPo............thank goodness for them and DU

[housecat]

40. We need more foreign sources

[DENVERPOPS]

41. How about

the GUARDIAN in Britain?.....they seem to do a respectable job.........

Rolling Stone? The LA Times? The Seattle Intelligencer? Salon??????

I used to love William Rivers Pitt before he passed................I wish I could find the long article he wrote about 9/11 it was incredible pointing directly at the fact that the W administration (Cheney/Rumsfeld/ etc) had allowed it to happen. And how it was even in their PNAC papers.........Clinton and Gore had warned them and even did the research about which airport had the worst security: Logan International........

The U.S. Citizens weren't listening then, and they are not listening now............

Great Title for a book about the last 40+ years: While The Nation Slept

[housecat]

42. good list

[DENVERPOPS]

44. I forgot

taking Fox off the armed service network..........

[housecat]

47. We're even slower than I thought

[sakabatou]

26. Not to mention he will/did remove blocking

[housecat]

28. I never looked at any social media (unless DU counts as one) and I am still alive and mostly well

[Recycle_Guru]

31. somewhat counts

[rurallib]

30. Musk hasn't even owned it a full year yet -

bought it just before Halloween last year - October 27th.

[muriel_volestrangler]

33. When you say "starting to blow up", you mean "starting to do well", then?

To me, when something blows up, it's a disaster.

One annoying thing about it (in a PC browser, anyway) I just found is that videos have only one control on them - mute/unmute. No pause, or go back to the beginning, let alone scroll to a specific point (or an indication of how long the video is, or where you are in it). This means, with the video starting muted (which is a fair choice, if you have the ability to restart), you miss the first few seconds of sound, while you remember, and get the mouse over the unmute button. And then have to watch the whole thing through and start again, if you want to check if you missed something.

It seems a very poor way of presenting a video. I mean, cassettes had more functionality, and they're over half a century old.

[sakabatou]

43. Didn't Musk get rid of blocking?

[Emrys]

46. No. n/t