Instagram’s Twitter competitor launches July 6th
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Meta’s next app will try to make Instagram the new Twitter

Will people here use/try Meta’s #threads when available? Would love to know the reasons or if it would be just for fun/curiosity.

The amount of data collected is insane imo.

@DanTilDawn@lemmy.world
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Zero interest whatsoever. The only way i’d see them is when people post their shit elsewhere and it’s worth seeing.

I only ever visited twitter to see content posted by people that was cross shared elsewhere. I have zero interest in utilizing platforms similar to it and would prefer something in the same style as reddit because it allows for everything - self sites with selfposting, interest based sites where you talk about similar topics, and also generalist sites.

I just can’t help it when local news happens and it’s linked to a sub and the source is what it is.

I think Carrot said it best…

What is this?

@arditty@lemmy.world
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Lol. Carrot is always on point.

@Mystech@lemmy.world
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That’s like getting picked up from Catholic Boys Choir by a white van with “Free Candy” spray painted on the side.

@dab@lemmy.world
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Nah, giving all my personal data to Meta for an account I’d hardly use doesn’t seem worth it.

Temple Square
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I was all for “giving it a shot” just to see what the hub bub was about.

Other lemmings point out just how many permissions I have to give Meta. So, I’ve lost interest. Never was a big tweeter anyway.

Hard pass. I’m shit tired of being advertised to and packaged as a product at the same time

@DrQuint@lemmy.world
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This is going to be popular in places that are already deep on the Facebook ecosystem, such as India. But I really hope it doesn’t everywhere else.

@GoinEasy9@lemmy.world
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Don’t use FB, don’t use IG, won’t use threads.

cream
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I made a promise to myself stay away from Facebook as much as possible. (Pretty hard to do here in SEA)

Pope-King Joe
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I stay the fuck away from anything Meta/Facebook, so absolutely not.

@M4775@lemmy.world
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No! - I’m not a dumbfuck. Mark Zuckerberg once said people who trust him with their personal information are dumbfucks. I have never had an account on any of his platforms, and never will. If something I’m using integrated with his products I’d just stop using it. Just no!

ofk12
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Nope

Nato Boram
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In case you’re curious about it: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.instagram.barcelona

I find it weird that no one is linking it. I literally had to find it on APKMirror.

@scarabic@lemmy.world
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“An Instagram app. Try Instagram’s new…”

Oh god it’s so cringe how they are branding it as Instagram not Meta / Facebook because they think the Instagram brand is hated less. Ohhh sad.

This is actually the reason. Until they will buy the copyrights for the trademark, Meta can’t use it

@scarabic@lemmy.world
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Ah that’s interesting. Amazing to see them actually respecting a copyright. They could still have gone with Facebook, though. I think the Instagram halo is real.

@WolfhoundRO@lemmy.world
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Not really “respecting” but more like avoiding to engage what seems to be an actual patent/trademark troll. Because I checked the brand’s site and it doesn’t seem to be working, but the patent is still held

Hell no. Facebook got worse since they shoved every useless ads and recommended posts to your own face.

Presi300
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I still don’t know what this threads thing even is, aside from being bootleg Twitter…

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