I keep seeing everyone say their privacy is why they aren’t going to use threads. I don’t think that’s entirely true. I think most of us here have a hatred so deep for meta that even if they made the greatest app on earth, we’d still not use it. So, if threads actually respected your privacy would you use it?
I think the premise here is just wrong. It’s like asking would you drink seawater if it wasn’t salty - that’s just not going to happen, ever.
I would never trust that it would respect my privacy in the first place. Why would anyone think they’re going to turn over a new leaf just because they released a new service?!
I never liked the concept of Twitter and therefore never used it. Why would I use a knock-off?
Regarding Meta and privacy let’s never forget that Facebook started with stolen student data right in its first version. Zuckerberg is a piece of shit and can never be trusted.
Would you get in the rusty white van with blackened windows if the meth-faced man driving it told you there were puppies inside?
I’d do this before I made a threads account tbh
Personally, no. Facebook/Meta has instilled absolutely zero goodwill in me as a platform and as a product it brings nothing new to the table to entice me in. Their userbase size is their only potential benefit, and tbh that has never been a draw for myself.
And that’s all assuming they actually respected my privacy, which I don’t believe for a moment they would ever do.
If Threads wasn’t Threads and wasn’t part of the Meta ecosystem, and this could be guaranteed to me forever, sure I might use whatever that would be. But that’s so far from reality as to be a meaningless question.
Nope. I’m boycotting META not only because of the privacy issues, but because of their history in general. I won’t support such a fucked up corporation.
No. Meta can’t be trusted.
fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me, fool me a third time, shame on the regulatory state.
Yeah, of course I’d give it a try. You don’t have to straw man people and accuse them of lying about caring about their privacy.
No, not when I use and prefer Twitter.
Nope.
A) Not a fan of Meta. I still have a FB account purely because I have a few friends I’ll lose contact with otherwise but for a decade now it’s been seeded with nothing but memes and incorrect information about myself so w/e.
B) I deactivated my Instagram account years ago and have zero desire to 1, reactivate it, 2, reactivate it to use a Twitter clone by Meta of all things.
C) The amount of time I ever spent on Twitter was minimal to begin with, and I’ve already replaced it with Mastodon so I have even less use for Threads than I do Twitter right now.
D) LOL NO
E) After seeing their immediate, initial attempt at an app being basically spyware, the trust is already right out the Window.I would not use anything Meta: Don’t let Meta metastasize.
No, I never liked Twitter or Mastodon anyways. Also, Meta does not respect privacy regardless of what they say.
Fuck no.
It’s a Twitter knock-off managed by Facebook’s parent company and marketed to Instagram users.
I’d be hard-pressed to think of any more instantly unappealing combination than that.
