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sneezy , to fediverse in This might help explain the spectacular launch of Threads

Well, it’s basically an extension to your insta account. So I imagine when you sign up, it sends requests to others you know to make it seem like everybody uses it.

StickBugged , to cat in Lazy afternoon
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That's one damn good picture

Thitherwards OP ,

Thank you, I glad you like it)

Markimus , to fediverse in This might help explain the spectacular launch of Threads

Sounds like Google+ all over again…

Dio ,
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It basically is, haha.

Hexagon ,

Let’s look at history repeat itself

Gashole711 , to pics in Forest lake(s), James Peak Wilderness, CO

How did they get the mountains and water to be on the side like that?

BaltSkigginsThe3rd OP ,

The government doesn’t share its secrets…

Stamau123 ,

I guess Lemmy has a problem with sideways pics because it’s happened to me too. Or maybe Colorado is just sideways @_

mercano , to pics in I met this beautiful defender in Costa Rica this year. He kept us safe!
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That’s well-composed bit of photography, with the light slashing across the gate, the reflection on the tile, and the cat looking out.

rycee ,

… and the cat being right in the focal point of the lines separating the lit and shaded areas. Very pleasing to look at.

Speculater OP ,
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Thanks for the compliment! Once in awhile we get lucky! My photography instructor told me years ago that you can tell the quality of a photographer by the size of their waste basket 🤓.

grue ,

It’s just a flat-out nice gate and patio, too.

Debo , to fediverse in This might help explain the spectacular launch of Threads

It’s funny how people continue to think that joining threads is optional.

AnonTwo , to fediverse in This might help explain the spectacular launch of Threads

This seemed obvious the moment they said 10m accounts on launch. People aren't that proactive

ignitionnight ,

Yes they are. There were tons of people waiting to leave Twitter for something better. What makes Threads the better alternative is they already have Instagram accounts and so does everybody they know. Joining Threads took me 30 seconds.

YangWenli ,

It seems obvious because they literally said that’s what they’re doing. They’re not trying to hide it.

If you have an Instagram account, it literally takes a single click to sign up for Threads. Your Instagram account is the same as your Threads account.

rob_t_firefly , to mildlyinfuriating in Online dating
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Something I was dearly hoping wouldn’t find its way over here from Reddit: screenshots of posts which erase the posters’ identity for no good reason.

Giving proper credit for content is cool, kids.

R51 ,

… nah. Doxxing is not cool kids.

ElectroNeutrino ,

There’s a difference between retaining the twitter handle of the person that publicly posted their conversation, and doxxing them.

R51 ,

yeah there’s also a difference in someone who is expecting private messages to stay private only to then have your handle get attention in a bigass community, did u forget the linked pic this thread is about lol

ElectroNeutrino ,

Wait, so you’re saying that someone publicly posting screenshots of their conversation expects the screenshots to stay private? Or do you honestly think that keeping the twitter handle will dox the other person in the conversation where their name isn’t visible in the first place?

Additionally, it’s not hard to find the original tweet by looking up the text. It took me all of 15 seconds.

R51 ,

im so confused. I thought a guy was saying the original poster should have unblocked the name of the guy being weird with his song, i was saying that would be bad

ElectroNeutrino ,

Ohh. That makes sense. I completely agree with that. I thought you were talking about the person that posted the screenshot originally.

required ,
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In reddit, not blurring the person can lead to the comment section being angry at the person for some reason and in that case the person will get death threats in the best case scenario. There are many past examples of this. So all names remotely related to the real discussion (like here) better be removed.
Maybe Lemmy would be cooler than that but I’m not sure.

rob_t_firefly ,
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In the “look at this foolish person posting something showing how stupid they are” situations that’s the case and it makes sense. In “this person openly posted content you’re removing the indicator of their rightful ownership from” situations it’s not cool.

intensely_human ,

Yeah but not in a private conversation

rob_t_firefly , (edited )
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An open post to their socials like this is not a private conversation.

intensely_human ,

Oh I see you mean the person who posted the convo screenshot. The girl in the circle pic.

rob_t_firefly ,
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That’s right. That person shared this and their username should have been left on it.

robocall , to pics in Windy road through the mountains, with an ominous warning
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Where is this?

slouchy , (edited )

I think it’s Scotland, on the A87 driving from the A82 toward the Skye bridge.

Edit: The photo is taken near Sgurr Fhuaran (the ‘Fh’ would be silent) and the hill is Sgurr an t-Searraich.

Melatonin , to pics in I met this beautiful defender in Costa Rica this year. He kept us safe!

I want your gate/door. A perfect fit for the feel, and yes, your photography did it justice.

Speculater OP ,
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It was at our hotel, but thank you!

rm_dash_r_star , to fediverse in This might help explain the spectacular launch of Threads
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Not being up on (or caring about) what evil Meta is up to I was wondering how they got 90M users overnight, that splains it.

Fract , to fediverse in Lemmy's active users (content creators) see impressive 35% growth so far in July

I’d better comment then.

AlmightySnoo , to fediverse in This might help explain the spectacular launch of Threads
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I smell an antitrust lawsuit coming up. Whether we hate Twitter or not, they could have a valid case against Meta here as this shit is anti-competitive as fuck. If Elon is smart enough, and that’s a big if, he could seize the opportunity to sue Meta over this and win. To just be able to recycle existing Instagram users gives Meta an unfair advantage over existing microblogging social media platforms.

ignitionnight ,

Using an advantage does not mean it’s anti competitive.

olibleu ,

Not a lawyer, but if it’s unfair I suppose it could be considered as such. I’m sure Musk has enough money to put a few good lawyers make that case.

AlmightySnoo ,
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It is anti-competitive because it is like Windows forcing Internet Explorer as a default, which the EU for instance ruled anti-competitive in the past.

jalda ,

But they aren’t forcing Threads as a default. They are associating Instagram accounts to Threads accounts, the same way Google associates GMail accounts to GDrive.

We all hate Facebook, but can we hate them for the things that they actually do, instead of inventing false reasons to hate them?

AlmightySnoo ,
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Good point, the GMail and GDrive analogy is indeed more accurate. Though I don’t believe Google is a good example as it is actually the subject of many antitrust lawsuits.

smokeythebear ,

There’s no planet where a viable antitrust case exists. That is pure unbridled delusion.

DeanFogg , to pics in Stream Gate

The door to nowhere

Dups , to fediverse in This might help explain the spectacular launch of Threads
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Holy shit that’s why they bundled it in with Instagram? So they can inflate the adoption rate?

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