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Threads is trading trust for growth

Ben Werdmuller, a tech leader at ProPublica, discusses the trust crisis in Meta’s Threads app after his comment about the Internet Archive’s legal issues unexpectedly attracted a hostile audience. He was surprised by accusations of engagement farming, prompting him to question the assumptions behind such claims. Werdmuller discovered that Meta has been paying certain creators up to $5,000 for viral posts, leading to a climate where all content is viewed with suspicion.

thayerw ,

From a societal point of view, that’s a pretty sad read. I recently created a mastodon account–I’m not entirely sure why but I always wanted to give it a try–and this is exactly the kind of thing that has kept me from posting anything yet. It’s kind of just shouting into a void and not knowing what kind of response will come back (if any, given the platform).

At least with platforms like Lemmy, there is a clearly defined topic of discussion, and generally with like-minded contributors.

xelar OP ,

His “thread” has been featured or popped up to people who doesnt share interests though.

For Mastodon I recommend to follow interesting accounts, set own language, check instances from nearby location.

harsh3466 ,

Color me shocked that a meta product is sacrificing trust so the line continues to go up.

furzegulo ,

just one of the reasons why i’ll never again want to be on commercial social media platforms.

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