Can Twitter Alternatives Escape the Enshittification Trap? (www.wired.com)
People have flocked to Bluesky and Threads. But the new platforms risk repeating a pattern that has caused social media giants to turn against their own users.
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People have flocked to Bluesky and Threads. But the new platforms risk repeating a pattern that has caused social media giants to turn against their own users.
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Meta’s planned Twitter killer, Threads, isn’t yet publicly available but it already looks like a privacy nightmare…
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Its acquirer (Bending Spoons) has taken over operations. They’ve also hiked subscriptions prices and told customers they intend to use new revenues to pay for new features. How they intend to do that without any staff is something I would like to know about....
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