> no ads so far, recommendation algorithm works reasonably well (although it keeps pushing up Shaq for some reason), and there are some nice posi meme-y vibes. People talking about cooking and travel and music—no weird politics or crypto scammer stuff on every comment. Hopefully it stays that way for longer.
Why do you expect any different from the same company who even knows that its algorithm that was seen as toxic [0] from Instagram is now on Threads? They are certainly going to push ads when they have the chance and Meta will not change.
This euphoria always happens at the start of another platform existing and given it is by Meta again, I will expect them to screw over their users just like they always have done.
Ye you're probably right. I'm not against ads on principle, I just hope they do it in a way that isn't super obtrusive. I feel like they got a good thing going on with the initial hype cycle. This is like the first time Meta/Facebook has been seen as cool in like ten years.
Why do you expect any different from the same company who even knows that its algorithm that was seen as toxic [0] from Instagram is now on Threads? They are certainly going to push ads when they have the chance and Meta will not change.
This euphoria always happens at the start of another platform existing and given it is by Meta again, I will expect them to screw over their users just like they always have done.
[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28523688