Twitter and The Musk - Page 13

PilotMan · 07-01-2023, 01:41 PM

Don't miss it since I deleted my account. Won't miss it. Feels like a perfect example of someone overvaluing their product.

PilotMan · 07-01-2023, 01:43 PM

Apparently it's a short term solution to deal with some world wide outages he's complaining about.

whomario · 07-01-2023, 01:54 PM

Over/Under on him coming up with a state of the art solution he will call the "Captcha"?

As an aside: For someone constantly doing a "just one of the blokes" Impression, he sure uses swollen languange in these announcements. Also, maybe come up with an understandable message rather than "sorry, you are rate limited".

GrantDawg · 07-01-2023, 02:08 PM

I mean, he is even limiting the people are stupid enough to pay for the meaningless blue check-mark. That suggests to me that this a money thing. He is losing too much money on Twitter to put any more in.

JPhillips · 07-01-2023, 02:31 PM

Eventually not paying the bills has repercussions.

RainMaker · 07-01-2023, 02:48 PM

They haven't been paying vendors for over 6 months. The company just has no money to operate.

albionmoonlight · 07-01-2023, 03:13 PM

It's an interesting experiment in how long rich people/companies can get away with not paying bills.

6 months (and possibly the start of the new financial quarter) seems to be the point.

Which is about 5 months, 30 days, and 23 hours more grace than my landlord would have given me if I stopped paying rent :-)

MJ4H · 07-01-2023, 03:36 PM

For the record, I've been using Post since I deleted Twitter. It's the most Twitter like alternative I've seen and I really like it so far.

https://post.news/

GrantDawg · 07-01-2023, 03:51 PM

I have a Post. I just haven't really used it. I still am a part of a thriving fan community there that hasn't moved on. That and the Braves community I will miss the most because other places are way more toxic.

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Ksyrup · 07-01-2023, 03:51 PM

I did Post early on but I haven't looked at it in months. It was too much of a politics-only echo chamber. Maybe it's changed since then.

MJ4H · 07-01-2023, 05:13 PM

Yes, it lacks the variety that Twitter has because the userbase is still very small, but it's a nice tight design that is similar to Twitter. Haven't found anything similar with a bigger userbase.

GrantDawg · 07-01-2023, 06:49 PM

I'm reading this really comes down to Twitter not renewing a contract with Google's cloud services. The contract ran out yesterday

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MIJB#19 · 07-02-2023, 03:20 PM

How about that, it's no longer possible to read random non-sense on Twitter if you don't have an account. Fair enough, I didn't reach much of anything anyway, the rare times I did, it was purely to check whether people that were sharing links to twitter were not making stuff up and were actually using the actual source of information. I do hope people around the web understand how this works now and from here on stop posting links to twitter.

Fidatelo · 07-03-2023, 08:43 AM

I'm confused, is Twitter rate limited or just totally shut off for non-users? I see stuff about being limited to 600 posts a day, but I just get "Something went wrong" when I try to view any posts, even ones from Elon.

Not that I mind; I left Twitter for a reason. I'm just curious to understand what the actual change is.

GrantDawg · 07-03-2023, 10:02 AM

Both.

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whomario · 07-03-2023, 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Fidatelo

I'm confused, is Twitter rate limited or just totally shut off for non-users? I see stuff about being limited to 600 posts a day, but I just get "Something went wrong" when I try to view any posts, even ones from Elon.

Not that I mind; I left Twitter for a reason. I'm just curious to understand what the actual change is.

Shut off without login, limit with login*, higher limit for 'verified'.

* Though seems like he quietly changed it back maybe.

Fidatelo · 07-03-2023, 11:10 AM

Interesting. Seems like Twitter will instantly be less useful for news outlets. Hopefully that is the catalyst for a real move away from the platform.

GrantDawg · 07-03-2023, 06:44 PM

Twitter is so much more empty in my time-line than before. I think this might have been the final straw. Now this Threads thing is coming out Thursday. I have a feeling it might be the alternative where the masses move.

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Fidatelo · 07-04-2023, 07:37 AM

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Originally Posted by GrantDawg

Now this Threads thing is coming out Thursday. I have a feeling it might be the alternative where the masses move.

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Imo moving towards Meta is not really an improvement. We need a startup or something not affiliated with one of the existing giants.

GrantDawg · 07-04-2023, 08:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Fidatelo

Imo moving towards Meta is not really an improvement. We need a startup or something not affiliated with one of the existing giants.

As much as I agree, I have a feeling that because this is going to be more stable that most new products and I assume will use a Facebook/Instagram log in that most people already have, that this will probably win by default.

Flasch186 · 07-04-2023, 09:13 AM

The innovation it would take and capital make it impossible to compete against the big guys without the big guys making an unreal mistake.

Capitalism

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Ksyrup · 07-05-2023, 06:54 PM

I see Threads is active. It's tied into Instagram, though. What does that mean? I don't have any interest in an Instagram account or using that app.

RainMaker · 07-05-2023, 08:17 PM

It kind of sucks. You can't just have your feed be the people you follow. Have to use their shitty algorithm.

It's really amazing that people in tech don't understand what made Twitter popular. Twitter is a group text. Pretty simple stuff. Don't need algorithms flooding your feed or a bunch of features like 2 hour videos and 2500 word counts.

Ksyrup · 07-05-2023, 08:27 PM

The whole sign-up thing is weird. You can't even create an account through Threads, you have to get Instagram just to create an account for Threads. WTF? I'll just sit on the sidelines for this until it becomes the go-to or Twitter completely implodes. If it doesn't adopt the chrono timeline it won't last anyway.

Ksyrup · 07-05-2023, 08:40 PM

I'm surprised Elon hasn't blocked links to Threads yet. But maybe they don't have the infrastructure to do that anymore.

RainMaker · 07-05-2023, 10:51 PM

I say sign up so you can get in on the inevitable class action lawsuit in 5 years.

SirFozzie · 07-05-2023, 11:12 PM

Threads has no chronological and no way to only show folks you're following. Pass.

Mota · 07-06-2023, 05:58 AM

Most creatives are going to Bluesky right now, if I were to jump, it would be there.

GrantDawg · 07-06-2023, 01:21 PM

We will see in Threads. It looks like the "follows only" and chronological timeline is coming, but they rushed it out to take advantage of Twitters limits idiocy. They have already had 30 million sign-ups. The advantage of people just using their per-existing Insta log in is showing. Bluesky needs to hurry up and start allowing people to sign up without invites. The complaint I'm seeing about it is that there is no one but influencers there.

Ksyrup · 07-06-2023, 01:32 PM

Yeah, I saw a bunch of sports-related people post their Thread ID yesterday which is already a huge improvement over nearly every Twitter clone out there where it's mainly politics. I just don't want an Instagram account but I may have to get one.

MJ4H · 07-06-2023, 01:32 PM

Threads is useless to me since it links to your instagram account. No thanks.

Young Drachma · 07-06-2023, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by GrantDawg

We will see in Threads. It looks like the "follows only" and chronological timeline is coming, but they rushed it out to take advantage of Twitters limits idiocy. They have already had 30 million sign-ups. The advantage of people just using their per-existing Insta log in is showing. Bluesky needs to hurry up and start allowing people to sign up without invites. The complaint I'm seeing about it is that there is no one but influencers there.

Blue Sky is just a totally different vibe and I don't think they're trying to scale at all, so they're fine with it being a lot smaller. 30 million would for sure break them given it's not monetized and won't be for a while. Once the ads show up to BlueSky it's gonna get bad.

cuervo72 · 07-06-2023, 02:11 PM

They might not be looking to scale themselves, but as John Scalzi put it:

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My understanding is that Bluesky's ultimate goal is not to become a Twitter killer, but to develop tools that allow for a larger, decentralized, relatively-easy-to-use social media protocol NOT at the whim of a horrible billionaire.

So no real "owner" as much as I guess a common industry standard? I'd be cool with that idea. Let's have FOFC.social!

bronconick · 07-06-2023, 02:14 PM

...a horrible billionaire owns Bluesky. (jack, the former Twitter owner.) He just wasn't in everyone's face like Elon.

GrantDawg · 07-06-2023, 02:20 PM

And the plan for Threads is also to be a part of a decentralized protocol as well. Jack is no more an altruistic billionaire than Zuck.

GrantDawg · 07-06-2023, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Young Drachma

Blue Sky is just a totally different vibe and I don't think they're trying to scale at all, so they're fine with it being a lot smaller. 30 million would for sure break them given it's not monetized and won't be for a while. Once the ads show up to BlueSky it's gonna get bad.

But if people can't get log in's, it is not exactly useful either.

RainMaker · 07-06-2023, 06:16 PM

So Musk is threatening to sue Meta for hiring the people he fired 8 months ago.

GrantDawg · 07-06-2023, 07:34 PM

And the Threads rep responded there wasn't a single former Twitter employee on the Threads team.

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RainMaker · 07-06-2023, 09:34 PM

I think it's just another excuse he's lining up for the inevitable bankruptcy. Meta claims they have no engineers on the project and even if they did, it'd be legal. And remember that Elon trashed these employees after they were fired and essentially called them worthless. Kind of tough to turn around now and say they are incredibly valuable.

Anyway, you don't own people for life because they once worked for your company.

Fidatelo · 07-07-2023, 07:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MJ4H

Threads is useless to me since it links to your instagram account. No thanks.

This.

Ksyrup · 07-07-2023, 07:46 AM

Is that the Independent George Theory?

albionmoonlight · 07-07-2023, 08:05 AM

The energy on Threads is much different than other post-Twitter attempts. I don't know if it will become the default replacement, but the first 48 hours looks strong, and Meta has infinite money to throw into it to keep building it before it has to start making any money.

Ksyrup · 07-07-2023, 08:24 AM

I haven't seen it so I don't know. I think it is highly dependent on how you tolerate the algorithm stuff. This is how someone else described the vibes:

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The vibes on Threads are bad. Have you ever been high/drunk and you walk into a CVS and the security guard is staring at you? That’s what Threads is. It’s deodorants locked behind plastic. It’s TikTok Hype Houses. It is Joe Biden’s reelection campaign. It’s a sneaker collab between Nike and JP Morgan. It’s your favorite stand-up comic showing up in a commercial for Carvana.

It’s better than Twitter, of course, which has Berlin 1937-vibes. But it is not a Good alternative. It is a less-bad alternative, and unlike Bluesky (which feels comparatively free-flowing and authentic), it is open to everyone right now.

GrantDawg · 07-07-2023, 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Ksyrup

I haven't seen it so I don't know. I think it is highly dependent on how you tolerate the algorithm stuff. This is how someone else described the vibes:

Welp. he has at least one blatant lie in there. Bluesky is still "invite only." Everything else he says doesn't at all check out with my experience.

Ksyrup · 07-07-2023, 12:23 PM

That's what he said - unlike Bluesky, Threads is up to everyone. I think he was giving it props for being a "less bad" version of Twitter that everyone can join. Basically, if Bluesky was open to everyone, I think his opinion is that it is the best. But, as others here have said, if you can't join, who cares how good it is?

GrantDawg · 07-07-2023, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Ksyrup

That's what he said - unlike Bluesky, Threads is up to everyone. I think he was giving it props for being a "less bad" version of Twitter that everyone can join. Basically, if Bluesky was open to everyone, I think his opinion is that it is the best. But, as others here have said, if you can't join, who cares how good it is?

Yeah, I miss read it. Juggling a couple of things right now.

Ksyrup · 07-07-2023, 12:58 PM

Found this interesting. What I didn't like about Post (at least as long as I hung around there) was that it was so politics and anti-Elon driven. There was no music, no sports, no entertainment, comedy, etc. Or, they were just an afterthought and individual people pissing into the wind. Threads seems to be taking the other path - they don't want news and politics, they want to be a place for all of the other communities. That is basically the same issue I have with Post, but just flipped.

Also, I don't know what kind of communities exist on a picture site, but I don't need that in my life. I still don't understand the purpose or interest in Instagram.

How the Other Platform is approaching news and politics: pic.twitter.com/ns53GOJ0Ku
— Rob Pyers (@rpyers) July 7, 2023

Ksyrup · 07-07-2023, 02:30 PM

Unfortunate trend.

Views for "Tucker Carlson on Twitter" posts (assume the number of people who actually viewed the videos is much much lower).

Announcement: 137.1M
Ep. 1: 120M
Ep. 2: 60.6M
Ep. 3 (Trump indicted): 104.1M
Ep. 4: 32.4M
Ep. 5: 17.3M
Ep. 6: 32M
Ep. 7: 15.4M
Ep. 8: 8.6M

�� pic.twitter.com/qd9Ox2WiFx
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) July 7, 2023

thesloppy · 07-07-2023, 07:51 PM

Just a moment...

"Tesla was the only non-Chinese firm to sign on to the letter, according to the Financial Times."

Atocep · 07-09-2023, 05:22 PM

It's nice to see Elon handling things like an adult

Zuck is a cuck
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 9, 2023

07-01-2023, 01:41 PM	#601
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	Don't miss it since I deleted my account. Won't miss it. Feels like a perfect example of someone overvaluing their product. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

07-01-2023, 01:43 PM	#602
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	Apparently it's a short term solution to deal with some world wide outages he's complaining about. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

07-01-2023, 01:54 PM	#603
whomario Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2007	Over/Under on him coming up with a state of the art solution he will call the "Captcha"? As an aside: For someone constantly doing a "just one of the blokes" Impression, he sure uses swollen languange in these announcements. Also, maybe come up with an understandable message rather than "sorry, you are rate limited". __________________ “The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes "Awww!” Last edited by whomario : 07-01-2023 at 01:55 PM.

07-01-2023, 02:31 PM	#605
JPhillips Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Newburgh, NY	Eventually not paying the bills has repercussions. __________________ To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now.. - Mr. Rogers

07-01-2023, 03:51 PM	#610
Ksyrup This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off. Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: In Absentia	I did Post early on but I haven't looked at it in months. It was too much of a politics-only echo chamber. Maybe it's changed since then. __________________ M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete."

07-01-2023, 02:08 PM	#604
GrantDawg World Champion Mis-speller Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Covington, Ga.	I mean, he is even limiting the people are stupid enough to pay for the meaningless blue check-mark. That suggests to me that this a money thing. He is losing too much money on Twitter to put any more in.

07-01-2023, 02:48 PM	#606
RainMaker General Manager Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chicago, IL	They haven't been paying vendors for over 6 months. The company just has no money to operate.

07-01-2023, 03:13 PM	#607
albionmoonlight Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: North Carolina	It's an interesting experiment in how long rich people/companies can get away with not paying bills. 6 months (and possibly the start of the new financial quarter) seems to be the point. Which is about 5 months, 30 days, and 23 hours more grace than my landlord would have given me if I stopped paying rent :-)

07-01-2023, 03:36 PM	#608
MJ4H Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hog Country	For the record, I've been using Post since I deleted Twitter. It's the most Twitter like alternative I've seen and I really like it so far. https://post.news/

07-01-2023, 03:51 PM	#609
GrantDawg World Champion Mis-speller Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Covington, Ga.	I have a Post. I just haven't really used it. I still am a part of a thriving fan community there that hasn't moved on. That and the Braves community I will miss the most because other places are way more toxic. Sent from my SM-S916U using Tapatalk

07-01-2023, 05:13 PM	#611
MJ4H Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hog Country	Yes, it lacks the variety that Twitter has because the userbase is still very small, but it's a nice tight design that is similar to Twitter. Haven't found anything similar with a bigger userbase.

07-01-2023, 06:49 PM	#612
GrantDawg World Champion Mis-speller Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Covington, Ga.	I'm reading this really comes down to Twitter not renewing a contract with Google's cloud services. The contract ran out yesterday Sent from my SM-S916U using Tapatalk

07-02-2023, 03:20 PM	#613
MIJB#19 Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands	How about that, it's no longer possible to read random non-sense on Twitter if you don't have an account. Fair enough, I didn't reach much of anything anyway, the rare times I did, it was purely to check whether people that were sharing links to twitter were not making stuff up and were actually using the actual source of information. I do hope people around the web understand how this works now and from here on stop posting links to twitter. __________________ * 2005 Golden Scribe winner for best FOF Dynasty about IHOF's Maassluis Merchantmen * Former GM of GEFL's Houston Oilers and WOOF's Curacao Cocktail

07-03-2023, 08:43 AM	#614
Fidatelo Pro Starter Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Winnipeg, MB	I'm confused, is Twitter rate limited or just totally shut off for non-users? I see stuff about being limited to 600 posts a day, but I just get "Something went wrong" when I try to view any posts, even ones from Elon. Not that I mind; I left Twitter for a reason. I'm just curious to understand what the actual change is. __________________ "Breakfast? Breakfast schmekfast, look at the score for God's sake. It's only the second period and I'm winning 12-2. Breakfasts come and go, Rene, but Hartford, the Whale, they only beat Vancouver maybe once or twice in a lifetime."

07-03-2023, 10:02 AM	#615
GrantDawg World Champion Mis-speller Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Covington, Ga.	Both. Sent from my SM-S916U using Tapatalk

07-03-2023, 11:10 AM	#617
Fidatelo Pro Starter Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Winnipeg, MB	Interesting. Seems like Twitter will instantly be less useful for news outlets. Hopefully that is the catalyst for a real move away from the platform. __________________ "Breakfast? Breakfast schmekfast, look at the score for God's sake. It's only the second period and I'm winning 12-2. Breakfasts come and go, Rene, but Hartford, the Whale, they only beat Vancouver maybe once or twice in a lifetime."

07-03-2023, 06:44 PM	#618
GrantDawg World Champion Mis-speller Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Covington, Ga.	Twitter is so much more empty in my time-line than before. I think this might have been the final straw. Now this Threads thing is coming out Thursday. I have a feeling it might be the alternative where the masses move. Sent from my SM-S916U using Tapatalk Last edited by GrantDawg : 07-03-2023 at 06:45 PM.

07-04-2023, 09:13 AM	#621
Flasch186 Coordinator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Jacksonville, FL	The innovation it would take and capital make it impossible to compete against the big guys without the big guys making an unreal mistake. Capitalism Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ Jacksonville-florida-homes-for-sale Putting a New Spin on Real Estate! ----------------------------------------------------------- Commissioner of the USFL USFL

07-05-2023, 06:54 PM	#622
Ksyrup This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off. Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: In Absentia	I see Threads is active. It's tied into Instagram, though. What does that mean? I don't have any interest in an Instagram account or using that app. __________________ M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete."

07-05-2023, 08:17 PM	#623
RainMaker General Manager Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chicago, IL	It kind of sucks. You can't just have your feed be the people you follow. Have to use their shitty algorithm. It's really amazing that people in tech don't understand what made Twitter popular. Twitter is a group text. Pretty simple stuff. Don't need algorithms flooding your feed or a bunch of features like 2 hour videos and 2500 word counts.

07-05-2023, 08:27 PM	#624
Ksyrup This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off. Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: In Absentia	The whole sign-up thing is weird. You can't even create an account through Threads, you have to get Instagram just to create an account for Threads. WTF? I'll just sit on the sidelines for this until it becomes the go-to or Twitter completely implodes. If it doesn't adopt the chrono timeline it won't last anyway. __________________ M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete."

07-05-2023, 08:40 PM	#625
Ksyrup This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off. Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: In Absentia	I'm surprised Elon hasn't blocked links to Threads yet. But maybe they don't have the infrastructure to do that anymore. __________________ M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete."

07-05-2023, 10:51 PM	#626
RainMaker General Manager Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chicago, IL	I say sign up so you can get in on the inevitable class action lawsuit in 5 years.

07-05-2023, 11:12 PM	#627
SirFozzie Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: The State of Insanity	Threads has no chronological and no way to only show folks you're following. Pass. __________________ Check out Foz's New Video Game Site, An 8-bit Mind in an 8GB world! http://an8bitmind.com

07-06-2023, 05:58 AM	#628
Mota College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jan 2001	Most creatives are going to Bluesky right now, if I were to jump, it would be there.

07-06-2023, 01:21 PM	#629
GrantDawg World Champion Mis-speller Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Covington, Ga.	We will see in Threads. It looks like the "follows only" and chronological timeline is coming, but they rushed it out to take advantage of Twitters limits idiocy. They have already had 30 million sign-ups. The advantage of people just using their per-existing Insta log in is showing. Bluesky needs to hurry up and start allowing people to sign up without invites. The complaint I'm seeing about it is that there is no one but influencers there.

07-06-2023, 01:32 PM	#630
Ksyrup This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off. Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: In Absentia	Yeah, I saw a bunch of sports-related people post their Thread ID yesterday which is already a huge improvement over nearly every Twitter clone out there where it's mainly politics. I just don't want an Instagram account but I may have to get one. __________________ M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete."

07-06-2023, 01:32 PM	#631
MJ4H Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hog Country	Threads is useless to me since it links to your instagram account. No thanks.

07-06-2023, 02:14 PM	#634
bronconick College Starter Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Kalamazoo, MI	...a horrible billionaire owns Bluesky. (jack, the former Twitter owner.) He just wasn't in everyone's face like Elon.

07-06-2023, 02:20 PM	#635
GrantDawg World Champion Mis-speller Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Covington, Ga.	And the plan for Threads is also to be a part of a decentralized protocol as well. Jack is no more an altruistic billionaire than Zuck.

07-06-2023, 06:16 PM	#637
RainMaker General Manager Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chicago, IL	So Musk is threatening to sue Meta for hiring the people he fired 8 months ago.

07-06-2023, 07:34 PM	#638
GrantDawg World Champion Mis-speller Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Covington, Ga.	And the Threads rep responded there wasn't a single former Twitter employee on the Threads team. Sent from my SM-S916U using Tapatalk

07-06-2023, 09:34 PM	#639
RainMaker General Manager Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chicago, IL	I think it's just another excuse he's lining up for the inevitable bankruptcy. Meta claims they have no engineers on the project and even if they did, it'd be legal. And remember that Elon trashed these employees after they were fired and essentially called them worthless. Kind of tough to turn around now and say they are incredibly valuable. Anyway, you don't own people for life because they once worked for your company.

07-07-2023, 07:46 AM	#641
Ksyrup This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off. Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: In Absentia	Is that the Independent George Theory? __________________ M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete."

07-07-2023, 08:05 AM	#642
albionmoonlight Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: North Carolina	The energy on Threads is much different than other post-Twitter attempts. I don't know if it will become the default replacement, but the first 48 hours looks strong, and Meta has infinite money to throw into it to keep building it before it has to start making any money.