Guest Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 8 hours ago, throbber said: I don’t think Twitter needs a rival - Twitter is the platform about content you say/share, Facebook is where you document your actual life events, engage in community pages, keep in touch with old friends etc, Instagram is for photos, tiktok is for children and linked in is for career chat. I don’t think any of them need a rival. I ditched facebook to preserve what was left of my sanity, and ended up on Pie & Bovril. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbber Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 12 minutes ago, IncomingExile said: I ditched facebook to preserve what was left of my sanity, and ended up on Pie & Bovril. I browse through it occasionally but can’t be arsed with most of it. Prefer the actual discussion that goes on rather than seeing what people are doing with their life and that’s why it’s better on here/Twitter. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forest_Fifer Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 35 minutes ago, Soapy FFC said: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jul/06/twitter-meta-lawsuit-threads-app-musk-zuckerberg So, he fired most of his staff, then gets upset when they go to work for Meta and produce a twitter clone. Cry harder. Threads is a bit basic at the moment, it does kinda look like they've released it earlier than they wanted because of all the issues Twitter has been having. If they can provide a chronological feed, and have a feed just for people you follow, then it'll be fine. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 Discovered earlier Threads is only an app and you can't use it on a browser. Hopefully Elon kicks Zuck's head in when they have their public sex exhibition. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soapy FFC Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 17 minutes ago, Forest_Fifer said: If they can provide a chronological feed, and have a feed just for people you follow, then it'll be fine. I wouldn't hold my breath for that, given everything that meta has done with Instagram and FB to make a chronological feed of stuff near impossible. They want you to look at what they tell you to look at. One of the main reasons I don't use Instagram is the lack of control over what you see. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guinness Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 13 hours ago, TheScarf said: Is Twitter back to normal now? I'm still using the browser but i haven't seen any rate limit exceeded chat for a couple of days. For me it's been working as normal on the app the last few days. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 I'm looking forward to the inevitable memes about Threads and scorched earth nuclear warfare with Twitter. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 8 hours ago, Soapy FFC said: I wouldn't hold my breath for that, given everything that meta has done with Instagram and FB to make a chronological feed of stuff near impossible. They want you to look at what they tell you to look at. One of the main reasons I don't use Instagram is the lack of control over what you see. Tbf im more bothered about them making it available on the web, rather than solely through an app. My Twitter feed gets kind of samey after a while so i ended up in the "For You" section a fair bit anyway. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuMoore Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 You have to f**k up on a serious scale to have the majority of people cheering on the Zuck and enthusiastically rushing to get in on one of his products. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 10 minutes ago, RuMoore said: You have to f**k up on a serious scale to have the majority of people cheering on the Zuck and enthusiastically rushing to get in on one of his products. The thing with Zuckerberg is, he's actually intelligent and fairly inoffensive. That goes a long way with the public. Sure he's fucked people over too, but at least he keeps a fairly low profile and seems kind of normal. Musk is a right wing republican lunatic who's used daddy's money for everything he's ever done. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuMoore Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 1 minute ago, TheScarf said: The thing with Zuckerberg is, he's actually intelligent and fairly inoffensive. That goes a long way with the public. Sure he's fucked people over too, but at least he keeps a fairly low profile and seems kind of normal. Musk is a right wing republican lunatic who's used daddy's money for everything he's ever done. I agree with every word you just said but... Look at him. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 The Sun is a cruel mistress, brother. She needs to be respected. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuMoore Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 That's so very true. If the sunscreen approach isn't for you then just pay someone to hose down your really, really, really bizarre shaped body. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennett Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soapy FFC Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 11 hours ago, RandomGuy. said: Tbf im more bothered about them making it available on the web, rather than solely through an app. My Twitter feed gets kind of samey after a while so i ended up in the "For You" section a fair bit anyway. I have to agree with you there. Twitter was cross platform, and any replacement needs to be the same. I prefer browser based things as it it at least gives me some privacy control via ad blockers etc. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 Just got a scary notification from Google telling me how much I'd walked, driven, spent time in hotels, restaurants and bars in the month of June. I'd more or less accepted that the convenience of allowing apps to know your location etc was worth the loss of privacy unless I was planning a bank heist, but this hit home. I'm old so it doesn't really matter but if I was younger and worried what might get out to the likes of insurance companies, mortgage dealers, future employers etc I'd seriously consider switching all my privacy settings to maximum and maybe getting shot of a smart phone altogether. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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johnnydun Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 28 minutes ago, HTG said: I have just read the email and it's all about George Osborne pumping everything that moved. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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