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Threads is here and it’s … fine?
I know! Quite a lede for a column that’s supposed to review the newest social media app that’s supposed to be the nail in the coffin for Twitter. “Say it’s good or bad!” you yell at your computer or phone as you read this.
But it’s hard not to be apathetic about Meta’s new product. Because: It’s basically Twitter! And there are some things that Twitter still does — despite Elon Musk running it into the ground — that are better.
You write things, you post them, people respond, fairly Twitter-esque. But at the moment, there’s no way for you to have a page that’s ONLY a feed of threads from accounts you follow. BOOOOOOO. I DESPISE THE “FOR YOU” PAGE FORMAT. And getting GIFs is annoying, and there have been complaints about the extra steps to use emojis … you get the picture. Within a month or two, I imagine all this will be ironed out.
Did we need another Twitter clone? I don’t know about that. I know I need it for this awesome website I work for to bring you all the takes and such on breaking news. But, you know, do we need it need it when there’s still Twitter (for now), Bluesky, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok etc etc etc?
Time will tell. For now, I say: I’m on there with some reported 10 million others, and if it replaces Twitter, fine. If it doesn’t, that’s also fine.
Maybe we’re on social media overload and this just feels like another thing to have to check on my phone.
So, whatever. See you on Threads. Or not.
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