This Is The Way

Circling the drain!

Send my regards to Jim Bob.

gonna go on a slush run and try something new I just learned… brb

Can confirm. Was like: “Memmy is fine!” — **Narrator:**nope. It was not.

Some preemptively moved over in a transition period maybe?

Something something…beans meme

I thought I was gonna be able to quit Reddit full time. Didn’t look for a few days, then did. Still check since some niche communities aren’t over here (or active) yet so I have to go there. But I only still check every few days (I was a several time a day redditor so usage is down) and I’ll check Lemmy at least once or twice a day now.

Hey! I helped do something! You’re wrong about being a 50 year old dead beat mom and dad!

…when’s lunch?

This

I mean, they aren’t fucking wrong. Half life 3 has a federated communication system built into multiplayer? Go do it Gabe.

I literally had someone request to “follow me” who then immediately text me and ask — what is this thing that it just put me on.

They are definitely inflating numbers and making it hard to drop user count because deleting threads deletes your Instagram too.

You’ll only ever hear about total users now never “active” would be my guess which after a few days or weeks will be significantly less than the “10 million” that supposedly “signed up”

My understanding is that Mastadon and Lemmy are both federated and I’ve seen Mastadon posts in my Lemmy feed somehow so it’s not unreasonable to assume threads could eventually populate its way over here at some point.

Except I was prompted to create an account no less than like 2-3 times in the 2-3 times I opened Instagram after it launched. It’s not automatic but it is damn near two step enrollment. I’d like to see ”active users” two weeks/months from now after the enrollment storm passes to see who actually stayed with it.

For social media that’s the plan

1984 - George Orwell tried to warn us.

I did already.

It’s meta. It was ruined in the conception stage. No way were there good actors at play at any point in this process.

I loved Reddit and Twitter until they made it clear users were not the focus anymore. I’d never lock myself behind those systems again. I made that mistake twice. I use beautifully built 3rd party apps that were cut off at the kneecaps with no warning. I’m here to stay. For some, that meta data mine will be all they want / need, so good for them?

It’s garbage and people will love it.