Over on #Threads, my "Following" feed does consistently have more things in it that are interesting to me than my "For you" feed.
I've been observing this for a few weeks now, and it's consistent.
Seem the cost function might be optimizing for something other than what I like? Or is the signal not good enough because I don't "like" or such enough?
#threads is now properly working with #convocasa - I did not do anything so must have been something in their side. Thanks @paul for debugging back then though.
I have been wondering around all the alternatives (at least the most popular ones) of the social network formerly known as #Twitter now #X, here there is a summary of my experience on each of them. #threads#bluesky#twitter#X#mastodon#fediverse
#Threads is probably the closest one in terms of relevant people to follow, but it has a poorly executed main page, "for you" content is preferred over people you are actually following. The UI is bases on tabs, you tap on one menu/feature etc. in order to switch to the tab you are actually interested in (followers/following, for you/following timeline and so on).
Basically you will find a lot of the people you followed on twitter but the user experience is not polished enough.
If you are a #Threads user aged 18+ with a public profile, you can choose to share your posts to other #ActivityPub-compliant servers. Read more on how we're continuing to integrate Threads into the fediverse, our technical challenges and the solutions we've uncovered along the way. Read more: https://bit.ly/4ba3esO https://bit.ly/4ba3esO
With its long-form Articles feature (for Premium+ users), #Twitter is going after not just #Substack, but also blogs. This worries me because it might actually work. This level of centralization won't be healthy, because it actually prevents innovation and experimentation for building better reputation systems. We will be stuck with Twitter's algorithms for a long time.
A lot of action is happening in this space lately. #Meta launched #Threads , #Ghost is going to federate over #ActivityPub , #Mastodon is becoming a US non-profit (with a Twitter co-founder on the board).
An open publishing network - now THAT is exciting!
mamo co te threadsy :D w zeszylm tugodniu wpuscilo mnei normalnie nie rzadajac juz instalowania apki na telefonie (czego bym i tak nie zrobił), dzis ... dzis wlazlem ale musialem zalogowac sie haslem bo instagramem nie dawalo rady.
To nie jest beta to jest głęboka alfa. W srodku oczywiście nic ciekawego i iterface z d* wzięty. Ta to ludzi z twittera nie wyciagniecie :>
I am not now and probably never will be sold on #threads (corporate media gotta be corporate). BUT I gotta say the last 24 hours of seeing users flood the site with pix of their beloved canine friends has been one of my best ever experiences of social media.
I just realized that, although @pixelfed lets me follow Threads users who have Fediverse sharing enabled (e.g., @reuben, @ryanbates, and @friskygeek), it looks like their photo posts aren't appearing when viewing their profiles in Pixelfed (despite my following them for weeks now). How should I go about reporting this?
Cc: @dansup
threads is paying people to post with their "bonus program" and yes ofc it's scummy lmao
The Threads bonus is an invite-only bonus program that lets you earn money on your Threads content... Based on the performance [and] number of posts you create.
is this really the vibe we want them bringing to the fediverse???
I've been somewhat surprised by how slowly organisations already present on #Threads have been at sharing their posts with the #Fediverse. If you're trying to broadcast news about your sports team (for instance), why not make a simple choice that increases your broadcasting range?
So I'm delighted to see that @theagendatvo has joined the Fediverse in the last few days. Welcome, Mr. Paikin and #TheAgenda.
Why Meta is looking to the fediverse as the future for social media
“You could imagine an extension to the protocol eventually — of saying like, ‘I want to support micropayments,’ or … like, ‘hey, feel free to show me ads, if that supports you.’ Kind of like a way for you to self-label or self-opt-in. That would be great,” Cottle noted, speaking casually. Whether or not Meta would find a way to get a cut of those micropayments, of course, remains to be seen.
Co-founder of Twitter joins new Mastodon board of directors. Right, so federating with Threads wasn’t a mistake. This is just the direction Mastodon is going. Oh, well. Another Mozilla emerges.
I don't like this move by #Threads. Limiting who can do #quoteposts pretty much defeats the purpose of quote posts in the first place.
Oh well, I'm confident that #Misskey will not adopt this beyond not allowing blocked users to quote a post by the user blocking them (which I disagree with btw), so this will not affect me thankfully and I can still quote Threads users as long as they haven't blocked me. :seija_coffee:
Recording videos on building a small project /threads page on my site, where I want to display some featured posts that I write from here. I'll keep videos unlisted until I complete the series then will decide if I like the video format or just convert them into... text 😄