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Threads is automatically hiding comments that mention Pixelfed (mastodon.social)

submitted 8 months ago by nix@merv.news to c/technology@lemmy.world

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For anyone wondering if Threads and Facebook at large will be a fine neighbor in the space and compatible with other apps/services in the fediverse: they’re already automatically hiding comments that mention Pixelfed https://mastodon.social/@dansup/112126250737482807

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[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I guess I get it, but like, sorting by all or new kind of does the same thing..

I do see that it is popular, but the 'feel' is just that its a bunch of people shouting at each other across a cafeteria.

[–] EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 8 months ago

This is basically how I feel about Instagram. I just can't understand why people use the platform, or even how they do.

Every time I try to use the app, I just end up closing it in frustration a couple of minutes later. What's the point in following people when the algorithm is just going to show me a randomized assortment of their posts from the past week where every one is followed by a "suggested" post from somebody I don't follow and then a "sponsored" post (ad). And then it stops after like 20 posts and refuses to load any more because "You're all caught up from the past 3 days!", even if I haven't opened it in 5 months.

I guess following people whose content you're interested in has gone out of style in favor of consuming whatever the algorithm vomits up in front of you. I feel like even Tik Tok does a better job of letting you see content from people you're following, and that thing is basically all algorithm.

And now I sound like my parents in the 2010s trying to figure out why people use Facebook...

[–] azertyfun@sh.itjust.works 6 points 8 months ago (2 children)

It's not. You have the "explore" tab which is more like "today's viral toots" (which tend to be a lot more varied than Lemmy's "All/Top 24h" since Lemmy is a link aggregator and doesn't really lend itself to jotting down thoughts or diatribes), and you have your personal timeline which is people you actively follow. It's not a cafeteria, it's your RSS feed.

Where it gets shouty is in replies, especially as those get federated weirdly. But that's only a problem for the few percent of users who are making content, not for consumers.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

viral toots

This is.. its a thing.

[–] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

diatribes

I learned a new word today

[–] azertyfun@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 months ago

Yet another day where I get to use the "sound cleverer than I am" cheat code by just randomly inserting French words in my English.

[–] prex@aussie.zone 5 points 8 months ago

You don't like a bunch of people shouting at each other across a cafeteria? It kind of explains why I never got twitter either.