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Gwendolyn Pierce's avatar

Fair enough on both counts. I confess to having surrendered my sense of privacy and autonomy to Google and Meta long before I even realized that was happening. (Shrugs fatalistically)

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Noah Berlatsky's avatar

Yeah. I may end up on threads eventually. It sounds like it's a level worse than facebook's other products though, which is why they're not making it available in the EU.

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Gwendolyn Pierce's avatar

Hadn't heard that it was worse, and that's a bit daunting. I can't tolerate Facebook at all, and there's certainly no reason not to believe that all Threads needs is time and tweaking to become as bad as FB. For the moment, though, once you tweak it, it's currently quite pleasant and inobtrusive-seeming. I really enjoy your writing on Substack and Notes and would love to see you there, but I can surely respect your reasons for hesitation. You're actually one of the first people I sought out there when I downloaded the app. Honestly, I'm there solely to see the maximum number of people I like to follow in the same location, plus the few fascists that have popped up there are easy to block.

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Noah Berlatsky's avatar

Gah, maybe I should get on there. Just feel stretched thin on other networks already../

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Noah Berlatsky's avatar

Also you canтАЩt get on on the web; itтАЩs all through the app, which is not my preference...

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Gwendolyn Pierce's avatar

Yes, the web app is a must, and there's been a lot of mentions of this by users. My choice of modality during my workday, as well.

I think one thing you could rely upon is that you'll get a lot of exposure there. I'll give you a plug, for sure if you pop up there.

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Noah Berlatsky's avatar

well, I'm on there I guess; not sure how much time I'll be spending but I have an account, in theory.

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