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Will people here use/try Meta’s #threads when available? Would love to know the reasons or if it would be just for fun/curiosity.

The amount of data collected is insane imo.

  • Unaware7013@kbin.social
    2·
    1 year ago

    They’re saying “look at all this data it’s going to harvest!!! Isn’t that INSANE?!?” When it’s literally the same almost every social media app on your phone does/has.

    Just stopping by to point out that these are in no way mutually exclusive. Just because existing social media collects an insane amount of data, doesn’t mean the amount of data being collected by threads isn’t also insane.

    • bathrobe@kbin.social
      3·
      1 year ago

      @Unaware7013

      Of course not

      Again the whole point of my comment is to express how UNORIGINAL it is what threads is doing

      It’s terrible. I want no part of it. But we shouldn’t treat it as a brand new slew of invasions when it is most certainly the same invasions most people happily take.

      But OP should make it seem like threads is going to be the first and only app that harvests that much, varied data. That’s dishonest.

      • Unaware7013@kbin.social
        3·
        1 year ago

        I never got the impression that this was new or different from the comment OP, just that the level of data gathered was insane/over broad. Which I think we can all agree is the case.

        Also, nothing in their post was incorrect, it’s a stalkers wet dream, have wild potential for government abuse, and people within the org would abuse it - both things that we know are factually accurate given the shit that’s gone down over the decades.

        ALSO also, just because the current apps gather an insane amount of data doesn’t mean the public is aware of the Faustian bargain they’ve agreed to. With new products/platforms being created, it’s best to point out to everyone just how much they’re giving up to join. I know I was one of those who had a Facebook for a while and bailed once I found out just how bad it was.

        • bathrobe@kbin.social
          3·
          1 year ago

          @Unaware7013

          i think we can all agree with everything you said there.

          I definitely got the impression from OP that you did not, but I am more than happy to admit I am not perfect, and I can take wrong meanings from things with the best of them.

          cause i think we are all saying the same thing - this is fucking horrible, and no one should use any app of platform that harvests data from you this way. I just wanted to make it clear that this level of harvesting is not new. it’s not, like, going beyond a new threshold. this is what everyone signs up for when they get tiktok or facebook or even messenger.

          we should be angry but not act shocked. you know what i mean?