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@misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 4 months ago

Threads is offically getting ads

www.theverge.com

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Threads is offically getting ads

www.theverge.com

@misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 4 months ago
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  • @flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz
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    339•4 months ago

    As someone not using Threads this is a big surprise. I mean I’m surprised it didn’t already have ads.

    • Lovable Sidekick
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      As another someone who doesn’t use Threads, it is a big surprise to find out there’s a website or something called Threads that looks like it’s related to email and apparently is popular.

      • @wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        20•4 months ago

        It’s Facebook brand Twitter, and is or was planned to be compatible with Mastodon (Fediverse Twitter)

      • mosiacmango
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        12•4 months ago

        “is popular”

        Im pretty sure they auto setup an account on threads for anyone on Instagram to artificially make it popular.

      • @CluckN@lemmy.world
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        11•4 months ago

        As someone who uses thread how do you guys sew stuff?

        • lurch (he/him)
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          8•4 months ago

          we glue or melt things together. sometimes a stapler comes in handy as well

        • Lovable Sidekick
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          2•4 months ago

          I use duct tape.

    • @harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      5•4 months ago

      That was my first thought. I was surprised to find this out.

  • @TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
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    123•4 months ago

    • @ddash@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      37•4 months ago

      What do you mean, it’s brand new??!

  • FlashMobOfOne
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    70•4 months ago

    Mastodon isn’t.

    • Mose13
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      54•4 months ago

      Lemmy isn’t.

      • @phlegmy@sh.itjust.works
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        12•4 months ago

        Thank fuck.

        Btw, I have this referral code for PAID: Shadow Workers. If you use my sign up code you’ll receive 10,000 SlutCoin and a free MegaSlurpJob, so sign up today with the code: LemonParty69

        • NightoftheLemmy
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          4•4 months ago

          I am in.

          • @sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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            1•4 months ago

            I want to know how sloppy the MegaSlurpJob is first. Free is free, but I want to know how much value I’m getting first before committing.

  • @fluxion@lemmy.world
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    55•4 months ago

    How long before they introduce some sweet new fascism features?

    • @FourPacketsOfPeanuts@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      “Our new GestureSupport(“Gestapo”) means you can now upvote by striking your arm up and to the right…”

    • @ThePrivacyPolicy@lemmy.ca
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      3•4 months ago

      Maybe a slider so we can adjust how much “masculine energy” shows up in our feeds?

  • airportline
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    54•4 months ago

    Is Threads even a good enough product for users to be willing to endure ads?

    • @Scrollone@feddit.it
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      6•4 months ago

      No, now that Bluesky is around I’ve stopped using Threads altogether.

      • @baggachipz@sh.itjust.works
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        3•4 months ago

        Blue sky getting ads in 3, 2, 1….

  • @lefixxx@lemmy.world
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    51•4 months ago

    Enshitification step 3

    • Lettuce eat lettuce
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      18•4 months ago

      Happened even faster than I thought lol.

      • @Excrubulent@slrpnk.net
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        13•4 months ago

        The enshittification is carried over from other products. They’re meta, so anything they launch is partly along the path already, because they can artificially boost the launch numbers with cross-platform promotion, and because everyone already knows what assholes they are, they’re starting off with a lot of goodwill lost.

        Basically, just slapping a new name and a new account creation process on some new features in their social network, is not enough to make it a new network.

        • @Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world
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          3•4 months ago

          I’m curious how Quest headsets will be enshitified.

    • @remote_control_conor@lemmy.world
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      14•4 months ago

      I remember the heady days when I thought this was the final step of enshittification. Such simple and innocent times.

  • @blindbunny@lemmy.ml
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    42•4 months ago

    • @probably2high@lemmy.world
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      2•4 months ago

      deleted by creator

  • @TachyonTele@lemm.ee
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    31•4 months ago

    BlueSky is next

  • @biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.works
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    25•4 months ago

    They wouldn’t need ads if they took a cut from all the porn and crypto ad bots littering the comment sections

  • @Rhoeri@lemmy.world
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    19•4 months ago

    Threads is still around?

    • @renzev@lemmy.world
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      8•4 months ago

      Yes this is so confusing to me. There was a blast of attention about it when it was launched that lasted like a week max and then everyone completely forgot about it. I thought it was a short-run experiment that got shut down. What reason is there to use threads? Are there any actual humans who still use it? I’ve never visited it but something tells me that it’s just like reddit with at most 100 real users and the rest is just bots replying to bots.

  • @kambusha@sh.itjust.works
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    12•4 months ago

    You’ve got ads. Eventually but full-blown ads.

  • @bruhsoulz@lemmy.ml
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    12•4 months ago

    AHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

  • Billegh
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    11•4 months ago

    Oh no. Anyway…

  • rigatti
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    11•4 months ago

    That was quick.

    • @bobs_monkey@lemm.ee
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      18•4 months ago

      I’m honestly amazed they didn’t have ads out of the gate, Meta’s whole schtick is advertising and data.

  • sircac
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    10•4 months ago

    When reading the title I accidentally placed an ‘i’ in ‘ads’…

    • NightoftheLemmy
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      3•4 months ago

      There are no accidents

      • @Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world
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        1•4 months ago

        Tell that to my little brother.

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