eramdam

"You're obviously the Grungler"

cis; 30s; Web dev; videos gamer; enjoyer of music, tinkerer of computers; ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท in ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ (SF bay area);
Trans & Black Lives Matter. You probably know me for Better TweetDeck!

I sometimes repost 18+ stuff that's tagged, so be aware of that (and don't be a minor).

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My blog (with RSS!)
damien.zone/
on Mastodon (paste it into the search of your Mastodon client)
social.erambert.me/@eramdam
Bluesky (๐Ÿ˜”)
bsky.app/profile/eramdam.me
Twitter (locked, feel free to ask but don't get upset if i refuse)
twitter.com/eramdam
everything else
erambert.me/

eramdam
@eramdam

Lol Threads A) looks like an Instagram comment section so itโ€™s really not that great looking and B) the โ€œhomeโ€ is (like Instagram) recommended bullshit that ignores the people you follow because Meta canโ€™t help themselves.

๐Ÿšฎ https://twitter.com/Eramdam/status/1676842021875597312/photo/1


eramdam
@eramdam

They're already saying that Mastodon federation isn't available at launch. I'm fully convinced this either will not ship or will be severely under-featured that it won't matter. Meta has billions of users already and more money than God, why would they care about the Fediverse?


eramdam
@eramdam

Also it looks like the ""web version"" is only the bare minimum of showing existing posts/profiles and that's it. I doubt they'll have an actual web version in time. I'm not using a mobile-only service, dude.


eramdam
@eramdam

Anyway I'm still convinced any service that tries to mimick Twitter to a T (cough Bluesky cough) has a to lose to an entity that doesn't have to care about scale, money, and moderation. To survive in a post-Twitter world you'll need to be different, not a carbon-copy.


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in reply to @eramdam's post:

i was a fucking fool to think it would be anything but complete garbage. i'll wear the clown hat for a day i guess.

the most insane thing is like... man i thought the people with blue checks on twitter were ass but seeing what verified people on instagram have to fill a feed with is just like... idk. like eating dog food.

Yeah, most of my timeline in this is randos I never care about and half of them are Verified (a paid feature on Meta's stuff, by the way) and they tweet thread (???) like fortune cookies if fortune cookies were rotten for months, unappealing stuff.

I'm sure the "Home" feed will get slightly more appealing as more normies join but I do not want to interact with an app that forces "recommended" bullshit on me and I'm convinced Instagram is physically incapable to offer a chronological timeline.

in reply to @eramdam's post:

The only part of instagram i like is stories, that's where my friends (and only them) are. When they post a picture to their feed they also upload a story telling you to check it out bc the home page is useless. I don't need a whole instagram home page app lmfao