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dank69

Lifer
Oct 6, 2009
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Getting Internal Server Error when I try to get a feed or go to Notifications. Maybe growing pains?
 

DAPUNISHER

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Super Moderator
Aug 22, 2001
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Got you added. I think Felix joined too.. otherwise I'm not sure who longboardcat is.. but I added him too to our starters list!
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I can neither confirm nor deny I am longboardcat, as I have no recollection of that senator.
 

nakedfrog

No Lifer
Apr 3, 2001
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They passed 20 million users as of when this thread was posted last Wednesday (2024-11-20), 22.5 million users currently.
 
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Dave_5k

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May 23, 2017
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Just curious, whatever happened to Threads? Personally I can see people being anti-Zuckerberg too.
Threads still applies their algorithm to force feed you the posts they want you to see, rather rather than just letting you choose who to follow and only seeing those posts.

Also, Threads continues to actively and heavily suppress any posts related to current news and politics. And they are doing a far better job of suppressing news and politics then they are at blocking racist and hate speech.
 

BoomerD

No Lifer
Feb 26, 2006
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KMFJD

Lifer
Aug 11, 2005
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just followed, i'm platanolechosa.bsky.social
 
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dank69

Lifer
Oct 6, 2009
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I see platanolechosa.

Looks like they posted some anti-Biden Gaza stuff. Might have landed on some of the ban lists. That's why I don't use them.
 
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MrSquished

Lifer
Jan 14, 2013
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Threads has several hundred million users. It is by no means "dead".
Threads is definitely not dead. I quit that the day after the election because the issue a lot of old school Twitter users are having is that there is no simple 'following' feed.

Aka one where you just see the posts of people you are following.

Threads only has a view where random posts from others come in. And often it's to drive you crazy engagement to bait and just nonsense and that's the stuff that aggravates you. And people just don't want to see other nonsense. They just wanted to experience their self-curated feed. And then if they want to there's a discovery feed or something like that where you can see other posts suggested by the algorithm.

And also really, fuck Mark Zuckerberg.
 

evident

Lifer
Apr 5, 2005
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I don't mind threads i mostly go on instagram and threads is linked to it but i really don't use it or engage in any of these twitter like apps. my threads feeds if it's not my real life friends i follow is mostly "hot chicks" posting their OF.... I don't know if that's like the default algorithm talking
 

WelshBloke

Lifer
Jan 12, 2005
32,883
11,026
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Are you t1dude?

BTW whenever someone follows.. just leave me a message underneath who you are so I can keep adding you to the list.

I don't want to add the wrong person by chance.
Followed. My name there isn't hard to work out! Not entirely sure how those short form social media things work (never liked or used twitter for that reason)!
 

Indus

Lifer
May 11, 2002
15,688
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Followed. My name there isn't hard to work out! Not entirely sure how those short form social media things work (never liked or used twitter for that reason)!

I have you added.

BTW linkgoron can you change your display name or something.. your name is the only one I'm struggling to add to the starter pack.
 
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Indus

Lifer
May 11, 2002
15,688
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Just had a Squishy sighting over on Blue Sky.. I added him to the starter pack list