I keep seeing everyone say their privacy is why they aren’t going to use threads. I don’t think that’s entirely true. I think most of us here have a hatred so deep for meta that even if they made the greatest app on earth, we’d still not use it. So, if threads actually respected your privacy would you use it?
Personally, no. Facebook/Meta has instilled absolutely zero goodwill in me as a platform and as a product it brings nothing new to the table to entice me in. Their userbase size is their only potential benefit, and tbh that has never been a draw for myself.
And that’s all assuming they actually respected my privacy, which I don’t believe for a moment they would ever do.
I think the premise here is just wrong. It’s like asking would you drink seawater if it wasn’t salty - that’s just not going to happen, ever.
Would you get in the rusty white van with blackened windows if the meth-faced man driving it told you there were puppies inside?
I’d do this before I made a threads account tbh
I would never trust that it would respect my privacy in the first place. Why would anyone think they’re going to turn over a new leaf just because they released a new service?!
No. Meta can’t be trusted.
Nope. I’m boycotting META not only because of the privacy issues, but because of their history in general. I won’t support such a fucked up corporation.
I would not use anything Meta: Don’t let Meta metastasize.
No, I never liked Twitter or Mastodon anyways. Also, Meta does not respect privacy regardless of what they say.
Hell no, meta created it.
I never liked the concept of Twitter and therefore never used it. Why would I use a knock-off?
Regarding Meta and privacy let’s never forget that Facebook started with stolen student data right in its first version. Zuckerberg is a piece of shit and can never be trusted.
I never used Twitter, why would I use it’s alternatives?
If Threads wasn’t Threads and wasn’t part of the Meta ecosystem, and this could be guaranteed to me forever, sure I might use whatever that would be. But that’s so far from reality as to be a meaningless question.
No
no.
I don’t think it really matters. Meta has proven time and time again that they don’t care about your privacy. Even if they are doing the right thing this time, trust needs to be earned.
