To be honest, when I first heard of/saw mention of Threads, I was confused. That's because I immediately thought of multi-threading in programming, particularly Java. However, I quickly learned that it's supposedly "the next Twatter-killer that's going to blow up", along with all the other flash-in-the-pan alternatives that were supposed to do that but failed to. To extend a metaphor, I'm quite happy to side with the people who're going to let it run its course and die silently/without notice in the background. That's usually what threads do, anyway.
Thread.Interrupt()
Frankly, I don't care for it or the hype around it. Mainly, that's because I already have Twatter, Mastodon, Torum and [u]Hive accounts I barely use (or not at all). Secondly, it's not built using blockchain/Web3 technologies, as far as I know (which is very little and I don't care to change that). Thirdly, it's made by Meta, the company that brought us the evils of Farceborg and InstaHarm before acquiring WhatsCrap to harvest, retain and exploit our personal data while emotionally and psychologically manipulating (gaslighting) us without specifically stating that it does so or allowing us to do anything to stop it. (Even if you delete your accounts, Meta still keeps the shadow profile it has on you.)
"Darling,
Just don't put down your guns yet.
If there really was a god here,
He'd have raised a hand by now!
Now darling,
You're born, get old and die here.
Well, that's quite enough for me, dear.
We'll find our own way home, somehow.
(How, how?)"
— Editors; "Papillon"; In this Light and on this Evening (2009)
That's Quite Enough for Me, Dear
It's bad enough that I made the mistake of joining FB and giving that evil empire any data in the first place. There's no way on this green Earth that I'd voluntarily give it more. If anything, I've endeavored to keep as much of my data and online activity away from centralised Big Tech companies as Web2 allows (which isn't much). I don't want Big Brother watching me, not that I can do anything about that. Building/returning to an anonymous and decentralised Internet is one of the reasons why I'm bullish on blockchain and Web3 technologies.
2024: Big Tech Brother is Watching You! // A dystopian technocratic society in which you already live!
On an unrelated note: Is it just me whom thinks so or does Mark Zuckerborg look like he was manufactured by Boston Dynamics or Fermi Lab? There's something creepily not-quite-human about him. I think it's the fact that his hair doesn't move, he has almost no eyebrows and his eyes are cold like a snake's or shark's. Come to think of it, his general demeanour reminds me of a panicked gecko that's found a patch of sun and is aware it's being watched but is still too cold to move much and thus escape.
Thumbnail image: AI-generated image of a cyborg lizard in a blue metal mechanical suit
