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Known ethical problems with MT: | Known ethical problems with MT: | ||
| − | * You can't delete your Threads account without deleting your Instagram account. | + | * You can't delete your Threads account without deleting your Instagram account.<ref name=note1 /> |
* Meta has said that yes, they will be mining Threads user data as they do everywhere else. (Why wouldn't they?) | * Meta has said that yes, they will be mining Threads user data as they do everywhere else. (Why wouldn't they?) | ||
| + | ** '''2023-07-08''' [https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/07/how-threads-privacy-policy-compares-to-twitters-and-its-rivals/ How Threads' privacy policy compares to Twitter's (and its rivals')] ([https://universeodon.com/@JenLucPiquant/110684029466181801 h/t]) | ||
* They seem to be systematically [https://xantronix.social/@megaspel/110666980545804656 doxxing their users]. | * They seem to be systematically [https://xantronix.social/@megaspel/110666980545804656 doxxing their users]. | ||
| + | * They seem to be entirely tolerant of intolerance: | ||
| + | ** Threads [https://blahaj.zone/notes/9gvlqxpm5s apparently considers it okay] to call LGBTQ+ people "groomers". | ||
| + | ** Anti-LGBTQ+ accounts which Threads is allowing include: | ||
| + | *** "Libs of TikTok", a group which promotes right-wing views by straw-manning the center-left | ||
| + | *** "Gays Against Groomers" [https://artisan.chat/@silverseams/110667684777788597] | ||
| + | *** PragerU (Dennis Prager; see [https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Dennis_Prager RationalWiki]) | ||
| + | * There are apparently issues with accessibility, and deep-seated denial of those issues.<ref name=linkedin1 /> | ||
| + | ** Apparently there is no way to add descriptions to images. (There are presumably other issues; this is just the one I currently know about.) | ||
| + | * They have actively helped law enforcement to go after people legally seeking abortions by traveling to other states. [https://hachyderm.io/@crowgirl/110672760812400852] | ||
| + | * They ''were'' flagging disinfo-spreading accounts, but the disinfo-spreading accounts didn't like having it pointed out that they spread disinfo, so the flagging has been discontinued. | ||
| + | ** '''2023-07-07''' [https://mashable.com/article/threads-false-information-label-donald-trump-jr-error Threads backtracks flagging right-wing users for spreading disinformation] | ||
| + | * Threads is, unsurprisingly, very popular with the fash: | ||
| + | ** '''2023-07-07''' [https://www.mediamatters.org/facebook/far-right-figures-including-nazi-supporters-anti-gay-extremists-and-white-supremacists-are Far-right figures, including Nazi supporters, anti-gay extremists, and white supremacists, are flocking to Threads] | ||
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| + | Observers [https://social.pixie.town/@joepie91/110668293064374435] have also spotted Gary Vaynerchuk (GaryVee), noted grifter, talking directly with Zuckerberg; There's more information about him here: | ||
| + | * '''2022-06-22''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y0nR0E8pk4 Connecting the Manosphere] (video, 1:49:44, FD Signifier) (I have not watched this) | ||
| + | * '''2022-04-06''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVE8J8dwJ5E How GaryVee manipulates you.] (video, 1:19:48, ThoughtSlime): recommended | ||
| + | * '''2016-06-22''' [https://www.mic.com/articles/146809/gary-vaynerchuk-apologizes-for-outrageously-sexist-party-invitation Gary Vaynerchuk Apologizes For Outrageously Sexist Party Invitation] | ||
| + | ==Footnotes== | ||
| + | <references> | ||
| + | <ref name=note1>'''2023-07-06''' [https://www.vice.com/en/article/bvjvb5/threads-instagram-trap-shows-why-facebook-should-have-been-broken-up-years-ago Threads' Instagram 'Trap' Shows Why Facebook Should Have Been Broken Up Years Ago] ([https://universeodon.com/@JenLucPiquant/110668721284327276 h/t])</ref> | ||
| + | <ref name=linkedin1>'''2023-07-07''' [https://www.linkedin.com/posts/kelsey-lindell-265a26184_yesterday-i-had-a-post-go-viral-today-im-activity-7083100287179108352-3IJb/ Yesterday I had a post go viral, today I'm banned.] ([https://yatil.social/@yatil/110673817235133663 h/t])</ref> | ||
| + | </references> | ||
Latest revision as of 13:01, 9 July 2023
Known ethical problems with MT:
- You can't delete your Threads account without deleting your Instagram account.[1]
- Meta has said that yes, they will be mining Threads user data as they do everywhere else. (Why wouldn't they?)
- They seem to be systematically doxxing their users.
- They seem to be entirely tolerant of intolerance:
- Threads apparently considers it okay to call LGBTQ+ people "groomers".
- Anti-LGBTQ+ accounts which Threads is allowing include:
- "Libs of TikTok", a group which promotes right-wing views by straw-manning the center-left
- "Gays Against Groomers" [1]
- PragerU (Dennis Prager; see RationalWiki)
- There are apparently issues with accessibility, and deep-seated denial of those issues.[2]
- Apparently there is no way to add descriptions to images. (There are presumably other issues; this is just the one I currently know about.)
- They have actively helped law enforcement to go after people legally seeking abortions by traveling to other states. [2]
- They were flagging disinfo-spreading accounts, but the disinfo-spreading accounts didn't like having it pointed out that they spread disinfo, so the flagging has been discontinued.
- Threads is, unsurprisingly, very popular with the fash:
Observers [3] have also spotted Gary Vaynerchuk (GaryVee), noted grifter, talking directly with Zuckerberg; There's more information about him here:
- 2022-06-22 Connecting the Manosphere (video, 1:49:44, FD Signifier) (I have not watched this)
- 2022-04-06 How GaryVee manipulates you. (video, 1:19:48, ThoughtSlime): recommended
- 2016-06-22 Gary Vaynerchuk Apologizes For Outrageously Sexist Party Invitation