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* You can't delete your Threads account without deleting your Instagram account.<ref name=note1 /> | * 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: | * They seem to be entirely tolerant of intolerance: | ||
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* There are apparently issues with accessibility, and deep-seated denial of those issues.<ref name=linkedin1 /> | * 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.) | ** 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] | ||
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: | 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: | ||
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