A large corporate shopping mall settles in a nice neighborhood with small local run shops and community centers. The new shopping mall says ‘if we settle here, more people will come, and you all will benefit’. A few years later all small shops are bankrupt and the community is destroyed. What remains is a barren corporate landscape.

  • hoodlem@hoodlem.me
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    1 year ago

    I’m very interested to see where this goes.

    I don’t think Threads poses a threat to Mastodon. It’s (mostly) a different user base. However, I do think Threads can knock out Twitter.

    I’ve got my popcorn out.

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      1 year ago

      Me too. I’m betting on Threads being the last nail in the coffin for Twitter. My second bet and extremely unpopular opinion is that Threads will be a good thing for Mastodon.

      I do not have an Instagram account and will not be joining Threads either, but i am cautiously optimistic.