This article reminded me that Meta launched Threads not to scoop up disgruntled Twitter users, but to scoop up disgruntled Twitter *advertisers*. Because of course that's all they care about. Duh.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/epvp8j/threads-is-all-the-worst-parts-of-twitter-and-instagram-in-one-very-bad-app
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2023-07-10 22:32:16
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