Two years ago today, Meta launched Threads. Does the world need this app?

[thefiene]

https://stylestitches.substack.com/p/who-really-needs-threads

[anonymars]

It lets you see a few posts before locking you behind a login screen. Feels like "which ghoulish tech mogul in a humansuit do you want to support?"

Anything wrong with Blue Sky (yet)?

[Disposal8433 → anonymars]

Some censorship (https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/23/government-censorship-come...) but its expected on any social media.

[fsflover → anonymars]

> Anything wrong with Blue Sky (yet)?

https://pluralistic.net/2024/11/02/ulysses-pact/#tie-yoursel...

[fullshark]

So the conclusion is yes? And I'm sorry, but I found the writing of this to be painful.

[gjsman-1000]

Good question. Does the world need Hacker News?

[rbanffy → gjsman-1000]

Much more than Threads.

[uni_baconcat → gjsman-1000]

Not much either.