Bye, bye, birdie?

When Elon Musk bought Twitter, I decided to stay. But with his latest round of disastrous decisions, it was time to find another platform. I tried Mastodon, but I couldn’t get any engagement, even when I invited people. One person told me it was too complicated.

Then, Meta introduced Threads.

I’ve raised issues about Facebook before, and I’m as much of a fan of Mark Zuckerberg as I am of Elon Musk. In fact, my work-in-progress Christina’s Portrait has a few things to say about him, his creation, and a candidate his platform helped get elected.

But when Threads came online, I signed up right away. I was amazed how easy it was to get started. I already have an Instagram account, it automatically transferred my information and followers. I was greeted with a full feed of posts from people I know and topics that interest me. As more people joined, it was easy to follow them. I connected with other writers and people I’ve admired for a while. So far, Threads is giving me a positive vibe.

I must give Meta credit where it’s due. They’ve created a positive user experience so far. It’s like I’ve always said: good technology is useful technology. And Threads is good technology…