In the wake of Twitter dying, I’ve found myself using some combo of Mastodon, Bluesky, and Threads. The first is where all the nerdy folks hangout, and Threads has become more newsy for me. As much as Threads wants you to forget it is owned by Meta, its true nature comes out sometimes. The most recent example is how it handles message previews. Here’s a post I went to share with my brother: It’s pretty straightforward — some text and a link with an image preview. You would think that the preview would contain at least some of that information. Well… The white gradient obscures most of the content in the preview. Technically it does, but in a way that’s clear that Threads wants you to click through to its app or website. Gross.
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