I am not there for the sex. I want a solid information platform that is real time and a lot of people use. That obviously means they invest in anti-propaganda and brigading tech. Hopefully it is not too flashy and stays out of my way, and the search / curation features (like twitter lists) work enough that they are not a point of friction. There is still obvious work to be done, but it is on a good trajectory for now.

I'm not talking about sex when I say "sex appeal". I'm talking about vibes

So intangible qualities that are completely subjective. That’s a convient way to avoid the need to provide evidence or rationale. I would say the same thing about Facebook, but contrary to my opinion, the MAUs don’t lie.

Then say vibes.

My god, the vibes here are even worse. And when I say "vibes", I mean "sex appeal".

The for you algorithm on Threads which is dedicated to totally misunderstanding your wants has decided to show me only sexy posts at least twice.

But that audience of normies shows it's successful, as long as you can avoid the Facebook problem where your hapless older relatives leave confused comments on your friends' posts.

As for myself, I can't think of anything to post on it because it doesn't have enough constraints to make it interesting.