To get to brass tacks: some groups continue to be bitter over Musk due to a self-created petty, political, disagreement. They want their safe spaces back. Like a child upset that the people she kicked out of her birthday party are back.
Threads is going to fail because you would need various social groups of large representation to move en masse e.g. African Americans. Last I checked Black Twitter isn't going anywhere over some petty disagreement over Musk. Anyone migrating (I.e. leaving Twitter while simultaneously going to Threads) is in a small bubble.
Threads is going to be the "Twitter killer" just like Mastodon was supposed to be. Everyone declaring success already hated Twitter to begin with. They have the Musk-hating media behind them writing slanted articles. I've already read the doom and gloom headlines this morning. Instagram sucks and everyone I know hates it. This was the Hail Mary pass to save it because Meta is out of ideas.
Really wish one of these interviewers, in the middle of peppering him with solicitations for opinions on Titan, would ask James Cameron the important question on everyone's mind: why hasn't he released True Lies on Blu Ray yet.
How is it possible that these companies are still run like an immature dorm room shitshow? Are there no separation of duties? The CEO should not have admin access to anything (the very least for security purposes).
Your list of first-world grievances also describes: healthcare workers, literally anyone in the trades, grocery store employees, retail, etc. At some point tech employees have convinced themselves that they are likewise "essential" employees and deserving of special exceptions. But the fact of the matter is most tech jobs, apps, etc. could go away tomorrow and life would continue unabated (in contrast to the list above). Sure, with mild inconveniences, but society will find a way. It also proves how easily replaceable you are by employees in developing countries who are glad to show up in person to the office (for 1/6th the pay).
Also, who doesn't bring their own coffee from home vs. drinking the three-day-old moldy diarrhea at the office?
> controversial ads promoting things like gambling and marijuana
Oh no not gambling and marijuana as I drive past the casino and weed store on my way home. What other heinous degeneracy could Twitter devolve into next, maybe unfiltered cigarettes and cheap beer.
> Do we have a federated Mastodon-esque system to replace Reddit yet?
Maybe they can go to whatever platform the banned subreddits reformed on. Unfortunately many of the subreddit communities that are now being screwed over in the same fashion by Reddit were cheering on that behavior when others were targeted.
I believe you're quite wrong. I read the article. They discovered some minor non-conformance that's not safety related and are fixing it. Airplanes are incredibly complex machines with millions of parts. Scaling this analogy it's like a finding a minor manufacturing issue with the iPhone's PCB. Which probably happens all the time and you'd never know or hear about it. I can't think of a single Apple product I've owned that didn't have some defect that required a widespread "repair program" to resolve.
I'd be willing to wager there's an endless discussion on the Talk page about this, where someone is arguing that the Vatican is wrong about their own flag, and they should be the ones to change.
Cue the analogies of how forcing coders back into the office (in one of the first places where you could bring your dog to work) is worse than working in a salmon cannery in 1926. I weep for those that must endure these atrocious working conditions, I heard they're running low on sparkling water in the kitchenettes.
I don't think you understand how the Emergency Alert System works and most if not all of what you said is incorrect. How do you think the EAS alerts are sent to your station of choice? (It would be the NWS issuing the alert for weather not FEMA.) There are a few dozen stations known as Primary Entry Points where the signals originate. Guess what the overwhelming majority of these stations are? AM.
All other stations (like most FM) have decoders that are tuned to and listen to other stations for the alert signal. They operate simply as relays in a tree. So no, AM is not going away, not now, not ever, lazy EV engineers be damned.
Threads is going to fail because you would need various social groups of large representation to move en masse e.g. African Americans. Last I checked Black Twitter isn't going anywhere over some petty disagreement over Musk. Anyone migrating (I.e. leaving Twitter while simultaneously going to Threads) is in a small bubble.
Threads is going to be the "Twitter killer" just like Mastodon was supposed to be. Everyone declaring success already hated Twitter to begin with. They have the Musk-hating media behind them writing slanted articles. I've already read the doom and gloom headlines this morning. Instagram sucks and everyone I know hates it. This was the Hail Mary pass to save it because Meta is out of ideas.