Threads vs microblogs?
Does anyone have any advice on whether to use #threads or #microblogs when you’re looking to say, start a discussion about a topic on #kbin? Is there an etiquette for what option is best? Or do people just pick depending on their mood (having a Twitter vs a Reddit sort of a day)?
@NudelnAlDente Not sure there’s really any set ways, but I’d personally use a microblog with hashtags if I wanted some reach beyond kbin or the community I’m posting to. That said, it seems like folks on kbin might favor threads in general, perhaps because it’s most similar the posts on Reddit where many of us have come from.
A thread is a Reddit equivalent and a microblog is a Twitter equivalent. So it really depends if you’re trying to start a discussion or just want to put something out there in my opinion
If you want a twitter like experience where everything is just talking and people responding use post on kbin just like twitter. If you want threads where people upvote and downvote like Reddit use threads. Some people like Some people like both that’s why they have a kbin account. I’m only using lemmy more often cause of the wider selection of third party apps, my home is kbin thought!
Thread if you wanna start a discussion
Microblog if you just wanna say something
@NudelnAlDente Here is a fantastic comment by @EnglishMobster that describes the purpose of microblogs:
Oooh… The hashtag interaction in Magazines is an interesting feature! Must say I never paid much attention to hashtags in Twitter when I used it but Mastodon’s ability to follow them is great & this sounds similarly cool.
Where has the fediverse been the entire time I’ve been struggling with web 2.0? 😂
@NudelnAlDente If you just want to put something out there, microblog is a good option. If you want a discussion, starting a thread is the better choice.
Threads is from Meta and hence there you have the answer. Don’t use it.
@zerozaku 😂 To get rid of all threads in my life, I will also have to burn my sewing projects. But yes, totally agree - not gonna use Meta!
It’s not related to Meta (name aside)
As I understand it on kbin a:
- thread is the equivalent to a Reddit “post”. E.g. it’s the main link/image/text entry that other people can comment on that’s added to a community.
A microblog is like a “tweet” but added to a particular magazine (aka community)
So, for example, the all homepage of kbin social is all threads.
But if you want to just generally throw out something to a community unrelated to any article/thread you do it as a microblog.
@SzethFriendOfNimi haha, yeah my response was very tongue-in-cheek. Meta’s new product name doesn’t really help other platforms that use threads. 🙄
Oh lol my bad. Been hearing a lot about the Threads app by Meta and my mind just assumed OP was talking about that, haha.
It can definitely be confusing. And kbin’s naming convention is confusing too.
