Thoughts On Meta Threads
My five biggest issues with Meta Threads:
- It's just an extension of Instagram, and by extension, features much the same content.
- Display names are not used outside profiles, making the feed nigh impossible to read.
- There is a huge lack of features aside from basic functionality.
- The UI is horrible. I find it very hard to read the low opacity text.
- The default feed is horrendous and it takes a while to get out of it.
Of these issues, I can see 3 and 4 getting fixed. Maybe 5, but I think Meta would want to stick to their proven Instagram model. I'd love to be proven wrong about this, though.
I cannot see 2 being fixed. Meta seems really stubborn when it comes to this, as is evident by the fact that they've been hiding display names for years, opting to show unique @usernames everywhere instead.
Finally, 1 will not be fixed, because forbid Meta make you create a new account where it won't already know everything about you.