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On Threads shall the equivalent of a “Tweet” on Twitter be “Stitch”?

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Chris,

Thanks for the update from the Social Media desk at "So What? Central ."

It gives those of us not part of the Twitterverse, to understand that for me Thread is "just passing fancy in my midnight dream."*

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* Phrase from the song of the same name off of "Steve Miller Band's" 1969 album "My Saving Grace."

www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIhX6A_7tAc

Steve Miller – guitars, lead vocals

Lonnie Turner – bass, guitar, backing vocals

Tim Davis – drums, backing vocals

Ben Sidran – keyboards

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Great reference, although might be a little before Chris' time - let's see if Steve Miller ends up in one of Chris' Weekly Playlists...

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Nice Mike!

Chris, here are some of Steve's best in no order:

"Lucky Man"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=or2AxdoOpRA

Second album from the mid-60s. [Steve's fellow guitarist was his Texas buddy Boz Skaggs].

The initial acoustic guitar lead-in is truly weird other than signaling that the vamping organ was moving pure folk music of the period toward the more blues/rock genre emerging then. The drums offer a true garage-rock vibe.

Also unusual was the haunting background vocals.

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"Jet Airliner"

www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlFXhigvTvM

After years of being touring with his quirky songs in fantastic live shows, Steve realized he could write "pop" songs and make a bunch of $$$ writing punchy radio-friendly hits.

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"Rock’n Me”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-IkE5TtO2U

A road-trip-ready hit is catchier than the flu with its repeated keep on-a rock’n me, baby.

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“Fly Like An Eagle”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zT4Y-QNdto

[BTW -The Neville Brothers version has greater authenticity for the storyline]

An effortlessly cool and undeniably smooth, subdued and spacey.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zT4Y-QNdto

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"Space Cowboy"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELcTJZLxhFU

I was in a meeting when after hours of endless mindless corporate-speak, the head of the Management group in extreme exasperation rose to offer a variation of Steve's lyric:

"I see the showdowns, slowdowns, lost and found, turn arounds

Those in theirs in corporate shirts

I keep my eyes on the prize, on the long fallen skies

And I don't let my people get hurt

All you corporate schemers,

Corporate trip dreamers

Better find something new to say

'Cause you're offering the same old story

It's the same old shine

And some heavy dues will be paid.

Best meeting I was ever in my corporate life other than my doing a cartwheel to the podium after winning an annual investment sales award.

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I abandoned my Twitter account about a year ago. It was an awful forum.

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I was all set to give Threads a try until I heard that you have to have Instagram. I had an IG account several years ago and within a few weeks, someone hijacked my account and locked me out of it. I'm not sure why anyone would have wanted my account. All it has was pictures of my crochet projects, but when I tried to do something about it, there was absolutely no customer support. There was no way to contact anyone at IG to get it fixed.

My kids laugh at me, but that was the end of IG for me and I guess I won't be trying Threads. I really don't want to lose access to the people I follow on Twitter, but when it's gone, I don't see a good alternative.

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100% agree. I'm retired now, so I pick and choose what I want to do. I was glad when Instagram became available on desktops also. I don't really use Twitter. I have not even heard of some of the others you mentioned, which is fine with me! I have no idea if I will try Threads but I appreciate your take on it.

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I enjoyed your format for the video. Simple, concise and engaging. Nothing fancy. Just what I needed. Nga mihi nui. I agree on threads. No desktop or DMs are drawbacks, but I guess they’ll be coming soon. The Substack people must be fuming a bit. Notes was called threads to start with in beta…

I’m interested in how much Substack wants to work/share with Meta on becoming part of the ‘fediverse’ the Zuckerberg is talking about.

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Excellent review-lette on Threads, Chris ... I confess I do have a white-hot passion against Elon Musk. I was hijacked on Twitter back in March..someone (I'm told likely a Russian troll), stole my acct, changed the linked e-mail...twitter did NOT notify me in time, and now I am eternally blocked...cannot access my TK,000 followers or anything. I'm gone and NO APPEAL to twitter has been met with anything but stony silence. That said, I am now deeply into SubStack (as you well know!) & NOTES which I do LOVE, but without the broad following (yet) I had on twitter....I'm about to tell my 27,000+ folks on my e-rolodex about all this. BUT Threads just means YET AGAIN I have to start from ZERO to build a village let alone a whole community. sigh...... But all of your followers should come find me at Andelman Unleashed right here on SubStack !!! ;-)))

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It needs some "tweaking", particularly with respect to chronological posting and finding new "follows", but so far, it seems very much like pre-Musk Twitter. I signed on (and am following you). I don't know that I'll be able to recreate my full follow list, but I am hoping that enough of the political and sports people I followed on Twitter now migrate over (or start posting on both sites, since I refuse to go on Twitter).

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Most important, Ian...how will they ever KNOW you're on Threads ... that's the main stumbling block (that plus it's just a phone-only app right now) as far as I'm concerned !

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I agree with most of what you said. As a fellow Substack writer, although one who is essentially unknown, I too am overwhelmed, and I'm frustrated that Twitter works basically not at all in looking for readers to engage with my work. I've actually got more responses on the smaller sites such as Tribel than on Twitter. So I do have some hopes for Threads.

And yes, lack of a web interface is a huge problem. I do my best work at my desk, not on a phone.

As to direct messages, you can send private messages on Instagram, and I have done that frequently. I don't yet know how easy it is to hop between the two apps, but that may be worth looking into if you want to personally reach someone. While the Threads app seems to work fine, I suspect that Meta rushed it out before completion in order to take advantage of Twitter's slow demise.

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My concern is that Threads, being a Meta product, will somehow leech onto my Facebook account as well as my Instagram. Next thing it’ll be backdooring into WhatsApp. Call me paranoid but when my daughters and I talk about so-and-so’s wedding last weekend on WhatsApp suddenly I’m bombarded with bridal gowns and wedding rings and mother of the bride dress ads.

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I have never used twitter and am not inclined to use threads. By limiting the amount of content, Twitter is demeaning civilized discourse. Most comments, it seems to me, need context and explanation. Please keep up with your substack posts, which seem to me the best was to get your message across.

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As a total luddite stuck in my ways (I still use a flip phone) I hear you on everything being overwhelming. Just tell me where to go and I'll use it!

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Right? Just feels like there are SO many places you have to go these days to find and share content.

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I'm of the opposite opinion. The more places there are to share content, the more opportunities there are for everyone to participate. Having one site as THE place to be is exactly what produced the cesspool at Twitter.

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There's just only so many hours in the day, so many sites to read, etc.

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This is a really weird comment. But I'm trying to figure out the best software to use to create a similar video to this one. Talking into the camera with a bit of embedded texts and graphics.

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Threads must have desktop/laptop version. Then I'll join

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i dont want to first sign up for instagram., i suppose i have to wait. its odd that a FB account is not sufficient, but there is probably some technical reason for it.

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So... I’m reading a review on Substack Notes about Twitter competitor Threads, sister to Instagram, a subsidiary of Facebook.

Yes, confusing, who has time for it all?

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Chris, Mentions can be found by clicking the heart (Activity) at the bottom right of the app, then select Mentions at the top right. Hope that helps!

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