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Threads vs microblogs? (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by NudelnAlDente@kbin.social to c/RedditMigration@kbin.social

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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)?

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[–] SzethFriendOfNimi@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

It’s not related to Meta (name aside)

@NudelnAlDente@kbin.social

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.

[–] NudelnAlDente@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

@SzethFriendOfNimi haha, yeah my response was very tongue-in-cheek. Meta's new product name doesn't really help other platforms that use threads. 🙄

@zerozaku

[–] zerozaku@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] SzethFriendOfNimi@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

It can definitely be confusing. And kbin’s naming convention is confusing too.