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 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.
@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
Threads is from Meta and hence there you have the answer. Don’t use it.
It’s not related to Meta (name aside)
@NudelnAlDente@kbin.social
As I understand it on kbin a:
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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.
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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.
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.
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