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Hello everyone. I hope you're doing well today.

I'm writing this to you on a website, kbin.social, that's been painfully slow for the past a couple of days. I just want to put my thoughts out there, even though I'm doubtful that many of you will see it. And that's okay!

You see, I'm of the opinion that we don't need another reddit, a 1:1 replacement and I don't think there ever will be. We are too used to our websites being capable of serving to billions of people. And I think that era is long gone.

Our internet has been poisoned by the promise of reach and the dopamine hits of engagement. We are only human, we've gotten adapted to it. Everything had to be shared and heard immediately.

I think we should take a step back and appreciate how small this website is. It's not the prettiest or fastest with a massive reach. It's just a small corner of the web, but full of potential.

A potential to tame our need for a stream of information. It's stressful being in this constant urgency. It's not good for us. I honestly need we should slow the fuck down.

And, perhaps, embrace staying small.

Imagine a community that doesn't need to weed out rule-breaking posts, low-effort trolls, and illegal content in real-time. Even the thought of it is exhausting to me.

Instead, we can focus on building what we care about, slowly. People will come: Just start that 'zine, you can set the rules later, it doesn't have to be perfect immediately.

Thanks for reading.

Here is what we know about it so far:

• It will most likely be called Threads.
• It is not known what domain it will use for usernames.
• In mockup screenshots, a user replies to someone using an @mastodon.social handle, it's very likely that they will federate.
• It will be side app of Instagram. It's not clear how much of the new network will be baked into the main app.
• Your username and verification status will carry over, so early adopters won't have an advantage for their preferred username.
• Your followers will not carry over but there will be an easy way to pick and follow people on your Instagram list.

Personal observations:

• Many people that I talked to about it think that this will be Meta's attempt at an "EEE".
• Some Mastodon instance admins that I chatted about it say that Meta will "likely attempt to pull their user data", and they "will defederate immediately".