Meta's newest app, Threads, already boasts more than 100 million new users — an internet-breaking record — but as for me, I'm good. Thanks, but no thanks. Appreciate the offer (do I?), but I'm gonna pass on their attempted Twitter killer.
Don't get me wrong. I'm a dyed-in-the-wool tech enthusiast who marvels openly at the creative persistence of programmers on a mission to further decentralize the internet. And I do love to see billionaires waste each other's money in digital slap-fights. But I've been burned enough times by Meta. Here's why I'm not taking the bait.
