Threads, an Instagram app 12+

I think this is my first post on Threads. And I’m on my microphone that leads to one thing and one thing only; I can be dangerous on a microphone because I ramble. All this social media at my young age of 73 years young (pushing 74 come November) are a LOT to keep track of. Threads seems to be less complicated than some. I resisted joining Threads because I thought, another one, I now have to keep track of Facebook, Instagram, and now Threads! and plus I write children’s books. I have my first book “The Reluctant Ekf” coming out for Christmas if I can ever get the Illustrator off his derrière to start! The book is a Trilogy so it’s important he get a move on. and I can’t get the illustrator to get a move on!! I’ve been performing “The Reluctant Elf” for 28 years in Dallas, Texas, where I lived for 42 years. It’s been well received and well loved for 28 years so I’m pretty sure the book won’t make that much difference; except for the fact, visualization is 75 percent of communication and the children will have a ‘picture/visual” of Wee Elmer, “The Reluctant Elf” to keep forever! ♥️
“Thank You” Threads for giving me this opportunity to Review you! I think Threads is right up my alley! Looking forward to a lasting relationship! 🙋🤗🥰🇺🇸🎶

I finally caved and downloaded Threads and I actually like it a lot more than Twitter. Granted much of that is credited to the fact that the feed is fresh and not filled with promotional or suggested posts like on Twitter along with a tainted algorithm. Aside from that, I enjoy the playful details of the interface and how clean it is! While it might not last, I still like that right now it’s less populated than Twitter. The organization feels right, down to your own profile and even the settings. And the recording feature for posts is new and fun! As for my critiques, I wish it had a saving system like bookmarks on Twitter but with a way to organize them. I also think it would benefit to have a separate DM inbox from Instagram. Overall though, I’m really enjoying this platform so far and I hope they will add a few more quality of life features while still keeping it simple!

Update: The only reason I returned to write a review is because Insta put a useless @ on my profile.

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Its like Twitter... only its called Threads. The problem is that I dont see what void its trying to fill, or what problem its trying to solve, other than being another Twitter "killer" that is going to solve all the perceived non existent problems of Twitter (Remember when everyone was all excited over the Facebook Killers known as either Google Plus or Diaspora?). I also don't really see how it heightens or enhances instagram, either. Instagram is for all intents well laid out despite the fact that you cant have a chronological feed that shows you everyone you follow (which it would be nice to scroll through my followers, and not my top interactions + whatever else instagram's algorithm tosses up). Btw, thanks for not allowing me to delete Threads unless I delete my Insta, there is simply no reason for that much tie-in. Regardless now I have a silly @ like symbol on my profile that redirects to a defunct threads link, so good job for useless features. Lastly, in regards to people complaining about toxicity on Twitter as a reason for this app to exist, I would suggest that Twitter is neither toxic or pure, but that most have no clue how go actually use it, as all algorithms are a result of what you, the user, put into it.