Let's Upward Spiral

All feelings are important, but they are not all equally beneficial.

I’ve been wondering what Threads (the Meta flavor) is for.

I want to like it because it helps me to continue to despise the hellhole that is FKA Twitter, but I just can’t vibe with it.

For instance, when I link over to Threads from Instagram’s cleverly placed enticements, I find it’s not a place I want to spend much time. I’m typically eager to jump back to my Instagram feed.

The biggest evidence of my avoidance is that

Caanan R.

and I have posted exactly once on our shared Threads account. 34 weeks ago we excitedly exclaimed “We’re here!!” only to post nothing since.

Not that either of us is posting much anywhere on social media; it’s all fraught. But something has been disappointing about Threads in its very own special way.

Laguna Torre, Patagonia, Argentina. Photo Credit: Us

The Internet’s latest grievance system

And then along came yesterday… I overheard someone say, in reviewing social media apps with his friend, that “Threads is the place people go to complain.”

Yes. Yes. Yes.  That’s exactly i…