The Importance of the 'If You Don't Like It, Don't Watch It' Mentality When Joining Threads

The internet thing called Threads has begun, hasn't it? It's an SNS that has been gaining attention as a place to migrate to, especially given the recent API restrictions and other 'end-of-the-line' issues with Twitter. I registered for it too.

I like internet culture, but I'm not really interested in new IT stuff—or rather, I find it a hassle to learn—but I decided to start using it out of necessity. It's all Elon's fault for messing things up on Twitter.

And so, the new guy, Threads. Being a relative of Facebook and Instagram, it had that kind of vibe. It's the type that takes center stage and gets hyped up at a school festival. The soccer team type. The type that can buy and wear ears at Disneyland without a second thought.

There are various issues like not being able to post from a PC or weak search functionality, but I think the biggest one is that you can't build a timeline consisting only of people you follow. Everyone is saying it, though.

When I first registered, it was tough because my feed was flooded with selfies of strangers and shady posts from people trying to make a quick buck. It changes a little as you follow more people, but they still show up a lot.

It's like someone who doesn't usually talk to you but suddenly comes up to you during the school festival saying, 'Let's do our best together!', gets a kick out of thinking, 'I'm so great for being able to get along with everyone,' and then goes back to completely ignoring you once the event is over. They don't bully you or anything, but they act like they don't know you. I felt that kind of malice-free coldness from the recommended system's timeline. Could you stop that? Don't toy with my heart using that kind of attitude.

Highly sensitive people like us (a very broad generalization) who read light novels in the corner of the classroom have struggled with such complex distances, only to follow people one by one, create lists, and build a timeline where we can breathe easily, so we don't need things like 'recommendations.' It's fine if they exist, but they should be secondary.

I realized once again that I'm on Twitter because I can do that there. Twitter was like a character that was a bit of an otaku in the middle tier, able to get along with both the popular kids and the otaku groups in class; it had a lot of things to fix, but it was hard to hate. Recently, due to family circumstances, its mother has gone a bit crazy and things have gotten weird, but I hope it stays the same at its core as much as possible.

There is an ancient internet maxim that says, 'If you don't like it, don't watch it,' and while it has been interpreted in various ways throughout history, I think for some people, this was self-defense, a truth, and a philosophy. If, with the flow of time, we become unable to choose such things for ourselves or if AI replaces them, how will I be breathing on the other side of that? That's what I thought.

By the way, I also started Instagram. I'll do my best.