Jul 7, 2023·edited Jul 7, 2023Liked by Georgina Brooke
Surprised you don't mention the significant privacy/data protection concerns (so serious that Threads is not available in the EU as it contravenes GDPR) that, I'd suggest, should be part of the decision-making and evaluation process for any cultural organisation assessing a new platform.
We also had a good point on accessibility - Threads is not currently a platform that performs well for users with additional needs. It's possible that Threads has landed as a Beta phase and that this will be built in in future developments, but it would have been more equitable if they'd done that from the start. Steven pointed out that Wellcome Collection are manually threading alt text on their threads as a work around. So definitely wider conversations to be had around best practice of accessibility on this platform and how effective those workarounds are at the moment.
Surprised you don't mention the significant privacy/data protection concerns (so serious that Threads is not available in the EU as it contravenes GDPR) that, I'd suggest, should be part of the decision-making and evaluation process for any cultural organisation assessing a new platform.
https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/05/threads-no-eu-launch/
https://time.com/6292586/privacy-concerns-threads-meta/
We also had a good point on accessibility - Threads is not currently a platform that performs well for users with additional needs. It's possible that Threads has landed as a Beta phase and that this will be built in in future developments, but it would have been more equitable if they'd done that from the start. Steven pointed out that Wellcome Collection are manually threading alt text on their threads as a work around. So definitely wider conversations to be had around best practice of accessibility on this platform and how effective those workarounds are at the moment.