Threads is a mobile-only app, like Instagram. You can't actually use Threads on a desktop browser, so that's probably why this is shared as a Twitter post. Even if it were a Threads post, it would not be submittable to HN.
In fact a Thread thread has already been on the front of HN.
Still, mostly true.. read-only is just dumb. Nice to be back in 2008, when mobile-first turned into mobile-only.
The entire point of this thread was that this is a Python/Django web app, but it's not actually a web app at all, so what's the point of pointing out any of this?
But there's no broader browser yet it seems.
So until it either solves its privacy issues of becomes part of the fediverse, audience is crippled.
Edit: Someone kindly pointed out that you can see the content in the browser without an account from following a direct link. (You just can't have the app installed or it will open that and drop you on the login page.) This makes me a lot happier with the product!
Based on that, I think it's safe to assume that a full featured web version of Threads should be up within a year. Threads already has some web presence (you can view threads and profiles).
Instagram can be used in a desktop browser just fine.
Twitter removed that behavior under Elon, then developed something even more restrictive. Great.
Neither are good, and unfortunate that tumblr has recently ish copied this (for default css at least). Real shithead behavior.
Unfortunately, Facebook looks the best out of all of them. If a restaurant posts their specials on Facebook, I can see them. Basically not true for other social sites.