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Re: Threads has passed 2M sign ups in the first 2 hours

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Post by asadotzler »

Let's see, FB has about 2 billion daily actives, Insta has like 3 to 4 billion? Assume half of them are sleeping there should still be a couple billion Meta user online about now and only 2 million of them so far have downloaded it?

We got 8 million downloads (not updates, full downloads) in one day back in the desktop era when there were only a couple billion people online in total.

This feels pretty weak to me. I wonder if that's intentional, get the enthusiasts on first, for free, as it were, then turn on the firehose later on to get the "olds" over from FB and the "influencers" over from Insta?

Re: Threads has passed 2M sign ups in the first 2 hours

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Post by [deleted] »

dvt wrote: post #7

That feels oddly low. It was released at 5ish PM PST on a Wednesday, and considering they have literally all of Instagram + Facebook's userbase to push it on, it seems pretty low. The "sign up" was also just a "log in with FB/Instagram" button where the form was already auto-filled. So it's not like people had to convert, it's pretty much about as pure a product-market-fit test you can get. Discoverability is also pr…

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Re: Threads has passed 2M sign ups in the first 2 hours

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Post by asadotzler »

asadotzler wrote: post #31

Let's see, FB has about 2 billion daily actives, Insta has like 3 to 4 billion? Assume half of them are sleeping there should still be a couple billion Meta user online about now and only 2 million of them so far have downloaded it? We got 8 million downloads (not updates, full downloads) in one day back in the desktop era when there were only a couple billion people online in total. This feels pretty weak to me. I w…

Oops, forgot to say who "we" is there. I'm talking about our Firefox Guinness record download day back in 2008-ish.

Re: Threads has passed 2M sign ups in the first 2 hours

#34

Post by gtirloni »

dvt wrote: post #7

That feels oddly low. It was released at 5ish PM PST on a Wednesday, and considering they have literally all of Instagram + Facebook's userbase to push it on, it seems pretty low. The "sign up" was also just a "log in with FB/Instagram" button where the form was already auto-filled. So it's not like people had to convert, it's pretty much about as pure a product-market-fit test you can get. Discoverability is also pr…

I never saw a sign up form or any kind of indication.

I learned about the trick to search for "saymore" from a family member and see the red invite button on the search bar. She learned from some random.

Re: Threads has passed 2M sign ups in the first 2 hours

#35

Post by viraptor »

cottsak wrote: post #16
vehemenz wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, but they have meaningful verification (apparently), while Twitter doesn't.

What does that mean? Doesn’t the blue tick verification on Twitter require a valid credit card ?

Threads copies verification from Instagram which is mostly celebrities, public figures, brands, etc. You may not agree with the choices of noteworthiness, but they are at least checked for validity. https://help.instagram.com/854227311295302

Twitter has verification which is "anyone with spare change who wants to shout louder than others".

Re: Threads has passed 2M sign ups in the first 2 hours

#38

Post by imrehg »

Amazing naming, still. Searching on the Android Play Store, just in case, first thing that comes up is "Threads" -- that has to put in an all capitals discalimer:

> [NOT AFFILIATED W/ THREADS BY INSTAGRAM] All in-one team communication platform

I bet they had a bump due to the name clash, and loads of support request too!

Re: Threads has passed 2M sign ups in the first 2 hours

#39

Post by revskill »

I never use Tiktok (I hate most of videos content), or any kind of "content creator" which uses videos as main source of delivering serious content.

The problem with videos (compare to blog writing) is i can't just fast read the whole content first. I need to second by second go to it.

And due to current target of Threads same as Tiktoker (instagram user = tiktok user) ? I can't use it, too.

But for entertaining purpose, short videos is fine.

Re: Threads has passed 2M sign ups in the first 2 hours

#40

Post by dagmx »

First impressions of the app are that it’s a bit slow and need some work.

Some taps take several seconds to complete or just fail without feedback. But I guess that’s just server load that will even out and be designed around.

Scrolling is not as fluid as either FB or IG, which is surprising given how much Meta invest in their feed. But better than most mastodon apps I’ve tried.

Interface is pretty minimal and pleasant. Navigation is very intuitive.

I like that I can import all my Instagram data but still keep it separate. I used Twitter and Instagram to primarily follow artists , and so the connection is nice.

I appreciate that they allow keeping it separate if needed.

I’m also interested to see what their fediverse integration will be like.

Feed content feels less chaotic than Twitter with more priority towards accounts I follow and less advertising noise. It feels like Twitter from a few years ago which is what I want.

Overall I am interested to see how this evolves. I’m not a fan of meta but I think this is right in their wheelhouse. I miss Twitter for the wealth of knowledge and culture that one could find on there if you curated your circles.(emphasis on curation). Elon ruined curation and I hope Threads does it better.

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