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

#161
post #10

App required = not so sure about this.. not in a rush to try it out.

Yep, that was the turn-off for me too. I only use Twitter and Facebook in a browser, even on mobile—I noticed serious battery life improvements upon uninstalling the Facebook app in particular.

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

#162
post #46

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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".

You can pay for verification on Instagram as well. I had a blue checkmark last month when I kind of just paid for fun to see if it would increase engagement (I'm not an influencer or popular in the least, just have a few hundred followers). So I'd say Instagram/Threads' verification is equally worthless.

Did it work?

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

#163
post #82

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I'd be surprised if it was more than $20k. Maybe in the $3-10k range? Seems to be the going rate. .Nets usually aren't that valuable, but I suppose if you have the network of Meta you can _make_ anything valuable.

Idk, if they need something quick, og owner might have said a price they thought was way to high, and FB just said, "yea ok". I'd prob put it in the 50-100k range, but wouldnt be suprised to see 500k-1m

someone replied and delete while i was typing: here is my thoughts...

Well i guess we will see. I think threads.net works in multiple ways, and the .net stigma doesnt matter anymore with so many TLDs, and kinda makes sense for social app.

I know someone that sold a .io for a ridonculous sum. And again I think if fb/meta wants to do something they are in a place to make an offer the holder wont refuse.

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

#164

I signed up. And the first thing I saw was a whole bunch of posts from people I don't follow. They had the opportunity to learn directly from Twitter's mistakes, and they failed right from the start.

How would you bootstrap the feed?

Let me CHOOSE if I want to see "suggested" or "promoted" content. Have "followers only" and "monetized influencer crap" tabs. At least make it an option.

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

#165
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 think Twitter is here to stay.

Twitter has maybe six months but certainly not twelve before going bankrupt. It's done for. I fully agree with the analysis at https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/the-slow-sad-death-of-twitt...

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

#166
post #30

I wonder how much the threads.net domain cost Updated Date: 2023-04-07T13:53:29Z Creation Date: 1997-05-27T23:00:00Z

When was the name announced/leaked? They would have tried to acquire relevant domains beforehand, like the guy who owned meta.com (.co? .net?) and didn't even know it was Facebook wanting to buy it off him.

iirc he got a pretty good price, but nothing like if he'd known who the buyer was.

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

#167

I signed up. And the first thing I saw was a whole bunch of posts from people I don't follow. They had the opportunity to learn directly from Twitter's mistakes, and they failed right from the start.

How would you bootstrap the feed?

Don't

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

#168

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Why?

Did you see what elon did last week? I am not going to pay for a social media site which still gives me ads and has rate limits.

You don't have to pay and the rate limits are temporary, this was stated at the point they started. It's a big deal to the anti-Musk activists but from a user standpoint it's generally negligible.

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

#169

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How would you bootstrap the feed?

Let me CHOOSE if I want to see "suggested" or "promoted" content. Have "followers only" and "monetized influencer crap" tabs. At least make it an option.

There's plenty of platforms that start like that. You never saw them because they died.
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