Threads has 10M sign ups in seven hours • Hacker News Board

Re: Threads has 10M sign ups in seven hours

#41

Post by keyle » Thu, Jul 06, 2023, 8:22 AM UTC

is that not really "instagram users"?

I already dislike the platform. I cannot browser threads.net nor sign up on the web.

   ROBOT All your data are belong to us.

Re: Threads has 10M sign ups in seven hours

#42

Post by skilled » Thu, Jul 06, 2023, 8:22 AM UTC

easyThrowaway wrote: post #7

sam_goody wrote: post #3

For the uninitiated (I guess I live under a rock), what is threads? When I open the link I just get a funny logo and the "from meta" label

A twitter clone with a different, less impulsive weirdo CEO at the helm.

Are you implying Linda Yaccarino is a weirdo? Oh wait, the chip on your shoulder is so big you can't even differentiate opinions anymore.

Re: Threads has 10M sign ups in seven hours

#43

Post by asim » Thu, Jul 06, 2023, 8:22 AM UTC

Install app, requires Instagram login, uninstall app.

Re: Threads has 10M sign ups in seven hours

#44

Post by RayVR » Thu, Jul 06, 2023, 8:22 AM UTC

Anyone else hear the sound of 10M bots and influencers arriving.

Re: Threads has 10M sign ups in seven hours

#45

Post by ubercore » Thu, Jul 06, 2023, 8:23 AM UTC

folli wrote: post #33

easyThrowaway wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A twitter clone with a different, less impulsive weirdo CEO at the helm.

does the "less" refer to "impulsive" only, or both "impulsive weirdo"?

My vote is that Zuck is just as weird, but less impulsive.

Re: Threads has 10M sign ups in seven hours

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Post by skrause » Thu, Jul 06, 2023, 8:23 AM UTC

easyThrowaway wrote: post #7

sam_goody wrote: post #3

For the uninitiated (I guess I live under a rock), what is threads? When I open the link I just get a funny logo and the "from meta" label

A twitter clone with a different, less impulsive weirdo CEO at the helm.

And so bad privacy that they chose to not even launch in GDPR countries. https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/05/threads-no-eu-launch/

Re: Threads has 10M sign ups in seven hours

#47

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jul 06, 2023, 8:23 AM UTC

ranting-moth wrote: post #39

To put the numbers into perspective, 0.2% of Meta's users signed up for Threads. Meta has 3.59 billion active users: https://www.investing.com/academy/statistics/facebook-meta-f...

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Re: Threads has 10M sign ups in seven hours

#48

Post by Illniyar » Thu, Jul 06, 2023, 8:25 AM UTC

freediver wrote: post #36

Telling when the main metric used to describe a product is number of signed up users.

Telling that it's new? What would you possibly use, Monthly active users based on 1 day of activity?

Re: Threads has 10M sign ups in seven hours

#49

Post by JSavageOne » Thu, Jul 06, 2023, 8:29 AM UTC

I'm not going to download this because there's no web application.

It's clear that they intentionally did not release a web application in order to maximize app installs and thus maximum control over their users (eg. scrape your contacts, push notifications, and most importantly to show you ads).

In 2023 nobody wants to install yet another app, so this is a clever strategy to optimize for app installs. Not going to work on me though. If it's just a Twitter clone only accessible to mobile users, then content quality is going to be low because nobody is typing thought provoking, in-depth analysis from their mobile phones.

Re: Threads has 10M sign ups in seven hours

#50

Post by nixass » Thu, Jul 06, 2023, 8:30 AM UTC

Has anyone tried using it in browser? Does it work well or they force app download onto you like they do with Instagram?

I think Meta felt the pressure, seeing people might move to Mastodon (happy user from today) and wanted their piece of cake