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Re: Threads users down by more than a half

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Post by disgruntledphd2 »

ramesh31 wrote: post #28

As the dust is settling on the last 15 years of this insanity, and the monopolies are being cemented, is Zuck not the only one left standing independently? Of the big guys, the early "wizkid founder" types, who else is left towing the line and controlling the destiny of their company? And who else is maintaining that techno-utopianist optimism publicly? I sort of admire the guy, if only for how every time he speaks,…

To be fair to him, he basically just wants to rule the (social) world.

And he was much, much younger than the Google founders who are the only real comparison (in that they consistently make money).

Re: Threads users down by more than a half

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Post by oneeyedpigeon »

nomel wrote: post #61
kayodelycaon wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are you kidding? Twitter has limits on how much you can read now. It's useless for me.

I don't have a twitter account. Do you regularly hit the 1,000 tweet view limit? That's over 83 tweets an hour, for 12 hours.

Scrolling through 1,000 tweets in your timeline will take a lot less time than you imagine.

Re: Threads users down by more than a half

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Post by spansoa »

skc wrote: post #32

Threads will be alright in the end. They launched it at a very opportune time when Twitter was having massive technical issues. That was enough to get millions of people to kick the tires and more importantly, create awareness. The next time Twitter goes down, and it will any day now, people will again flock to Threads and notice that it got a little better. Twitter will get fixed again, and a lower percentage of Thr…

And when it hits the E.U market Threads will gain more popularity. If they can just sort out the 'privacy problem' they apparently have. I don't understand the delay here. FB & Insta already has E.U people's data.

Re: Threads users down by more than a half

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Post by us0r »

I followed people who post yet when I open the app my first 2 posts (the only posts visible) are from accounts I'd never follow (right now Paris Hilton and ESPN) and could care less about. I don't want to scroll through their suggested bullshit trying to get to what I actually want to read. Maybe this works when you are following no one.

Re: Threads users down by more than a half

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Post by jonathankoren »

davidw wrote: post #26
dhosek wrote: post #23

I don’t use Twitter because I like Twitter, but because that’s where the people that I like to interact with (mostly writers) are. It’s becoming increasingly obvious that Twitter isn’t going to be that place with each new chaos monkey attack from Musk, but what the successor place is going to be remains to be seen. Threads failed the smell test early on because it started out with algorithmic feed only and the algori…

> Threads failed the smell test early on because it started out with algorithmic feed That was probably a wise decision to seed it with something for people to look at and interact with so they didn't just sign in and see a blank page. The random influencers and other people "go away" pretty quickly if you start following and interacting with people you care more about.

The empty timeline problem is a completely different problem of an algorithmic timeline of not people you follow.

Hell, it required an Instagram account to sign up. You already have their follow graph.

Re: Threads users down by more than a half

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Post by lopkeny12ko »

explain wrote: post #90
anifru wrote: post #72

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What % of users do you think care about a desktop experience? I expect the vast majority of users would be mobile-only. I'm sure you can find relevant statistics about Twitters desktop vs mobile usage.

87.6% of Twitter active-seconds are mobile, according to Elon's most recent data. Would've expected closer to 70/30 personally.

And do you actually believe this statistic?

I don't know a single person who willingly prefers a limited, bogged-down experience of any product (social media or otherwise) over a full-fledged desktop client.

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