Meta's new Threads, a rival for X, is now Apple's most downloaded app
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Meta's new Threads, a rival for X, is now Apple's most downloaded app
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Re: Meta's new Threads, a rival for X, is now Apple's most downloaded app
#2Why tho
I mean, really. Who is on there? What’s the incentive to switch to threads? I understand going to a federated mastodon instance, but this?
Re: Meta's new Threads, a rival for X, is now Apple's most downloaded app
#3I have a feeling the biggest blunder Musk made isn't verbal gaffes, but renaming Twitter to X. He basically gave business away to Meta on silver platter.
Re: Meta's new Threads, a rival for X, is now Apple's most downloaded app
#4Why tho I mean, really. Who is on there? What’s the incentive to switch to threads? I understand going to a federated mastodon instance, but this?
Nothing involving the words “federated mastodon instance” is ever going to reach #1 on the App Store.
Re: Meta's new Threads, a rival for X, is now Apple's most downloaded app
#5I have a feeling the biggest blunder Musk made isn't verbal gaffes, but renaming Twitter to X. He basically gave business away to Meta on silver platter.
Absolutely this. One of the dumbest things he’s ever done.
Re: Meta's new Threads, a rival for X, is now Apple's most downloaded app
#6It’s because they just launched Europe.
Re: Meta's new Threads, a rival for X, is now Apple's most downloaded app
#7It’s because they just launched Europe.
Yep, that's what TFA says.
Re: Meta's new Threads, a rival for X, is now Apple's most downloaded app
#8I have a feeling the biggest blunder Musk made isn't verbal gaffes, but renaming Twitter to X. He basically gave business away to Meta on silver platter.
Which is even funnier when you know he tried to rename PayPal to X before and got fired over this abysmal idea.
Re: Meta's new Threads, a rival for X, is now Apple's most downloaded app
#9Why tho I mean, really. Who is on there? What’s the incentive to switch to threads? I understand going to a federated mastodon instance, but this?
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Re: Meta's new Threads, a rival for X, is now Apple's most downloaded app
#10Why tho I mean, really. Who is on there? What’s the incentive to switch to threads? I understand going to a federated mastodon instance, but this?
Most peeps I know already have the insta account, so while the incentive to switch isn't very high, the friction to do so is very low.