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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

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Why 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?

I would imagine all those millions of non-tech people in their middle age that use fb on a daily basis.

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Why 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?

> I mean, really. Who is on there?

141 million people and 33 million DAU in less than 6 months.

So basically already about 15 times more than Mastodon, which was released 7 years ago.

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I'm sick and tired of getting notifications about Threads when I'm on Instagram.

The notifications are very hard and sometimes impossible to turn off. I like Instagram, but I couldn't care less about Threads. Being forced to get these notifications constantly gives me a strong urge to nuke my profiles on both apps.

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I 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.

For anyone who wants to know more: https://mashable.com/article/musk-x-twitter-paypal

Re: Meta's new Threads, a rival for X, is now Apple's most downloaded app

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Why 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?

> I mean, really. Who is on there? 141 million people and 33 million DAU in less than 6 months. So basically already about 15 times more than Mastodon, which was released 7 years ago.

Are they actually posting anything?

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I mean, really. Who is on there? 141 million people and 33 million DAU in less than 6 months. So basically already about 15 times more than Mastodon, which was released 7 years ago.

Are they actually posting anything?

Great point! No, is the answer. There hasn’t been a single post yet. X is the only place where people post.

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post #12
post #2

Why 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?

> I mean, really. Who is on there? 141 million people and 33 million DAU in less than 6 months. So basically already about 15 times more than Mastodon, which was released 7 years ago.

That's still an apples-to-oranges comparison since Facebook made it trivial to onboard to from in the Instagram app and made sure that lots of mainstream celebrities (and more importantly, advertisers) were posting there from the beginning.

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Why 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?

I use it because I actually get engagement on it, and it’s always positive. When I post something, I can expect feedback. When I reply to a post, I can expect to have a pleasant conversation. None of this has ever happened on Twitter. I can @ industry experts and get a reply for help, I am surrounded by people who post about interesting things and who are interested in the things I talk about. Sure every now and then there’s some negative or off putting content, that’s always gonna happen in a system like this, but I can easily just mute and move on.

Re: Meta's new Threads, a rival for X, is now Apple's most downloaded app

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I mean, really. Who is on there? 141 million people and 33 million DAU in less than 6 months. So basically already about 15 times more than Mastodon, which was released 7 years ago.

That's still an apples-to-oranges comparison since Facebook made it trivial to onboard to from in the Instagram app and made sure that lots of mainstream celebrities (and more importantly, advertisers) were posting there from the beginning.

Not really - They are both selling apples (i.e. a similar product) but one has a competitive advantage (i.e. ease of onboarding, advertiser revenue and content from celebrities). The the product is still mostly the same while the go-to-market strategy has been different.

It's more like an apples-to-apples comparison, but one company is selling apples in a small market stall and the other is Walmart.

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