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Re: How meta built the infrastructure for Threads

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Post by dieortin »

puttycat wrote: post #44
JW_00000 wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The article states the exact opposite: "A small, nimble team of engineers built Threads over the course of only five months of technical work" while it "garner[ed] over 100 million sign ups in its first five days". According to the article linked there, there were (up to) 60 engineers in the team. That's 300 person-months, or 25 person-years.

Ok, so 25 person years for copying someone else’s product in the most uninspiring way.

Meta also blatantly copied other stuff, like Instagram stories. That doesn’t mean those are not the most successful now.

Re: How meta built the infrastructure for Threads

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Post by nimbius »

itslennysfault wrote: post #83

I'm kinda loving the obvious "X" shills in the comments coming just to declare Threads dead. It is literally the 2nd most downloaded app in the AppStore (was #1 for a bit, but Temu is seemingly unstoppable). Personally, it has become my preferred social media platform. It's overflowing with content and I check in on it several times a day, and have been really enjoying the community that is emerging. It DOES however…

>It is literally the 2nd most downloaded app in the AppStore

when you push it relentlessly in the facebook app its kind of hard for it not to become #2 overnight.

I give threads eight months before its either riddled with the same trash boomer content as Facebook, or devolves into X in a desperate attempt to emulate its former success. This is less of an innovation for Facebook and more of a convenient pivot now that theyve run out of gas entirely as a social media platform.

Re: How meta built the infrastructure for Threads

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Post by brightball »

itslennysfault wrote: post #83

I'm kinda loving the obvious "X" shills in the comments coming just to declare Threads dead. It is literally the 2nd most downloaded app in the AppStore (was #1 for a bit, but Temu is seemingly unstoppable). Personally, it has become my preferred social media platform. It's overflowing with content and I check in on it several times a day, and have been really enjoying the community that is emerging. It DOES however…

I had some experience with this after setting up social media accounts for a conference that I took over in March.

LinkedIn is beating them all, significantly. Instagram is next, which surprised me all little. After that it was X and then finally YouTube, which didn't have any content until September so it will likely/hopefully overtake some soon.

Threads AND Facebook have been kinda terrible. We just shuttered the Threads account and probably getting ready to do the same for the Facebook account. Threads just picked up some followers from Instagram after the initial launch.

Mastodon has a low follower count, but solid engagement among the followers who are there at least. Keeping that one around longer.

We may try Bluesky at some point and I'll continue remaining open to trying new things as they come out, but nothing made me optimistic about Threads from our trial so far.

Here's the report: https://twitter.com/CodesCarolina/status/1744410822720303348

Re: How meta built the infrastructure for Threads

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Post by modeless »

itslennysfault wrote: post #83

I'm kinda loving the obvious "X" shills in the comments coming just to declare Threads dead. It is literally the 2nd most downloaded app in the AppStore (was #1 for a bit, but Temu is seemingly unstoppable). Personally, it has become my preferred social media platform. It's overflowing with content and I check in on it several times a day, and have been really enjoying the community that is emerging. It DOES however…

My threads feed started OK at launch but now is a wasteland of pointless rage bait and r/antiwork style content. I'm sure it's popular but it's not what I want to read.

On X I get mostly informative ML and robotics content. Of course it took some curation and liberal use of the "Mute Words" feature to get there. But I just don't think that content is there on Threads.

My go-to example of why I don't like what's happening on Threads is Jeff Bezos's last post: https://www.threads.net/@jeffbezos/post/CyFInFjrRxs/?igshid=... The replies are an absolute cesspool. Everything people used to accuse Twitter of being and more.

Re: How meta built the infrastructure for Threads

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Post by brightball »

modeless wrote: post #95
itslennysfault wrote: post #83

I'm kinda loving the obvious "X" shills in the comments coming just to declare Threads dead. It is literally the 2nd most downloaded app in the AppStore (was #1 for a bit, but Temu is seemingly unstoppable). Personally, it has become my preferred social media platform. It's overflowing with content and I check in on it several times a day, and have been really enjoying the community that is emerging. It DOES however…

My threads feed started OK at launch but now is a wasteland of pointless rage bait and r/antiwork style content. I'm sure it's popular but it's not what I want to read. On X I get mostly informative ML and robotics content. Of course it took some curation and liberal use of the "Mute Words" feature to get there. But I just don't think that content is there on Threads. My go-to example of why I don't like what's happe…

> wasteland of pointless rage bait

This was also my experience.

Re: How meta built the infrastructure for Threads

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Post by mrguyorama »

brightball wrote: post #96
modeless wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My threads feed started OK at launch but now is a wasteland of pointless rage bait and r/antiwork style content. I'm sure it's popular but it's not what I want to read. On X I get mostly informative ML and robotics content. Of course it took some curation and liberal use of the "Mute Words" feature to get there. But I just don't think that content is there on Threads. My go-to example of why I don't like what's happe…

> wasteland of pointless rage bait This was also my experience.

So it's exactly what Twitter people wanted it to be?

Re: How meta built the infrastructure for Threads

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Post by modeless »

mrguyorama wrote: post #97
brightball wrote: post #96

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> wasteland of pointless rage bait This was also my experience.

So it's exactly what Twitter people wanted it to be?

It seems to be what happens when a bunch of people whose common trait is hatred of Elon Musk come together to start a community.

Re: How meta built the infrastructure for Threads

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Post by CharlesW »

modeless wrote: post #95
itslennysfault wrote: post #83

I'm kinda loving the obvious "X" shills in the comments coming just to declare Threads dead. It is literally the 2nd most downloaded app in the AppStore (was #1 for a bit, but Temu is seemingly unstoppable). Personally, it has become my preferred social media platform. It's overflowing with content and I check in on it several times a day, and have been really enjoying the community that is emerging. It DOES however…

My threads feed started OK at launch but now is a wasteland of pointless rage bait and r/antiwork style content. I'm sure it's popular but it's not what I want to read. On X I get mostly informative ML and robotics content. Of course it took some curation and liberal use of the "Mute Words" feature to get there. But I just don't think that content is there on Threads. My go-to example of why I don't like what's happe…

> My threads feed started OK at launch but now is a wasteland of pointless rage bait and r/antiwork style content. I'm sure it's popular but it's not what I want to read.

FWIW, you don't have to use Threads' "For You" feed (the equivalent of X's algorithmic feed) at all. But if you like the kismet of seeing other posts, blocking liberally will sort that out.

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