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

Re: Threads has 10M sign ups in seven hours

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

intsunny wrote: post #9

Given that Threads requires an app, and the app requires obscene permissions (health, etc) ... its hard not to think that Meta can't escape their set ways and this app is doomed to fail. The app serves Meta more than it does the public.

By your logic, is Instagram a failure too? Its just those same permissions.

Re: Threads has 10M sign ups in seven hours

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Post by activiation » Thu, Jul 06, 2023, 8:07 AM UTC

waihtis wrote: post #8

activiation wrote: post #2

No web app means I won't even look at it.

you are so far in the niche in today's internet userbase it will not matter

It doesnt to Facebook but it doesnt matter to me either... You would have to pay me to install a Facebook app.

Re: Threads has 10M sign ups in seven hours

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Post by triyambakam » Thu, Jul 06, 2023, 8:08 AM UTC

waihtis wrote: post #8

activiation wrote: post #2

No web app means I won't even look at it.

you are so far in the niche in today's internet userbase it will not matter

User base if the West, but not predominantly the world

Re: Threads has 10M sign ups in seven hours

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Post by Semaphor » Thu, Jul 06, 2023, 8:09 AM UTC

activiation wrote: post #2

No web app means I won't even look at it.

> No web app means I won't even look at it.

It means I can’t even look at it as the app is not available in my region (Europe) :D But I guess I’ll be okay, if today is any indication, I’ll get the play-by-play on both Hacker News, and Lemmy …

Re: Threads has 10M sign ups in seven hours

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Post by berkle4455 » Thu, Jul 06, 2023, 8:10 AM UTC

activiation wrote: post #2

No web app means I won't even look at it.

Twitter is going to end up with app-only soon. You can authenticate users with device attestation on an app and you can't on a website. That's how Twitter is going to avoid bots and scrapers.

Re: Threads has 10M sign ups in seven hours

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Post by enqk » Thu, Jul 06, 2023, 8:11 AM UTC

How many bots?

Re: Threads has 10M sign ups in seven hours

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Post by ablation » Thu, Jul 06, 2023, 8:12 AM UTC

Only being able to see the global firehose is deeply unpleasant. Despite selecting to follow my Instagram followers at sign-up, I am instead greeted with that plus... everyone? Or just Meta's hand-picked verified early-adopters? It's so noisy as to be useless right now.

Re: Threads has 10M sign ups in seven hours

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Post by jsnell » Thu, Jul 06, 2023, 8:12 AM UTC

intsunny wrote: post #9

Given that Threads requires an app, and the app requires obscene permissions (health, etc) ... its hard not to think that Meta can't escape their set ways and this app is doomed to fail. The app serves Meta more than it does the public.

I believe you're misunderstanding the privacy labels. They're not permissions. Installing the app grants Meta no additional access for collecting e.g. health data. What it's saying is merely that if they already have it, they might use that data in this app.

Re: Threads has 10M sign ups in seven hours

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Post by spaceman_2020 » Thu, Jul 06, 2023, 8:12 AM UTC

Half my feed is filled with people sharing their Threads profiles.

While I don’t think Meta has the culture to foster the kind of chaotic insanity that goes on at Twitter, Musk better up his game - this is a far more serious mainstream contender than the Fediverse.

Re: Threads has 10M sign ups in seven hours

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Post by unsupp0rted » Thu, Jul 06, 2023, 8:12 AM UTC

jackdh wrote: post #10

Seems like it might be starting to fall over, trying to load https://www.threads.net/@zuck times out.

Surely this is due to Zuckerberg’s poor leadership and inevitable upcoming demise.

I say this sarcastically because that was the narrative whenever Twitter has had load issues.