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Re: Threads, an Instagram app

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Post by gochi »

robertwt7 wrote: post #145

Twitter will take a big hit from this.. given the current situation, will reddit take a big hit as well? it's definitely an interesting time where both blue bird and reddit users are looking for alternatives. Meta has a good track record of running social app, this can be a really successful product with the launch timing if the app fulfil the mass requirements from both sides

Reddit will continue to take several hits from their own weird decisions, I don't see how Threads will have much of an impact there. Not unless they start repurposing Facebook Groups features to encourage that same sort of community aspect to topics.

Re: Threads, an Instagram app

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Post by john_max_1 »

When was the last time, Facebook launched a successful standalone product?

  - WhatsApp - acqusition
  - Instagram - acquistion
  - Messenger - acquisition
  - Oculus - acquisition
Facebook has DNA to optimize feeds. It, simply, lack the DNA to build good products from scratch. My gut feeling no one will care about Threads, 6 months from now.

EDIT:

  - Facebook was all-in on cryptocurrencies. The project is fully gone.
  - Facebook was all-in on Messenger as a platform. The project is gone as well.
  - Facebook also launched dating a few years back. That project is dead too.
  - Someone pointed out in comments that Feed & Like as a concept was also based out of an acquisition called FriendFeed - https://techcrunch.com/2009/08/10/facebook-acquires-friendfeed/

Re: Threads, an Instagram app

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Post by dlivingston »

uptownfunk wrote: post #69

Interesting product moves. Reinforce insta as a “platform” where features are now labeled as “apps”. Continues to reinforce engagement metrics at insta app level, so big win politically for the insta org inside meta. I’m sure a lot of promos coming down next cycle. Also very easy user acquisition since it piggy backs on existing insta user base. Insta maps more to the public facing vibe that Twitter does, whereas Fac…

> ...it may leach away engagement from Twitter, so probably not very favorable for Twitter stock price.

Fortunately Twitter is privately owned, so I think they will escape the market reactions this time. :)

Re: Threads, an Instagram app

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Post by 111111IIIIIII »

mullingitover wrote: post #93

I'm calling it now, this is going to hollow out twitter in extremely rapid fashion. I give twitter a couple of months once this launches, they'll do a Wile E Coyote where they walk off the cliff, followed by plummeting. Meta is going to grind the blue bird to a fine powder, not saying this as a Meta fan, just a casual observer. There's massive pent-up demand for an alternative, and so far Bluesky and Mastodon haven't…

Twitter will persist as long as Journalists stay on it, and everyone paying attention knows that, including Musk.

Re: Threads, an Instagram app

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Post by mtrpcic »

john_max_1 wrote: post #172

When was the last time, Facebook launched a successful standalone product? - WhatsApp - acqusition - Instagram - acquistion - Messenger - acquisition - Oculus - acquisition Facebook has DNA to optimize feeds. It, simply, lack the DNA to build good products from scratch. My gut feeling no one will care about Threads, 6 months from now. EDIT: - Facebook was all-in on cryptocurrencies. The project is fully gone. - Faceb…

All of your examples are unique, distinct separate product and problem spaces, whereas Threads is pretty aligned with Instagram as-is. A lot of the plumbing for Instagram is likely reusable for threads, and a lot of the same optimization techniques might apply just as well (or with minor tweaks). I don't think this is as much "launch something new" as it is "instagram with a mask on".

Re: Threads, an Instagram app

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Post by partiallypro »

elforce002 wrote: post #103
ciabattabread wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Twitter’s gonna be a ghost town soon the way it’s trending. Instagram is providing a lifeboat, and it’s a known quantity of “evil”. Compared to whatever the heck Musk is doing.

So, on one side we have twitter with its crazy policies and on the other side we have fb with its "content moderation guidelines". I don't think you'll see much change since Twitter is twitter because of conflict. That's the reason twitter "replacements" aren't successful: Echo chambers for each faction.

I do wonder if Threads will allow rather graphic videos like Twitter does. If it doesn't it will not do well. War videos from Ukraine have been extremely important, and Facebook will need to allow much raunchier and sometimes downright NSFL content to truly be a replacement especially to be relevant to current events which is the main selling point of Twitter for most people.

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Re: Threads, an Instagram app

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Post by NelsonMinar »

Banditoz wrote: post #134

I'm not too familiar with mobile app dev but why is the app 254 MB? I just compiled a 3rd-party Android Reddit app with a different oauth client_id and the apk was 18 MB. What are they packing in there?!

Android apps are significantly smaller than iOS apps.
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