It seems it's once again time for the HN elite to declare Threads dead because they personally don't use it or know anyone in their amazing inner circle who uses it. This will surely be the year of the Linux desktop!
Instagram Threads triples downloads in December, reaching top; X falls to #36
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#42It seems it's once again time for the HN elite to declare Threads dead because they personally don't use it or know anyone in their amazing inner circle who uses it. This will surely be the year of the Linux desktop!
I don’t know anyone who uses Web3. It’s just a useless technology searching for a solution. All that growth in adoption is fake, I am sure of it.
Threads is as bad as Web3. Clearly no one wants it. Just wait…
Re: Instagram Threads triples downloads in December, reaching top; X falls to #36
#43Earlier quoted context omitted.
The difference is this is tightly coupled with Instagram which is one of the most active networks already and they can easily cross pollinate the two for a long time and keep sucking up people who get fed up with Twitter.
How is it tightly coupled with Instagram?
Frictionless importing of following/follower profiles. Frictionless account creation. Threads nudges in instagram feed, and prompts in Instagram menus about unread thread posts..
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#44I do not know anyone that uses threads, and 1/2 the people in this thread are talking it up because they hate everything about Elon Musk.
We wont be using/talking about threads in 2 years. If you disagree, lets bet.
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#45Who is downloading threads? Haven't read or heard any talk on it in months. To be fair, I am far removed from the meta ecosystem.
The most obvious answer is people who can't stand Tucker Carlson or Alex Jones types. Lots of high profile political accounts have moved over from X. In the politics vein, lots of Ukrainian and Ukraine watchers as well, oddly enough. Aside from that, some machine learning accounts are pretty decent and have a growing community. - my 2¢
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#46It seems it's once again time for the HN elite to declare Threads dead because they personally don't use it or know anyone in their amazing inner circle who uses it. This will surely be the year of the Linux desktop!
I don’t know anyone who uses Web3. It’s just a useless technology searching for a solution. All that growth in adoption is fake, I am sure of it. Threads is as bad as Web3. Clearly no one wants it. Just wait…
Chris Dixon is still pumping it!
Re: Instagram Threads triples downloads in December, reaching top; X falls to #36
#47I think if we were to see an X killer I’d much sooner predict Substack does it. I was sleeping on Substack a bit but it has many of the positive qualities of Twitter with many of the downsides removed: * Notes are a short form platform but Substack itself is more long form centric. A huge problem of Twitter was excessive short form creates emphasis on snappy talking points over substance, but Substack more naturally…
Substack has loads of real businesses 100% dependent on the platform, which is an incredible asset for the network as a whole. These are run by people that are going to fight hard to make Substack a valuable service.
This is something that Twitter never quite figured out, though Facebook has to a certain extent with Pages.
Re: Instagram Threads triples downloads in December, reaching top; X falls to #36
#48We need a HN exclusive Musk Bingo game.
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#49Who is downloading threads? Haven't read or heard any talk on it in months. To be fair, I am far removed from the meta ecosystem.
I'm prevented from using it because I don't have an instagram account and I don't really want to download another app to sign up for this one.
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#50I find X unusable with all the gore and shock content that makes its way into my feed.