Threads, an Instagram app

Post by iopq » Tue, Jul 04, 2023, 10:19 AM UTC

threeseed wrote: post #123

u2077 wrote: post #100

Look at that app privacy report. I didn’t expect anything less from Meta. Let’s hope they aren’t using all our Mastodon accounts for advertising too.

Well I for one am actually looking forward to relevant ads. On Twitter I've been shown everything from industrial mining supplies, nipple covers, psychology research papers, super yachts, home shopping network junk and just now an ad for an oral dosing technology conference.

Post by FranzFerdiNaN » Tue, Jul 04, 2023, 10:20 AM UTC

mrweasel wrote: post #597

rhaway84773 wrote: post #269

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I think the Instagram branding is deliberate. Instagram is not a heavy political brand. This will attract the less controversial groups )like bird watchers) that generate great revenue while keeping out the controversial political ones that are massive money pits.

> I think the Instagram branding is deliberate. I think so to, which says a lot about Meta. They understand full well that the Facebook brand is tarnished, irrelevant, or at the very least "old hat". You couldn't launch a new product under the Facebook brand if you wanted to. The brand under which they launch isn't relevant though, they aren't going to compete with Twitter. The users they'd need to lure over are well…

Post by iopq » Tue, Jul 04, 2023, 10:28 AM UTC

ciabattabread wrote: post #74

akavi wrote: post #33

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The number of people who have even heard of "federation" or "Mastodon" is a vanishingly small fraction of the target audience for this app. Why waste precious page space on it?

And if it is compatible with Mastodon, that audience will do all the advertising themselves.

Post by madeofpalk » Tue, Jul 04, 2023, 10:28 AM UTC

d3nj4l wrote: post #112

berberous wrote: post #84

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I take no view on whether Elon will be successful on making Twitter more profitable. But as a user -- and someone that typically supports Elon -- I have to say he's made the app subjectively worse IMO. I find the "For You" page and algorithm to boost more "junk" content than before. I used to find it interesting, now it feels like scrolling through Instagram meme pages. I'm at the point where I am thinking of uninsta…

Sorry your For You page sucks, but that's a you problem. My For You page is excellent - I see mostly the kind of tweets I like, and when I see a tweet I don't like I tap the not interested button. I actually love the new FYP way more than the old home feed, and the option to switch to the chronological "Followed" feed is more visible than before.

Post by FranzFerdiNaN » Tue, Jul 04, 2023, 10:30 AM UTC

justinhj wrote: post #606

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…

This would be about the tenth death of Twitter proclaimed loudly and confidently on this very site. Meanwhile Twitter’s popularity continues to grow. Good luck with this one.