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Instagram Threads triples downloads in December, reaching top; X falls to #36

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Re: Instagram Threads triples downloads in December, reaching top; X falls to #36

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Post by mgiannopoulos »

bogomipz wrote: post #68
monetus wrote: post #33

Twitter isn't focused on being a microblogging platform anymore, and X has a branding problem worse than that papa John's guy, John Schnatter. I like mastodon, but it has been described as going to a quiet restaurant only to be handed a meat cleaver and an oven. Bluesky's interface is clunky, slow by comparison. It is run by Jack Dorsey who, bless his good intentions, doesn't inspire faith in his management of a good…

>"Twitter isn't focused on being a microblogging platform anymore, and X has a branding problem worse than that papa John's guy, John Schnatter." It is amusing that accessing "X formerly known as Twitter" by typing "x.com" in a browser still resolves to twitter.com. Is there a reason that a CEO who is unbothered by abrupt and radical changes can't or won't retire the twitter.com domain? Is there a practical reason fo…

Obviously there is a ton of technical debt involved and the devs convinced Musk not to deal with it yet. If they had hardcoded data center names , you can imagine what goes on with the domain.

Re: Instagram Threads triples downloads in December, reaching top; X falls to #36

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Post by rsynnott »

ikt wrote: post #79
monetus wrote: post #33

Twitter isn't focused on being a microblogging platform anymore, and X has a branding problem worse than that papa John's guy, John Schnatter. I like mastodon, but it has been described as going to a quiet restaurant only to be handed a meat cleaver and an oven. Bluesky's interface is clunky, slow by comparison. It is run by Jack Dorsey who, bless his good intentions, doesn't inspire faith in his management of a good…

> I like mastodon, but it has been described as going to a quiet restaurant only to be handed a meat cleaver and an oven. I like how a non-algo'd website is now basically being described as a massive pain

Suppose it depends on what you're used to. I started using Twitter in 2007 (no algorithm) and moved to accessing it pretty much exclusively by third party app by around 2010, and I bailed out shortly before Naughty ol' Mr Car killed the API, so I've ~no direct exposure to The Algorithm(TM); Mastodon thus suited me fine. But if you're used to an algorithm, I suppose Threads may suit better.

Re: Instagram Threads triples downloads in December, reaching top; X falls to #36

#83

Post by rsynnott »

bogomipz wrote: post #68
monetus wrote: post #33

Twitter isn't focused on being a microblogging platform anymore, and X has a branding problem worse than that papa John's guy, John Schnatter. I like mastodon, but it has been described as going to a quiet restaurant only to be handed a meat cleaver and an oven. Bluesky's interface is clunky, slow by comparison. It is run by Jack Dorsey who, bless his good intentions, doesn't inspire faith in his management of a good…

>"Twitter isn't focused on being a microblogging platform anymore, and X has a branding problem worse than that papa John's guy, John Schnatter." It is amusing that accessing "X formerly known as Twitter" by typing "x.com" in a browser still resolves to twitter.com. Is there a reason that a CEO who is unbothered by abrupt and radical changes can't or won't retire the twitter.com domain? Is there a practical reason fo…

Wouldn't amaze me if at least one of the major downtimes they've had has been an attempt to do this.

Re: Instagram Threads triples downloads in December, reaching top; X falls to #36

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Post by ikt »

rsynnott wrote: post #82
ikt wrote: post #79

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I like mastodon, but it has been described as going to a quiet restaurant only to be handed a meat cleaver and an oven. I like how a non-algo'd website is now basically being described as a massive pain

Suppose it depends on what you're used to. I started using Twitter in 2007 (no algorithm) and moved to accessing it pretty much exclusively by third party app by around 2010, and I bailed out shortly before Naughty ol' Mr Car killed the API, so I've ~no direct exposure to The Algorithm(TM); Mastodon thus suited me fine. But if you're used to an algorithm, I suppose Threads may suit better.

I wonder if the internet is splitting in two, those you interact with and those you doomscroll?

Re: Instagram Threads triples downloads in December, reaching top; X falls to #36

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Post by ethanbond »

uptownfunk wrote: post #72

Huge X reader, actually used it more since Elon took it over and even more after reading the bio. One of the best things to come out for American democracy. Very clear he is being targeted especially after the ridiculous Delaware ruling.

The ridiculous Delaware ruling being the one where they found “if you sign a contract you are legally bound to its terms?”

Quite an exotic and ridiculous ruling lol

Re: Instagram Threads triples downloads in December, reaching top; X falls to #36

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Post by ethanbond »

kbar13 wrote: post #6

i am way more curious about threads than any of the other social media networks simply because i use ig quite a bit and they do a good job of surfacing threads posts in your ig feed

Yeah this is why Threads will win. They have unlimited shots on goal due to being able to nudge users from IG over to threads literally billions of times per day. It can be bad one week, or month, or year, and they’ll still eventually get most IG users onto it. It doesn’t suffer from the “eh nothing for me here, I’m never coming back” problem that most other new networks do.

Re: Instagram Threads triples downloads in December, reaching top; X falls to #36

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Post by mgiannopoulos »

monetus wrote: post #33

Twitter isn't focused on being a microblogging platform anymore, and X has a branding problem worse than that papa John's guy, John Schnatter. I like mastodon, but it has been described as going to a quiet restaurant only to be handed a meat cleaver and an oven. Bluesky's interface is clunky, slow by comparison. It is run by Jack Dorsey who, bless his good intentions, doesn't inspire faith in his management of a good…

What features are missing from Twitter to be a better microblogging platform?

Re: Instagram Threads triples downloads in December, reaching top; X falls to #36

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Post by hn1986 »

ncphillips wrote: post #3

Google+ also had enormous early growth, but I don’t know anyone who used it beyond a test run. So far it’s been the same with Threads in my circle. Does downloads really tell us much or is it just a vanity metric?

The trajectory of Threads has been going up. They reached 100M MAU and that was before the EU launch.

I mainly like it for some of the cool communities active there (NBA and photography). and news is pretty good too

Re: Instagram Threads triples downloads in December, reaching top; X falls to #36

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Post by hn1986 »

ncphillips wrote: post #3

Google+ also had enormous early growth, but I don’t know anyone who used it beyond a test run. So far it’s been the same with Threads in my circle. Does downloads really tell us much or is it just a vanity metric?

130 million monthly active users.. it's fairly big now https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/01/threads-now-reaches-more-1...
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