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Re: Threads, an Instagram app

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Post by dahwolf »

coolandsmartrr wrote: post #130

Reminds me of how Instagram absorbed Snapchat usecases with stories. Instagram tackled the competition for ephemeral stories simply by implementing Stories as a feature. This time, Threads is a fully fledged app. Getting users to adopt a new app might take as much time as getting Messenger installed. Still, Instagram has a robust social graph to lead users towards downloading it. In fact, they seem to have already on…

"It will probably pain me to see the diaspora of users among many microblogging services."

Not just you, every publisher, influencer, notable person, institute that uses social media to broadcast information to large groups of people.

Re: Threads, an Instagram app

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Post by hbn »

kadomony wrote: post #841

Maybe it’s me, but I would have just made this a core expansion of Instagram and had a photo feed and a thread feed that you can easily change between. Pick your default. Seems dumb to have two different apps, both branded “Instagram”.

Eh I prefer their approach. Instagram already has too much crap in it, so adding a twitter clone into it would just be one more thing to bulk up Instagram, and from the Threads point of view, I'd like a new Twitter clone to be simple and dedicated, not a feature slapped onto the side of the Instagram app.

It seems this thing's only real association to Instagram is that you use your IG account to login, and they already have your social graph to import if you want to.

Re: Threads, an Instagram app

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Post by dahwolf »

astrange wrote: post #316
jdworrells wrote: post #78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

From a user on a small mastodon instance, no thank you. Admins of the smaller, more colorful, and technical instances are already getting ready to actively block and defederate as necessary. We don't want or need Meta bringing their digital typhoid to the fediverse.

One reason I haven't started Mastodon is that I don't want my experience to be ruled by self-righteous egotistical reddit mods. It's better for users when the admins are professional and checked out.

If only you were so lucky, Mastodon admins are way worse.

Not only might they mod at will in the way reddit mods do, Mastodon admins take it several steps further by bothering other instance mods about their moderation. And then yet another step: whom they federate with. They'll form little secret discord channels where they gather and form cancellation pacts on entire instances, based on a whim.

Re: Threads, an Instagram app

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Post by rurp »

schultzie wrote: post #398
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…

> Facebook was all-in on cryptocurrencies. The project is fully gone. For what it's worth, their cryptocurrency project is absolutely NOT gone. It's gone in the Facebook-ownership sense (in that it was barred from continuing the project by the SEC (?)), but the code and teams are absolutely still iterating on what began at Facebook. Aptos, Sui, and 0L are all projects that have launched to fanfare within the last yea…

Getting blocked by the government was hardly a black swan event; it was a major risk factor. Facebook absolutely has the lobbyists and political connections to have a good understanding of the risk, as well as have some influence on it.

They got it wrong in this case. It happens, but Facebook doesn't deserve a complete pass for chasing a high profile project that ended up being a dead end for them.

Re: Threads, an Instagram app

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Post by jonesnc »

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…

I'm not sure what you mean that Messenger as a platform is gone. I still use their messaging app all the time, is that not the same thing?

Re: Threads, an Instagram app

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Post by lolsal »

sangnoir wrote: post #908
lolsal wrote: post #833

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Make sure you note all of the data they link to you in the privacy section. This app is no different from instagram or fb in that regard.

Is Twitter better?

I don’t know, I don’t use any of there services. I just noticed on the app page that Threads will request what looks like everything.

Re: Threads, an Instagram app

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Post by frankacter »

devnullbrain wrote: post #672
snowwrestler wrote: post #282

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Groups has also slowly become a killer feature of FB. There are very strong niche communities there; it’s a direct competitor to Reddit in that way. It’s pretty much the only reason I keep opening the FB app, but it is enough to keep me opening it.

When I read others on HN talk about the Facebook experience it often feels like they have a completely foreign viewpoint to you and me. When I open Facebook, I don't see ranting family members. I see half a dozen groups and pages full of or operated by people I don't know.

That's a byproduct of pages you've liked, people you follow and groups you've joined. Beyond that, content you've engaged with.

Take time to prune and shape your network. Unfollow people / brands you have no interest, friend/follow those you do. Maybe join a group that matches your interests or local community groups.

Kind of like clutter in your house, taking time to clean up as your interests evolve, or to some extent undo sins of the past, can make for a better experience.

The last point is that they show you more of what you engage with. So if you want to see more friends and family, actively seek them out and engage and they'll start being more prominent.

Re: Threads, an Instagram app

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Post by Tiktaalik »

There's an enormous advantage here in getting people to pivot to this new app in that so many already have an instagram id.

If fbook can somehow persuade a few important influencers to switch over on launch day that could get a bunch of instagram using twitter users to download.

I'd love to see Blue Sky get traction, but I have to imagine that various government agencies that are looking for a new service to use for their communications are going to be more comfortable pivoting to a Meta product than some new startup.

Re: Threads, an Instagram app

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Post by john_max_1 »

jonesnc wrote: post #925
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…

I'm not sure what you mean that Messenger as a platform is gone. I still use their messaging app all the time, is that not the same thing?

Various bots, for example, Ordering Uber, sharing Spotify playlists, and other such obscure use-cases that only Facebook employees would engage in.

https://about.fb.com/news/2016/04/messenger-platform-at-f8/

Re: Threads, an Instagram app

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Post by bobbylarrybobby »

dbish wrote: post #594
foooorsyth wrote: post #566

Anyone interested in talking about the product decisions instead of Musk/Zuck hate? - Interesting that they went with a stand-alone app instead of baking this into IG like they did with Stories (which killed Snap overnight). I wonder how much they’ll advertise the download inside of IG. - Can’t say I like the name. Doesn’t evoke much emotion in me. The term “thread” is rarely used by normies without the word “Twitter…

I think it's "@" not "a", like @ , which makes sense to me.

You're probably right, but they made the loop turn the wrong way.
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