Threads, an Instagram app

Post by alvis » Thu, Jul 06, 2023, 5:37 AM UTC

niutech wrote: post #941

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…

Did you know that Instagram had previously got Threads app, which was closed in 2021? ( https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/17/22787783/instagram-threa... ) Also Threads is a messaging app ( https://threads.com ). Isn't it a trademark violation?

Post by prithvip » Thu, Jul 06, 2023, 7:02 AM UTC

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…

Post by jansan » Thu, Jul 06, 2023, 10:18 AM UTC

netheril96 wrote: post #620

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 don't like the name "Threads" either. Probably because I'm a programmer.

Post by dartharva » Thu, Jul 06, 2023, 11:46 AM UTC

quadcore wrote: post #73

duncan-donuts wrote: post #4

Big signals that Musk made a lot of mistakes with twitter if Meta scrambled to ship a competitor like this. I don’t use Twitter so I won’t use this either but it’ll be interesting to see if the instagram folks can take this market from twitter.

Musk made a lot of mistakes with twitter Now call me crazy but I disagree. I think - or rather I feel - he's doing an excelent job somehow. He's doing what other executives are afraid to do: he's building and building requires some walls to be hammered down ; and yeah this makes some noise and smoke. He's moving fast and breaking things (if you'd excuse the easy punt). To me, what he's doing is exciting and I think t…

Post by zeroonetwothree » Thu, Jul 06, 2023, 1:41 PM UTC

brian_cloutier wrote: post #722

tharax wrote: post #719

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think a government blocking a project from existing is by definition a failure. And it also shows that cryptocurrency projects will always be at the mercy of the whims of government(s).

This feature is not unique to cryptocurrency. Governments are our mechanism for deciding what is and is not allowed.