Bluesky is on the verge of overtaking Threads in all the ways that matter
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Re: Bluesky is on the verge of overtaking Threads in all the ways that matter
#2> Meta-owned Threads started November with 5 times the daily app users of Bluesky. That number is now down to just 1.5.
Is this because Threads is fading into obscurity and has fewer daily app users than their peak, and Bluesky has a bit more than they had before in November?
Today are either within an order of magnitude of X?
Re: Bluesky is on the verge of overtaking Threads in all the ways that matter
#3For all the ways that matter, find a more meaningful bar.
Re: Bluesky is on the verge of overtaking Threads in all the ways that matter
#4How is Threads? I keep getting ads to push me to join it on Instagram, but whatever they recommend me via those ads is usually vapid Linkedin-type drivel. And I can’t see it on phone without the app.
Re: Bluesky is on the verge of overtaking Threads in all the ways that matter
#5> overtaking Threads
So the lowest bar possibly imaginable?
Re: Bluesky is on the verge of overtaking Threads in all the ways that matter
#6Is it all the ways that matter? The author mentions one way, DAU. Sure, that is important but I can think of other things that matter. The number of “creator” accounts matters just as much as the number of lurkers.
From my experience Bluesky is way better and has respect for the user’s choice front and center. Lists of users to follow is a first-class citizen feature. Their algorithm is a chronological feed, not boosting engagement bait.
Re: Bluesky is on the verge of overtaking Threads in all the ways that matter
#7> Meta-owned Threads started November with 5 times the daily app users of Bluesky. That number is now down to just 1.5. Is this because Threads is fading into obscurity and has fewer daily app users than their peak, and Bluesky has a bit more than they had before in November? Today are either within an order of magnitude of X?
> Is this because Threads is fading into obscurity and has fewer daily app users than their peak, and Bluesky has a bit more than they had before in November?
Looks like no, threads is pretty flat and bluesky is hockey stick-ing
from this graph: https://bsky.app/profile/jburnmurdoch.bsky.social/post/3lbmp...
not sure what x data looks like
Re: Bluesky is on the verge of overtaking Threads in all the ways that matter
#8People keep missing the point of Threads. It isn't designed to be a pure Twitter clone and doesn't want to become the public square for news, politics etc.
It wants to be a text-centric network that helps release Instagram to be more video-centric to compete with TikTok. And so it wants content that is fun, interesting and light. And of course easily monetisable.
So I know people like having a fight but I see the two sites as being complimentary and both needing to thrive in order to relegate X to the dust bin.
Re: Bluesky is on the verge of overtaking Threads in all the ways that matter
#9Is it all the ways that matter? The author mentions one way, DAU. Sure, that is important but I can think of other things that matter. The number of “creator” accounts matters just as much as the number of lurkers. From my experience Bluesky is way better and has respect for the user’s choice front and center. Lists of users to follow is a first-class citizen feature. Their algorithm is a chronological feed, not boos…
wouldn't things like creator-lurker ratio be captured within DAU? as in, poor ratio leads to poor DAU?
Re: Bluesky is on the verge of overtaking Threads in all the ways that matter
#10> Meta-owned Threads started November with 5 times the daily app users of Bluesky. That number is now down to just 1.5. Is this because Threads is fading into obscurity and has fewer daily app users than their peak, and Bluesky has a bit more than they had before in November? Today are either within an order of magnitude of X?
> Is this because Threads is fading into obscurity
Threads has ~300m MAU and will be on track to being larger than X in a year.
In fact X is struggling so much they now provide the option to hide engagement metrics: https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-hides-x-engagement-figure...