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How many of these posts do we need? Is HN to become an hourly counter? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36612615 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36612
by lapcat 3y ago
How many of these posts do we need? Is HN to become an hourly counter?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36612615 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36612615 Threads has 10M sign ups in seven hours
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36610716 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36610716 Threads hits 5M signups in the first four hours
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36609632 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36609632 Threads has passed 2M sign ups in the first 2 hours
- post-it 3y ago2M -> 5M = 2.5x 5M -> 10M = 2x 10M -> 30M = 3x Counting at exponential intervals is fine and notable.
- aubanel 3y agoMaybe exponential intervals are better than linear indeed. But your remark is orthogonal to parent's complaint that the updates are simply too frequent: to take your exponential framework, they would probably prefer a x100 interval before the next post rather than a x3.
- post-it 3y agoAssuming we see a new post about Threads user growth at x2 intervals, we'll see a maximum of eight more posts before they run out of humans.
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- aubanel 3y agoAnd would all of these posts be useful information?
- post-it 3y agoThe comments would be. They'd be a nucleus for the latest findings about Threads. For example, in the comments of the most recent one I found out that although you can deactivate a Threads account, you can't delete it without also deleting the linked Instagram account. That's useful to know.
- lapcat 3y agoYou really don't need these submissions for that purpose, because it's all over the news: Threads profile can only be deleted by deleting Instagram account, Meta says https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36612434 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36612434 Threads profiles can't be deleted without removing your entire Instagram accounthttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36621526 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36621526 You can't delete Meta's new Threads app without deleting Instagram too https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36627712 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36627712 You will later be able to delete your Threads account with o losing Instagram https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36630147 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36630147
- jsbisviewtiful 3y agoThe rapid consistency of these posts and them being about something so benign makes it seem like Meta is posting these to HN for publicity.
- ahahahahah 3y agoYeah, I'm sure meta is just dying to get publicity on this tiny site.