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This is literally one of the worst moves Twitter could have made to combat Threads or any of their copies. They're literally giving more eyes and coverage to T

This is literally one of the worst moves Twitter could have made to combat Threads or any of their copies. They're literally giving more eyes and coverage to Threads and painting them as a real contender.

3cats-in-a-coat 3y ago
We can always rely on Elon Musk's Twitter to make the worst move. Meanwhile (as the article says) Meta has confirmed no employee on the Threads team came from Twitter. So the letter is already shown to be completely without basis.
- toomuchtodo 3y ago
  Meta could always extend offers to the remaining Twitter engineers to simply sit on the rooftop. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAiPcPRZlBk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAiPcPRZlBk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y30pML-AW4k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y30pML-AW4k
paxys 3y ago
- The entire Zuck fight saga. - Limiting access to Twitter. - Tweeting incessantly about the Threads launch. - Threatening to sue Meta. Musk can't stay out of the limelight, for better or worse, and in this case it is definitely for the worse. Threads would have had a tiny fraction of the hype it does had it not been for his antics these last few weeks.
- TechnicolorByte 3y ago
  Your last sentence makes me wonder when Meta decided on the launch date for Threads. Were they always planning to launch it early summer timeframe or they seized on the recent Zuck/Musk fight drama + twitter rate limiting to maximize eyeballs? Threads is far from feature complete.
  - kalleboo 3y ago
    Adam Mosseri said in an interview that he "was worried that our window would close, because timing is important" re: launching before they were EU compliant, so I'm certain their launch date was rushed