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Threads already has over 95M posts

17 points by mfiguiere 3y ago

8organicbits 3y ago
> You can’t delete your Threads account without deleting your Instagram account I wonder if that will ever change, seems like something Meta would keep.
- nekoashide 3y ago
  This was intentional to build the platform out on day one and do as much damage to twitter as possible. I'm sure they will break out the platform but every ig user can get a threads account with a few clicks.
avgDev 3y ago
I have a gut feeling threads will do well enough. It is a good time to be deploying any new social media with the reddit shenanigans and recent twitter decision making. Many people are looking for a new platform.
- sottol 3y ago
  I think plenty have been burned by FB/IG. I'd have preferred to join bluesky but they're gating signups. But agreed that it will do well-enough.
mvdtnz 3y ago
My threads feed is pretty bad. There's no way to see posts only from accounts you follow. Somehow meta has determined that I'm very interested in baseball, basketball and MMA even though I'm not American and I have little interest in any sports other than motorsports. There's no way to tell it "show me less/no content on this topic". So I'm kind of trapped looking at stuff I just don't care about.
- warunsl 3y ago
  It is too soon to tell but my intuition here is that this platform is primarily going to be driven by bluecheckmarks and influencers. And it is in Meta's interest to display that as the main feed. If and when the people we actually follow start posting, they might add a follower tab
  - lylejantzi3rd 3y ago
    > my intuition here is this platform is primarily going to be driven by bluecheckmarks and influencers. My guess is this platform will primarily be driven by AI bots.
    - woleium 3y ago
      Yes, the age of public anonymous social media is ending.
- foogazi 3y ago
  Isn’t there a mute or hide option ?
  - mvdtnz 3y ago
    Muting individual accounts is not useful when there are hundreds of accounts with baseball crap.
robg 3y ago
If only it wasn’t Facebook as the owner, I’d be interested.
sottol 3y ago
A lot of the posts I see seem to be re- or cross posts from other sites.
pard68 3y ago
I'd love to see some data to help ground these numbers in reality. How many tweets does Twitter see on a daily basis? How many posts does Instagram see? Etc.
speedgoose 3y ago
In the list of missing things, I would also mention that Europe is missing. https://m.independent.ie/business/technology/no-instagram-threads-app-in-the-eu-irish-dpc-says-metas-new-twitter-rival-wont-be-launched-here/a1927220337.html https://m.independent.ie/business/technology/no-instagram-th...
DesiLurker 3y ago
Alien vs Predator .. whoever wins we lose!
oneTbrain23 3y ago
A lot of bots there. Not worth my time to compete attention with bots. I'll wait at least 6mths before for this to settle with more real humans. Meta is infamous for botty and buggy products when creating their own. I'm worth more than being their FB users or testing guinea pigs.

17 points by mfiguiere 3y ago

> You can’t delete your Threads account without deleting your Instagram account I wonder if that will ever change, seems like something Meta would keep.

nekoashide 3y ago
This was intentional to build the platform out on day one and do as much damage to twitter as possible. I'm sure they will break out the platform but every ig user can get a threads account with a few clicks.

avgDev 3y ago

I have a gut feeling threads will do well enough. It is a good time to be deploying any new social media with the reddit shenanigans and recent twitter decision making. Many people are looking for a new platform.

sottol 3y ago
I think plenty have been burned by FB/IG. I'd have preferred to join bluesky but they're gating signups. But agreed that it will do well-enough.

mvdtnz 3y ago

My threads feed is pretty bad. There's no way to see posts only from accounts you follow. Somehow meta has determined that I'm very interested in baseball, basketball and MMA even though I'm not American and I have little interest in any sports other than motorsports. There's no way to tell it "show me less/no content on this topic". So I'm kind of trapped looking at stuff I just don't care about.

warunsl 3y ago
It is too soon to tell but my intuition here is that this platform is primarily going to be driven by bluecheckmarks and influencers. And it is in Meta's interest to display that as the main feed. If and when the people we actually follow start posting, they might add a follower tab
- lylejantzi3rd 3y ago
  > my intuition here is this platform is primarily going to be driven by bluecheckmarks and influencers. My guess is this platform will primarily be driven by AI bots.
  - woleium 3y ago
    Yes, the age of public anonymous social media is ending.
foogazi 3y ago
Isn’t there a mute or hide option ?
- mvdtnz 3y ago
  Muting individual accounts is not useful when there are hundreds of accounts with baseball crap.

robg 3y ago

If only it wasn’t Facebook as the owner, I’d be interested.

sottol 3y ago

A lot of the posts I see seem to be re- or cross posts from other sites.

pard68 3y ago

I'd love to see some data to help ground these numbers in reality. How many tweets does Twitter see on a daily basis? How many posts does Instagram see? Etc.

speedgoose 3y ago

In the list of missing things, I would also mention that Europe is missing. https://m.independent.ie/business/technology/no-instagram-threads-app-in-the-eu-irish-dpc-says-metas-new-twitter-rival-wont-be-launched-here/a1927220337.html https://m.independent.ie/business/technology/no-instagram-th...

DesiLurker 3y ago

Alien vs Predator .. whoever wins we lose!

oneTbrain23 3y ago

A lot of bots there. Not worth my time to compete attention with bots. I'll wait at least 6mths before for this to settle with more real humans. Meta is infamous for botty and buggy products when creating their own. I'm worth more than being their FB users or testing guinea pigs.