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Looks great. But maybe the effort should be going towards scaling up so they can remove the invite only requirement, Threads is going to actively eat Bluesky’s
by afavour 3y ago
Looks great. But maybe the effort should be going towards scaling up so they can remove the invite only requirement, Threads is going to actively eat Bluesky’s lunch while it remains.
- jquery 3y agoThe lack of search / trending is really a bummer, I hope that is just a v1 launch choice and not long term product vision. Otherwise I'm impressed with the launch and its sheer scale, very smooth.
- rhaway84773 3y agohttps://www.threads.net/t/CuW3CzRtm9z/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== https://www.threads.net/t/CuW3CzRtm9z/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA... > The real test is not if we can build up a lot of hype, but if you all find enough value in the app to keep using it over time. And there are tons of basics that are missing: search, hashtags, a following feed, graph syncing, fedeverse support, messaging maybe…
- Sakos 3y agoWait, what does Threads show you if it doesn't have a following feed? Also, how the hell do you launch a Twitter competitor without search and tags?
- jquery 3y ago>Wait, what does Threads show you if it doesn't have a following feed? its like tiktok and twitter had a baby. it shows you content it thinks you will like based on how you use the app. i think? it's good at surfacing what i want to see based on my initial follows
- xwdv 3y agoThe lunch is ate.
- afavour 3y agoIMO the jury is still out. Twitter was always more than just a UI format, Twitter-shaped text posts with my Instagram friends doesn’t scratch the same itch.
- threeseed 3y agoThreads had 48m users in a day which already includes the most popular influencers, journalists etc. There just isn't enough room in this market for contributors to post on this many text-based apps. And so consolidation will happen. 1) Threads will dominate. Mastodon will be like remora fish. 2) Twitter will be the home for "freedom of speech", Crypto bros, OnlyFans girls. 3) Truth Social, Gab, Post, Blueksy, Spoutible etc will die.
- afavour 3y ago> Threads had 48m users in a day Let’s see how many stick around. Don’t get me wrong, I suspect you’re right. But given the promotion and ease of login I’m not at all surprised to see huge day one login numbers. The question is whether people like what they see enough to stick around.
- delecti 3y agoI'm certainly not sticking around. I signed up, pulled over my follow list from IG, muted a bunch of brand accounts I didn't follow, realized the feed was 100% algorithmic, and haven't launched it again since.
- pretendgeneer 3y agoFacebook has never lied about numbers as a way to kill off competitors. So There's no reason to think their reported numbers aren't perfectly correct.
- saagarjha 3y ago> Threads had 48m users in a day which already includes the most popular influencers, journalists etc. Being able to migrate existing accounts in seconds tends to do that. Let’s see how many stick around.
- Hamuko 3y agoI've heard absolutely no one say anything positive about Threads. Mostly just that it shows you irrelevant content because there's no chronological timeline.
- imauser 3y agoMaybe get out your bubble for a while
- routelastresort 3y ago90% of my timeline is on Threads is all stuff I don't even follow, while Bluesky is exactly what I ask for. Decentralized platforms are the only way to go, even if it's the centralized version and vision. The Zucc way of ramming (overly) suggested content and ads down your throat will die if there are alternatives.
- fastball 3y ago> Decentralized platforms are the way to go even if it is centralized Wat.
- botanical 3y agoProbably as in you can move your account to another server seamlessly. Mastodon also relies on "centralised" servers; none of them are p2p
- agnosticmantis 3y agoIsn’t that federation?
- didntcheck 3y agoJust federated identity, like OpenID. It doesn't necessitate distributed systems with communicating backends, like Mastodon or Usenet, just that it allows the user to bring their own IdP and therefore to have "sovereignty" to verify their own identity across platforms. The alternate route is to have users cryptographically certify their registrations post-hoc, e.g. Keybase
- 8organicbits 3y agoYou cropped the key part > ... centralized version and vision
- justapassenger 3y agoThey announced that more feed options, including followers only are coming. They rushed to market.
- jabbany 3y agoHuh I always thought the invitation mechanism wasn't to do with scaling but more of an exclusivity thing to get those who do join more invested...