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Well Threads currently doesn’t even have a chronological, non-algo feed I can look at, whereas on bluesky you can have any number of feeds with whatever algo/lo

by dkh 3y ago

Well Threads currently doesn’t even have a chronological, non-algo feed I can look at, whereas on bluesky you can have any number of feeds with whatever algo/logic you want. I don’t think I’ll be using Threads much while the one and only feed is the way it is. And there’s more differences than just that, it’s a bit too soon to do a declaration of death I think

threeseed 3y ago
@mosseri has already said it's coming soon. And the algorithm definitely changes once you start following more people. Mine for example is chronological with the occasional recommended person in it.
JimDabell 3y ago
> Well Threads currently doesn’t even have a chronological, non-algo feed I can look at, whereas on bluesky you can have any number of feeds with whatever algo/logic you want. None of that matters if the people you follow are on Threads but aren’t on Bluesky. And if the people you follow can’t get on Bluesky even if they wanted to, then off to Threads they will go and so everybody else will follow.
- Hamuko 3y ago
  People being on Threads doesn't matter if Threads sucks. They'll all just go back to Twitter to wait for the Next Social Media. >"looking at my Twitter feed is a breath of fresh air after spending 24 hours on Threads. My feed over there is just full of stuff I don’t want to see. Threads just hit 50 million users, but the top complaint is the feed which is the main part of the app" https://twitter.com/tomwarren/status/1677134234253774848 https://twitter.com/tomwarren/status/1677134234253774848
- dkh 3y ago
  But there's a key difference: If your friends aren't on Bluesky yet, it's quite possibly because they haven't gotten an invite code yet. Plenty of people are very interested and waiting to join. I've been inviting friends as I've received codes. It is an entirely different dynamic than just an unpopular social network, and it is perceived very differently (and not at all negatively).
  - _Algernon_ 3y ago
    We've been through this process once before with google+. It was the new SoMe which "everyone" wanted access to, but they nerfed their own growth with their invite system. Sure, it chugged on for a few years, until it was inevitably killed-by-google. The same thing will happen with Bluesky
TheAceOfHearts 3y ago
You can customize feeds but there's barely any real content getting posted because the user base is so small. Some people with hundreds of thousands of followers on Twitter barely get any kind of engagement on Blue Sky. The dopamine hit just isn't showing up for big time posters.
- layer8 3y ago
  The last two sentences actually sounds like a good thing.

by dkh 3y ago

threeseed 3y ago

@mosseri has already said it's coming soon. And the algorithm definitely changes once you start following more people. Mine for example is chronological with the occasional recommended person in it.

JimDabell 3y ago

> Well Threads currently doesn’t even have a chronological, non-algo feed I can look at, whereas on bluesky you can have any number of feeds with whatever algo/logic you want. None of that matters if the people you follow are on Threads but aren’t on Bluesky. And if the people you follow can’t get on Bluesky even if they wanted to, then off to Threads they will go and so everybody else will follow.

Hamuko 3y ago
People being on Threads doesn't matter if Threads sucks. They'll all just go back to Twitter to wait for the Next Social Media. >"looking at my Twitter feed is a breath of fresh air after spending 24 hours on Threads. My feed over there is just full of stuff I don’t want to see. Threads just hit 50 million users, but the top complaint is the feed which is the main part of the app" https://twitter.com/tomwarren/status/1677134234253774848 https://twitter.com/tomwarren/status/1677134234253774848
dkh 3y ago
But there's a key difference: If your friends aren't on Bluesky yet, it's quite possibly because they haven't gotten an invite code yet. Plenty of people are very interested and waiting to join. I've been inviting friends as I've received codes. It is an entirely different dynamic than just an unpopular social network, and it is perceived very differently (and not at all negatively).
- _Algernon_ 3y ago
  We've been through this process once before with google+. It was the new SoMe which "everyone" wanted access to, but they nerfed their own growth with their invite system. Sure, it chugged on for a few years, until it was inevitably killed-by-google. The same thing will happen with Bluesky

TheAceOfHearts 3y ago

You can customize feeds but there's barely any real content getting posted because the user base is so small. Some people with hundreds of thousands of followers on Twitter barely get any kind of engagement on Blue Sky. The dopamine hit just isn't showing up for big time posters.

layer8 3y ago
The last two sentences actually sounds like a good thing.