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Have there been any public plans for a fully featured web app? Having it be read-only on the web is a non-starter for me.

pootusmaximus 3y ago
Yes > the priority is the mobile apps, but we are working on www https://www.threads.net/t/CuWp3eMNE8h/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ== https://www.threads.net/t/CuWp3eMNE8h/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ...
- codetrotter 3y ago
  Is threads.net the official website? This is the first time I actually look at anything that is on the Instagram Threads. Seems a lot like the comments under an Instagram post, without the picture / video on top. Also the logo on the top of the page just toggles dark mode / light mode, instead of bringing me to any kind of home page where I can explore more discussions. Weird.
  - jjaken 3y ago
    Yeah, threads.com is taken by a slack competitor
- davidw 3y ago
  Glad to hear it. I can write about 10 times faster via a keyboard compared to a screen.
- solardev 3y ago
  Wow, is that the actual app? It took so long, like five or six seconds, to load a few short sentences.
mvkel 3y ago
No web support is likely a bot mitigation strategy
dylan604 3y ago
It's probably a non-starter for Meta since your non-use of an app that can siphon all sorts of precious "meta" about you for them to profit from is not available.
hospitalJail 3y ago
Facebook isnt going to be nice about this. They know they are in a strong position here. Expect an addicting algorithm that is fueled by ragebait (and if its anything like IG, coombait). The fact that it didn't release with an ability to time-sort tells you everything you need to know. Everyone knows how easy it is to sort by time, especially when stakes are low. Its anti-consumer from day 1. The surge in people are likely influencers and people marketing their companies trying to get ahead of the algorithm. We've all learned the first ones to join a social media network are winners. The people with novel ideas need to be convinced, and I'm not sure these people are ready to come back to facebook.
- vineyardmike 3y ago
  > The fact that it didn't release with an ability to time-sort tells you everything you need to know. They announced its coming. I’m guessing they just didn’t want anyone to see an empty feed on signup day.
  - kenhwang 3y ago
    You can tell they're having a lot of launch day backend pains. Push notifications are sometimes up to a day delayed. Follows don't stay followed, auto-follow on join doesn't seem to work at all. QTs don't show up properly half the time. Refreshing the feed takes forever, and you can tell when it fails to load your personalized feed, it just falls back on a generic feed with a bunch of random people. Even loading a profile page takes a noticeably long amount of time.
- PaulHoule 3y ago
  I dunno, I think the real market for "Threads" is brands and brands want some place that is innocuous. It seems the worst threat to Twitter is that advertisers are pulling out. If Meta manages to beat Twitter at "amplifying angry voices" it's not going to be an attractive place to buy ads. Look at how YouTube blocks anything that is even slightly erotic (unless you could those "young girl shaking their ass" videos that are all Shorts wants to show me, and I'm not sure if those have ads) or that show any action in the Ukraine war, etc.
- 3y ago
coolbreezetft22 3y ago
I'm not even getting read-only on the web, as of this morning it just redirects me to the main page which does nothing?
- joemi 3y ago
  There are read-only web links for users and posts. The easiest way to see it is by copying a link to a user or post from within the app. But there doesn't seem to be a web landing/browse/feed page yet (besides the main page that just gives a QR code linking to the app).
- gregw134 3y ago
  On top of that, when you download the app there's only an option to login with instagram. If you don't have an instagram account already there's no link to create an account. Surprisingly inconvenient.
- wraptile 3y ago
  They seem to have started to redirect to web login page which doesn't exist yet so it redirects to homepage when you "power use". I noticed it's becoming unbrowsable on my VPN where other IP users probably use up all of the "free view" tokens for the shared IP address. I guess that's one way for Meta to have their cake and eat it too.
jonny_eh 3y ago
https://www.instagram.com/ https://www.instagram.com/ is a thing, so I imagine it's just a matter of time. I can't disagree with their choice of releasing for mobile first in 2023 though.

pootusmaximus 3y ago

Yes > the priority is the mobile apps, but we are working on www https://www.threads.net/t/CuWp3eMNE8h/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ== https://www.threads.net/t/CuWp3eMNE8h/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ...

codetrotter 3y ago
Is threads.net the official website? This is the first time I actually look at anything that is on the Instagram Threads. Seems a lot like the comments under an Instagram post, without the picture / video on top. Also the logo on the top of the page just toggles dark mode / light mode, instead of bringing me to any kind of home page where I can explore more discussions. Weird.
- jjaken 3y ago
  Yeah, threads.com is taken by a slack competitor
davidw 3y ago
Glad to hear it. I can write about 10 times faster via a keyboard compared to a screen.
solardev 3y ago
Wow, is that the actual app? It took so long, like five or six seconds, to load a few short sentences.

mvkel 3y ago

No web support is likely a bot mitigation strategy

dylan604 3y ago

It's probably a non-starter for Meta since your non-use of an app that can siphon all sorts of precious "meta" about you for them to profit from is not available.

hospitalJail 3y ago

Facebook isnt going to be nice about this. They know they are in a strong position here. Expect an addicting algorithm that is fueled by ragebait (and if its anything like IG, coombait). The fact that it didn't release with an ability to time-sort tells you everything you need to know. Everyone knows how easy it is to sort by time, especially when stakes are low. Its anti-consumer from day 1. The surge in people are likely influencers and people marketing their companies trying to get ahead of the algorithm. We've all learned the first ones to join a social media network are winners. The people with novel ideas need to be convinced, and I'm not sure these people are ready to come back to facebook.

vineyardmike 3y ago
> The fact that it didn't release with an ability to time-sort tells you everything you need to know. They announced its coming. I’m guessing they just didn’t want anyone to see an empty feed on signup day.
- kenhwang 3y ago
  You can tell they're having a lot of launch day backend pains. Push notifications are sometimes up to a day delayed. Follows don't stay followed, auto-follow on join doesn't seem to work at all. QTs don't show up properly half the time. Refreshing the feed takes forever, and you can tell when it fails to load your personalized feed, it just falls back on a generic feed with a bunch of random people. Even loading a profile page takes a noticeably long amount of time.
PaulHoule 3y ago
I dunno, I think the real market for "Threads" is brands and brands want some place that is innocuous. It seems the worst threat to Twitter is that advertisers are pulling out. If Meta manages to beat Twitter at "amplifying angry voices" it's not going to be an attractive place to buy ads. Look at how YouTube blocks anything that is even slightly erotic (unless you could those "young girl shaking their ass" videos that are all Shorts wants to show me, and I'm not sure if those have ads) or that show any action in the Ukraine war, etc.
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coolbreezetft22 3y ago

I'm not even getting read-only on the web, as of this morning it just redirects me to the main page which does nothing?

joemi 3y ago
There are read-only web links for users and posts. The easiest way to see it is by copying a link to a user or post from within the app. But there doesn't seem to be a web landing/browse/feed page yet (besides the main page that just gives a QR code linking to the app).
gregw134 3y ago
On top of that, when you download the app there's only an option to login with instagram. If you don't have an instagram account already there's no link to create an account. Surprisingly inconvenient.
wraptile 3y ago
They seem to have started to redirect to web login page which doesn't exist yet so it redirects to homepage when you "power use". I noticed it's becoming unbrowsable on my VPN where other IP users probably use up all of the "free view" tokens for the shared IP address. I guess that's one way for Meta to have their cake and eat it too.

jonny_eh 3y ago

https://www.instagram.com/ https://www.instagram.com/ is a thing, so I imagine it's just a matter of time. I can't disagree with their choice of releasing for mobile first in 2023 though.