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I think it's more that the HN crowd cannot stand to think, much less utter the phrase "you've gotta hand it to Mark Zuckerberg and crew." That's at least the fe

I think it's more that the HN crowd cannot stand to think, much less utter the phrase "you've gotta hand it to Mark Zuckerberg and crew." That's at least the feeling I have to get over when I praise Threads.

stbenjam 3y ago
I don’t think it’s that. There’s just no need for a Twitter clone without porn. Although they did do a very good job. The app is well thought out and the service has been rock solid since launch.
- mullingitover 3y ago
  Honestly there's no need for a Twitter with porn. It's not like there's any lack of options for publishing or viewing porn on the internet. Of course if Twitter wants to host porn more power to 'em, it's just not a make or break differentiator. I have a feeling in a year or two people will assume that if you're still on Twitter, it's for the porn, with the plausible deniability of "no man, it's for the free speech!"
Karrot_Kream 3y ago
I think it's important to remember that virality can be fickle and Threads may go the way of Clubhouse. We really don't know where it'll land up. Among Us was the hit game of the pandemic and now it's not. But maybe the crowd here should be a bit more humble and restrained by their biases, it's a useful art to practice. When I first saw YouTube in late 2005 I told all my friends that it would go nowhere because Flash was a resource intensive, proprietary technology. Now I pay for YouTube Premium.
Rapzid 3y ago
That wouldn't be an interesting take or conversation and is sort of against the HN vibe. Not to say that doesn't happen all the time, but agree with GP; they did a thing meh. Will seen if it gets traction over Twitter and then that will be interesting.
Drew_ 3y ago
Why would you say that? No one should be surprised or really even impressed that Meta could make Threads even as fast as they did. They've already made this kind of app several times.
lostlogin 3y ago
The portion on HN users that are happy Facebook users would be interesting to know. My perception is that a lot here have accounts (though less than the portion of society at large), but few use them much. Not sure how to get actual data on this though.
- fragmede 3y ago
  there's always just asking people, with the obvious bias that'll have, but the numbers would still be interesting. HN supports poll posts https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29755614 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29755614
sekai 3y ago
> I praise Threads. Can't praise a thing I can't access, Yours truly, - EU citizen P.S no web interface in 2023?

stbenjam 3y ago

I don’t think it’s that. There’s just no need for a Twitter clone without porn. Although they did do a very good job. The app is well thought out and the service has been rock solid since launch.

mullingitover 3y ago
Honestly there's no need for a Twitter with porn. It's not like there's any lack of options for publishing or viewing porn on the internet. Of course if Twitter wants to host porn more power to 'em, it's just not a make or break differentiator. I have a feeling in a year or two people will assume that if you're still on Twitter, it's for the porn, with the plausible deniability of "no man, it's for the free speech!"

Karrot_Kream 3y ago

I think it's important to remember that virality can be fickle and Threads may go the way of Clubhouse. We really don't know where it'll land up. Among Us was the hit game of the pandemic and now it's not. But maybe the crowd here should be a bit more humble and restrained by their biases, it's a useful art to practice. When I first saw YouTube in late 2005 I told all my friends that it would go nowhere because Flash was a resource intensive, proprietary technology. Now I pay for YouTube Premium.

Rapzid 3y ago

That wouldn't be an interesting take or conversation and is sort of against the HN vibe. Not to say that doesn't happen all the time, but agree with GP; they did a thing meh. Will seen if it gets traction over Twitter and then that will be interesting.

Drew_ 3y ago

Why would you say that? No one should be surprised or really even impressed that Meta could make Threads even as fast as they did. They've already made this kind of app several times.

lostlogin 3y ago

The portion on HN users that are happy Facebook users would be interesting to know. My perception is that a lot here have accounts (though less than the portion of society at large), but few use them much. Not sure how to get actual data on this though.

fragmede 3y ago
there's always just asking people, with the obvious bias that'll have, but the numbers would still be interesting. HN supports poll posts https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29755614 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29755614

sekai 3y ago

> I praise Threads. Can't praise a thing I can't access, Yours truly, - EU citizen P.S no web interface in 2023?