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I think there is a place for two text based networks, and Zuck has correctly identified the missing one: 1. There's plenty of people (or just moodswings of the
by zpeti 3y ago
I think there is a place for two text based networks, and Zuck has correctly identified the missing one:
1. There's plenty of people (or just moodswings of the same person) who don't want to see political content at a certain time. Remember how everyone loves tiktok because it has super interesting, non political content? That's what threads wants to be with text
2. People do want to keep up with political affairs, and that's also very potent, but can be depressing and overwhelming.
1 is threads, 2 is twitter.
I don't think you can have both 1 and 2 in the same app. Because I know when I want to see politics and when I don't, that's not something an app can predict.
So both twitter and threads can coexist. But we know twitter maxes out at around 200-250m users. That's the market for a politics social network. I think threads is potentially bigger.
But it won't destroy twitter. It will just coexist, in a different market segment.
- falloutx 3y agoI feel sad for users of both those apps. I would rather shout in the streets
- Pxtl 3y agoBut twitter isn't good for 2 anymore since political conversations are now dominated by bluechecks with extreme internet-poisoning. It's like if you went to a bar and the host let people rent megaphones for $10. Only the worst people at the bar even want a megaphone. The old owner gave megaphones to VIPs, and banned the worst people from entering. Now they've all got rented megaphones.