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hard not to see "threads" as a desperate last gasp by Facebook/Meta. any opportunism you'd get by trying to eat Twitters lunch should have happened a year ago

hard not to see "threads" as a desperate last gasp by Facebook/Meta. any opportunism you'd get by trying to eat Twitters lunch should have happened a year ago while Musk was busy dragging a sink through the lobby he eventually locked himself out of. Many people started jumping ship in the first month due to the sites instability or his unbanning of troves of toxic users after he fired the entire moderation team. Younger audiences jumped to Mastodon because its not the convalescence home they visit their grandparents on called Facebook. de-federation puts the power directly in the communities hands. if Meta wants to join with out EEE tactics, theyll need to first prove anyone on Mastodon sees value in a facebook presence.

Ensorceled 3y ago
As a fairly heavy Twitter consumer, this doesn't match my experience at all. Most people I follow (mostly tech, authors, journalists) didn't set up Mastodon accounts, most of those that did aren't really active. Threads is a entirely different kettle of fish. A significant number of the people I follow are ALREADY more active, or just as active, on Threads as Twitter. A fair number have stopped posting on Twitter entirely.
- TX81Z 3y ago
  And people are happier! I’m amazed at the pure joy you see on Threads. I’m not a huge fan, bit too normie for my taste, but to see the internet are people happy for a change is great.
- vidarh 3y ago
  The exact same thing happened with Mastodon, maybe not at quite the same scale, but a lot of people moved over and a portion moved back or dialled back their use of Mastodon, but we're still seeing activity increase with each new wave (whenever Elon rocks the boat) and the low water mark rising.
- TheCleric 3y ago
  I can't tell if anyone I follow is more active on Threads, because all I see are algorithm provided posts by people I don't follow.
cbozeman 3y ago
Younger audiences most certainly are not on Mastodon. The younger hardcore "gamers" might be, because they understand how to move around Discord servers, but that's not as huge a group of users as one might think. Mastodon is not and will never be "normie" friendly, so it'll never be a contender. Sorry, just the way it is. Time will tell how things play between Twitter and Threads, but Twitter seems to be taking some interesting steps towards maintaining it's relevance. Mastodon was always a joke and still is. Threads has 100 million users already. We'll see if they maintain.
- orwin 3y ago
  Depends on the user honestly. I find mastodon more useful to me than Twitter was the last 7 years. Less distractions, more meat. But sure, if my usage was reacting to the masked singer or the Chiefs winning another game, mastodon would probably be useless.

Ensorceled 3y ago

As a fairly heavy Twitter consumer, this doesn't match my experience at all. Most people I follow (mostly tech, authors, journalists) didn't set up Mastodon accounts, most of those that did aren't really active. Threads is a entirely different kettle of fish. A significant number of the people I follow are ALREADY more active, or just as active, on Threads as Twitter. A fair number have stopped posting on Twitter entirely.

TX81Z 3y ago
And people are happier! I’m amazed at the pure joy you see on Threads. I’m not a huge fan, bit too normie for my taste, but to see the internet are people happy for a change is great.
vidarh 3y ago
The exact same thing happened with Mastodon, maybe not at quite the same scale, but a lot of people moved over and a portion moved back or dialled back their use of Mastodon, but we're still seeing activity increase with each new wave (whenever Elon rocks the boat) and the low water mark rising.
TheCleric 3y ago
I can't tell if anyone I follow is more active on Threads, because all I see are algorithm provided posts by people I don't follow.

cbozeman 3y ago

Younger audiences most certainly are not on Mastodon. The younger hardcore "gamers" might be, because they understand how to move around Discord servers, but that's not as huge a group of users as one might think. Mastodon is not and will never be "normie" friendly, so it'll never be a contender. Sorry, just the way it is. Time will tell how things play between Twitter and Threads, but Twitter seems to be taking some interesting steps towards maintaining it's relevance. Mastodon was always a joke and still is. Threads has 100 million users already. We'll see if they maintain.

orwin 3y ago
Depends on the user honestly. I find mastodon more useful to me than Twitter was the last 7 years. Less distractions, more meat. But sure, if my usage was reacting to the masked singer or the Chiefs winning another game, mastodon would probably be useless.