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I saw a bunch of headlines about the rapid user growth, but I don't see anybody linking to it. Still only see Twitter links in places like HN and Reddit, and n
by fallingknife 3y ago
I saw a bunch of headlines about the rapid user growth, but I don't see anybody linking to it. Still only see Twitter links in places like HN and Reddit, and never to Threads. This kind of reminds me of Google Plus. Quick massive signups driven from a preexisting platform, but having trouble generating actual user activity. Network effects are incredibly powerful.
edit: Twitter posts to HN over the last week outnumber Threads by 110-7. And of those 7 only 2 are not meta to the Threads vs Twitter situation.
- jeroenhd 3y agoThe silly limitations don't help. There's no way to just show accounts you're following, you're stuck with the algorithm at the moment. That doesn't exactly drive interesting engagement, the system is more oriented at a battle of the brands.
- lockhouse 3y agoHow much of that rapid initial growth was a land rush? I’m assuming all major companies and media personalities raced to signup to ensure they have a presence on Threads just in case it does manage to take off.