I have no idea of threads will succeed or fail, but this is overwrought. 1 - They launched an early product, missing many crucial features, but the features th

I have no idea of threads will succeed or fail, but this is overwrought. 1 - They launched an early product, missing many crucial features, but the features they shipped all worked. For any product this could be smart or could be dumb; the "dumb" case is when a product doesn't reach the threshold of "minimal" for an MVP. I do think the case that threads isn't yet MVP is a good one, but this article hangs everything on that point. 2 - But it can be good if you can get awareness and colonize adequate space in the market (there's only so much mindshare to go around). And in this case FB* has a huge advantage: simply because they are FB/IG they were able to get the app on 100MM phones. Which means as they keep adding features their barrier to pulling people back is lower than it would be for most new entrants. They can send you a notification (incredibly, most people don't disable them) and it's easier to hop on and take a look. I don't care much either way, but I hate lazy takes like this one.