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Threads is dead at this point realistically

threeseed 3y ago
Not according to Zuckerberg [1]. He was happy with DAU numbers and planned to commit to the app long-term. Threads is contributing a huge amount of behavioural data to Instagram ad profiles so it may never need to run ads in order to provide significant value to the company. That's going to place X at a disadvantage over the long term. [1] https://www.theverge.com/23889057/mark-zuckerberg-meta-ai-elon-musk-threads-quest-interview-decoder https://www.theverge.com/23889057/mark-zuckerberg-meta-ai-el...
- TheAceOfHearts 3y ago
  Instagram is also embedding Threads posts directly, with a link to open them in the app. I've gotten a few prompts while using Instagram to remind me to open Threads. However, every time I open the app it's basically a ghost town. I personally don't know anyone using it, so I just see a bunch of brand and celebrity posts. Threads feels more like a platform for brands than for regular people.
  - Gigachad 3y ago
    Almost everyone I know is using Bluesky now. I’ve yet to see anyone using threads.
    - vsnf 3y ago
      Must be nice to live in a bubble where Bluesky isn't gated behind a waitlist and your entire circle can move wholesale with ease.
      - Gigachad 3y ago
        Access to invite codes is abundant in the furry community. Can just ask anyone you know for one.
        robbie-c 3y ago
        Network effects. Do you think Facebook would have ever taken off back in the 2000s if everyone had to get a code from a furry to join?
        Gigachad 3y ago
        From memory Facebook was gatekept behind needing to be a university student.
        rchaud 3y ago
        From 2004-2007. It's been a public square for the vast majority of its existence.
      - numpad0 3y ago
        Waitlist is a distraction. Ask for a code from core("terminally online") Twitter users. I got mine on Nostr from someone not a furry. Perhaps you can ask around in the Fediverse.
        rchaud 3y ago
        I've never seen a anything from Bsky cross-posted on Twitter, IG, or Reddit. I don't think it's just people like me that won't want to hunt for an invite to something I can't even preview.
        numpad0 3y ago
        It's... Twitter pre-firehose at this moment. Lunch pics and random ideas, not an endless buzz stream. So not much to crosspost out.
- fortyseven 3y ago
  Not sure where this optimism comes from, but alright.
  - threeseed 3y ago
    Because this is Meta we are talking about. They know how to build social networks. And they have the cash to keep Threads going for decades whereas X is in a financial hole. Linda is meeting with creditors [1] who are freaking out over the drop in valuation and she doesn't even know whether the company plans to be advertising or subscription driven. [1] https://www.ft.com/content/474b30e9-a726-4571-8475-9adabbbc8169 https://www.ft.com/content/474b30e9-a726-4571-8475-9adabbbc8...
    - yjftsjthsd-h 3y ago
      > Because this is Meta we are talking about. They know how to build social networks. Meta, the company currently named after their attempted pivot to a VR social network that utterly bombed? I'll certainly grant that they built one social network, but it is less obvious to me that they can repeat it on command.
    - brnt 3y ago
      > Because this is Meta we are talking about. They know how to build social networks. Not really. Zuckerburg got lucky once, the rest was purchased.
      - rafark 3y ago
        You have to have a talent for that though. How many companies have made terrible purchases? Like him or hate him, Zuckerberg’s strategies have been great for his company. I don’t know about his VR business, but he’s like a Midas king when it comes to social media. Everything social media related he’s touched has turned into gold. Instagram and WhatsApp were already kind of big, but they’re were not the ubiquitous behemoths they are today. Threads could be his first big fail though.
        3y ago
- marcus_holmes 3y ago
  But this is standard CEO-speak. He will remain completely happy with the app, committed to it going forward, and a personal power-user of it. Right up until the moment it's abandoned completely with no warning.
- raverbashing 3y ago
  According to Zuck their "metaverse" is not dead neither, but I guess it's filled of legless people wandering around aimlessly

Not according to Zuckerberg [1]. He was happy with DAU numbers and planned to commit to the app long-term. Threads is contributing a huge amount of behavioural data to Instagram ad profiles so it may never need to run ads in order to provide significant value to the company. That's going to place X at a disadvantage over the long term. [1] https://www.theverge.com/23889057/mark-zuckerberg-meta-ai-elon-musk-threads-quest-interview-decoder https://www.theverge.com/23889057/mark-zuckerberg-meta-ai-el...

TheAceOfHearts 3y ago
Instagram is also embedding Threads posts directly, with a link to open them in the app. I've gotten a few prompts while using Instagram to remind me to open Threads. However, every time I open the app it's basically a ghost town. I personally don't know anyone using it, so I just see a bunch of brand and celebrity posts. Threads feels more like a platform for brands than for regular people.
- Gigachad 3y ago
  Almost everyone I know is using Bluesky now. I’ve yet to see anyone using threads.
  - vsnf 3y ago
    Must be nice to live in a bubble where Bluesky isn't gated behind a waitlist and your entire circle can move wholesale with ease.
    - Gigachad 3y ago
      Access to invite codes is abundant in the furry community. Can just ask anyone you know for one.
      - robbie-c 3y ago
        Network effects. Do you think Facebook would have ever taken off back in the 2000s if everyone had to get a code from a furry to join?
        Gigachad 3y ago
        From memory Facebook was gatekept behind needing to be a university student.
        rchaud 3y ago
        From 2004-2007. It's been a public square for the vast majority of its existence.
    - numpad0 3y ago
      Waitlist is a distraction. Ask for a code from core("terminally online") Twitter users. I got mine on Nostr from someone not a furry. Perhaps you can ask around in the Fediverse.
      - rchaud 3y ago
        I've never seen a anything from Bsky cross-posted on Twitter, IG, or Reddit. I don't think it's just people like me that won't want to hunt for an invite to something I can't even preview.
        numpad0 3y ago
        It's... Twitter pre-firehose at this moment. Lunch pics and random ideas, not an endless buzz stream. So not much to crosspost out.
fortyseven 3y ago
Not sure where this optimism comes from, but alright.
- threeseed 3y ago
  Because this is Meta we are talking about. They know how to build social networks. And they have the cash to keep Threads going for decades whereas X is in a financial hole. Linda is meeting with creditors [1] who are freaking out over the drop in valuation and she doesn't even know whether the company plans to be advertising or subscription driven. [1] https://www.ft.com/content/474b30e9-a726-4571-8475-9adabbbc8169 https://www.ft.com/content/474b30e9-a726-4571-8475-9adabbbc8...
  - yjftsjthsd-h 3y ago
    > Because this is Meta we are talking about. They know how to build social networks. Meta, the company currently named after their attempted pivot to a VR social network that utterly bombed? I'll certainly grant that they built one social network, but it is less obvious to me that they can repeat it on command.
  - brnt 3y ago
    > Because this is Meta we are talking about. They know how to build social networks. Not really. Zuckerburg got lucky once, the rest was purchased.
    - rafark 3y ago
      You have to have a talent for that though. How many companies have made terrible purchases? Like him or hate him, Zuckerberg’s strategies have been great for his company. I don’t know about his VR business, but he’s like a Midas king when it comes to social media. Everything social media related he’s touched has turned into gold. Instagram and WhatsApp were already kind of big, but they’re were not the ubiquitous behemoths they are today. Threads could be his first big fail though.
      - 3y ago
marcus_holmes 3y ago
But this is standard CEO-speak. He will remain completely happy with the app, committed to it going forward, and a personal power-user of it. Right up until the moment it's abandoned completely with no warning.
raverbashing 3y ago
According to Zuck their "metaverse" is not dead neither, but I guess it's filled of legless people wandering around aimlessly