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As someone living in the EU who wants to use Threads but cannot - as Meta has blocked it here, while they work out GDPR compliance that has not been solved sinc
by gregdoesit 3y ago
As someone living in the EU who wants to use Threads but cannot - as Meta has blocked it here, while they work out GDPR compliance that has not been solved since launch - its amusing to me to read how Meta is planning to do various growth hacks.
My humble suggestion would be to first, perhaps, roll out to the EU? On one hand: sure, we are “only” talking about 450M potential users. On the other: anyone who has friends in this region or an interest in someone based here: well, that person needs to go to Twitter/Mastodon/BlueSky etc.
I am not saying this definitely explains all growth struggles: but surely doesn’t help true, global adoption?
- permo-w 3y agosurely the smart thing to do would have been just to roll the whole thing out without selling anyone's data at all, then implement GDPR-compliant monetisation post hoc?
- jonny_eh 3y agoI'm curious if anyone there has explained exactly what the blocker is. Like, why can BlueSky operate there but not Threads? What work are they doing to get launched in the EU?
- hbn 3y agoIf you feel like you're being left out on access to Threads, open a Google image search of some of your favorite brand logos - Wendy's, Dr Scholl's, etc. And then imagine some hilarious corporate-culture-friendly conversations that could happen between those brands as written between social media interns. e.g. Wendy's - "Boy, my feet are tired from doing Fortnight dances!" Dr Scholl's reply - "We've got just the products to keep you hitting the griddy for hours! LMBO!" The remainder of the experience is engagement farming.