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Ask HN: Has Threads crossed a network effect threshold?
Curious if there's any update on DAU, whether it's still dropping or holding steady. Considering the power of the network effect, I wonder about the long term future of the product
- PaulHoule 3y agoLike in a positive or negative direction?
- johntiger1 3y agoEither way. I think in a negative direction (e.g. my friends don't use Threads so I will stop using it)
- PaulHoule 3y agoI think it is not getting a lot of traction one way or or another. The possibility that they could convert Instagram users to Threads might sound enticing at first but I think really it is a pipe dream. Even if you have a stupendous number of users who are playing Game A, they aren't likely to be interested in Game B so Instagram's large user base is not the huge advantage that it seems in starting a new service. Some of this is why you see companies like Google and Facebook buying competitors because it is a much more certain thing to buy a competitor than to launch something like, say, YouTube Shorts.