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I tried threads and stopped. It occurs to me though that it’s possible Facebook is building a product not targeted at me. I use Twitter to follow several hyper
by graeme 3y ago
I tried threads and stopped. It occurs to me though that it’s possible Facebook is building a product not targeted at me.
I use Twitter to follow several hyper specialized communities where the info is world class.
Threads was kinda entertaining stuff but felt low signal.
I’m not a huge instagram user though and that is way bigger than Twitter. If Meta builds instagram/tiktok for text it might be much worse for the sort of submissions HN finds interesting but also see more overall uptake.
I noticed Threads still massively outranks twitter in App Store ratings.
- m3kw9 3y agoCare to share some of these communities?
- graeme 3y agoReally depends on your interest. So my list won't be of general interest. But I've found Twitter good for: * Ukraine War coverage (less since Elon took over, he downranked it) * Coronavirus: you can find a lot of scientists discussing new studies * Business info/marketing etc: useful for company owners Haven't found any of these on Threads yet. Threads actually blocks coronavirus searches and redirects to the CDC. So you can't easily find people you would follow on twitter.
- wkat4242 3y agoIf there's anything with a low signal noise ratio it's Twitter. It's tuned so it's ideal for short meaningless bits of info and totally awkward for anything more because of the need to split it into multiple parts which have their own confusing reply threads. There's a reason threadreader exists. Because Twitter just sucks at conveying anything more than "look what I just had for dinner". By design no less.