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Mastodon was dead from the start, it isn’t in the running. Threads has too big of an image problem to overcome. No one wants Instagram for Twitter. Bluesky is
by stevebmark 2y ago
Mastodon was dead from the start, it isn’t in the running.
Threads has too big of an image problem to overcome. No one wants Instagram for Twitter.
Bluesky is the only platform currently that has a chance, but it’s an under funded, tiny team who can’t ship on time. Bluesky will see a surge in registrations but no change in DAU as they still haven’t supported video, so no one will stay on the site.
- gargron 2y agoWhy do you believe that about Mastodon?
- FMecha 2y agoMastodon is too fragmented for the common people, and any chance of that being popular is getting usurped by Bluesky anyway.
- insane_dreamer 2y agoOnboarding and discovery is much too difficult for the average user. Distributed is technologically cool, but will remain niche IMO.
- timbit42 2y agoMastodon isn't distributed, like bittorrent; it's decentralized, like email.
- threeseed 2y ago> No one wants Instagram for Twitter It has about 200M MAU. So a lot of people clearly do want it.
- Hamuko 2y agoHow are the MAU counted for Threads, as the user accounts are the same exact as on Instagram?
- threeseed 2y agoThe URLs are different (threads.net versus instagram.com). So pretty easy to tell in the analytics which site the user is on.
- Hamuko 2y agoWhat about the app? As far as I know, Instagram users were getting Threads notifications inside the app.
- slater 2y agoThe instagram app desperately wants me to post to threads, see all the fun stuff i'm missing on threads, and just join threads in general. PS: Nice to see our resident mastodon hater (OP) is still at it, including the requisite smug "told-you-so"/"i totally predicted this!!~" link :D
- stiltzkin 2y ago[dead]